Cars 3 features the demolition derby called Thunder Hollow.
Lightning McQueen visits Thunder Hollow while trying to prepare for his renewed competition with Jackson Storm. The chaotic event places him in a very different kind of racing environment from the polished Piston Cup circuit. He competes alongside Cruz Ramirez, and the sequence allows both characters to demonstrate courage, improvisation, and comic timing.
Thunder Hollow is presented as a rough, brightly lit dirt arena populated by unusual demolition-derby vehicles. Its most recognizable competitor is Miss Fritter, a school bus with a large personality and a reputation for dominating the event.
The sequence belongs specifically to Cars 3. Cars focuses on Radiator Springs and the Piston Cup finale, while Cars 2 centers on the World Grand Prix and international espionage. Cars on the Road is a later Disney+ series, not a feature film and not the source of Thunder Hollow’s main demolition-derby scene.