In Pixar's Cars, which town becomes Lightning McQueen's home after he gets stranded?

In Pixar's Cars, Radiator Springs becomes Lightning McQueen's home after he is stranded there.

Lightning reaches the small town while trying to get to California for the tiebreaker race that will decide the Piston Cup. After damaging the town's road, he is ordered to repair it. The work keeps him in Radiator Springs and brings him into contact with its residents, including Sally Carrera, Doc Hudson, and Mater.

Radiator Springs is presented as a once-busy Route 66 community bypassed by the construction of Interstate 40. Its fictional location is in Carburetor County, in the American Southwest. The town's decline gives the story its central setting and explains why its residents are eager to preserve their community.

Lightning initially treats Radiator Springs as an obstacle, but he eventually regards it as home. The town returns as a major setting in later Cars stories.