What is the name of the racing championship in Pixar’s Cars (2006)?

The racing championship in Pixar’s Cars (2006) is called the Piston Cup.

The Piston Cup is the film’s fictional stock-car racing championship. Lightning McQueen is a rookie competing for the title when the story begins, and his ambition is focused on winning the season’s deciding race and securing a prestigious sponsor.

The championship is presented as a stylized counterpart to American stock-car racing, especially NASCAR. Cars uses familiar racing ideas such as pit crews, sponsorships, oval tracks, veteran champions, and a season-ending title contest while placing vehicles rather than human drivers at the center.

Lightning, Chick Hicks, and The King finish in a three-way tie in the final race. Because the rules require a decisive result, a tiebreaker race is arranged in California.