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This article is about the location in Cars. For the song, see Route 66.

Cars route 66

The Route 66 sign

ā€œYou know Route 66? It's still here.ā€
Lightning McQueen[src]

U.S. Route 66, also known as The Mother Road, is a real-world location that appears in Disney/Pixar's 2006 animated film Cars.

It is the road where Lightning McQueen gets lost while he is supposed to be traveling to California. He reaches Radiator Springs via this route while driving past the speed limit, catching the attention of the local Sheriff in the process. The speed limit in/near the town is 25 mph and 45 mph.

Real-world information[]

U.S. Route 66 or U.S. Highway 66 (US 66 or Route 66) was one of the original highways in the United States Numbered Highway System. It was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in the United States, ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before terminating in Santa Monica in Los Angeles County, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km).

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Trivia[]

  • Route 66 is actually based on the real U.S. Route 66, as it caught the interest of John Lasseter and the production makers of the film.
  • Although not mentioned in the film, Route 66 is also known as "The Main Street of America".
  • Route 66 also serves as the basis for the setting of Sanjay's Super Team.

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Media
Films: Cars (video/soundtrack) ā€¢ Cars 2 (video/soundtrack) ā€¢ Cars 3 (video/soundtrack)

Shorts: Mater and the Ghostlight ā€¢ Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool
Shows: Cars Toons ā€¢ Cars: Racing Sports Network ā€¢ Pixar Popcorn (Unparalleled Parking/Dancing with the Cars) ā€¢ Cars On The Road (soundtrack)
Video Games: Cars: The Video Game ā€¢ Cars 2: The Video Game ā€¢ Cars: Mater-National Championship ā€¢ Cars: Race-O-Rama ā€¢ The World of Cars Online ā€¢ Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures ā€¢ Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure ā€¢ Disney Infinity ā€¢ Cars: Fast as Lightning ā€¢ Cars: Lightning League ā€¢ Cars 3: Driven to Win ā€¢ Disney Emoji Blitz ā€¢ LEGO The Incredibles ā€¢ Disney Wonderful Worlds
Books: The Art of Cars/2/3

Disney Parks
Cars Land (soundtrack) ā€¢ Disney's Art of Animation Resort ā€¢ Cars: Road Trip ā€¢ Cars Quatre Roues Rallye ā€¢ Disney Animation Building ā€¢ Luigi's Flying Tires ā€¢ Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters ā€¢ Mater's Junkyard Jamboree ā€¢ PLAY! ā€¢ Pixar Pal-A-Round ā€¢ Radiator Springs Racers

Entertainment: Lightning McQueen's Racing Academy ā€¢ Moteurs... Action! Stunt Show Spectacular ā€¢ Pixar Playtime Pals
Restaurants: Cozy Cone Motel ā€¢ Fillmore's Taste-In ā€¢ Flo's V8 Cafe
Shops: Radiator Springs Curios ā€¢ Ramone's House of Body Art ā€¢ Sarge's Surplus Hut
Parades: Mickey's New Year's Eve Parade ā€¢ Paint The Night Parade ā€¢ Pixar Play Parade
Fireworks: Disney Enchantment ā€¢ Happily Ever After ā€¢ Illuminate! A Nighttime Celebration ā€¢ Together Forever: A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular ā€¢ Wonderful World of Animation ā€¢ World of Color: Celebrate!
Summer: Club Mouse Beat ā€¢ Lightning McQueen Live!

Characters
Cars: Lightning McQueen ā€¢ Mater ā€¢ Sally Carrera ā€¢ Mack ā€¢ Strip Weathers ā€¢ Chick Hicks ā€¢ Mia and Tia ā€¢ Harv ā€¢ Doc Hudson ā€¢ Flo ā€¢ Ramone ā€¢ Sheriff ā€¢ Luigi ā€¢ Guido ā€¢ Sarge ā€¢ Fillmore ā€¢ Red ā€¢ Lizzie ā€¢ Stanley ā€¢ Tex Dinoco ā€¢ Lynda Weathers ā€¢ Jay Limo ā€¢ Tuner Cars ā€¢ Bessie ā€¢ Frank ā€¢ Tractors ā€¢ Jerry Recycled Batteries

Cars 2: Finn McMissile ā€¢ Holley Shiftwell ā€¢ Tony Trihull ā€¢ Rod "Torque" Redline ā€¢ Tomber ā€¢ Miles Axlerod ā€¢ Professor ZĆ¼ndapp ā€¢ Grem ā€¢ Acer ā€¢ Francesco Bernoulli ā€¢ Uncle Topolino ā€¢ Mama Topolino ā€¢ Jeff Gorvette ā€¢ Lewis Hamiliton ā€¢ Raoul ƇaRoule ā€¢ Miguel Camino ā€¢ Nigel Gearsley ā€¢ Shu Todoroki
Cars 3: Cruz RamĆ­rez ā€¢ Jackson Storm ā€¢ Sterling ā€¢ Miss Fritter ā€¢ Chase Racelott ā€¢ Danny Swervez ā€¢ Bubba Wheelhouse ā€¢ Bobby Swift ā€¢ Smokey ā€¢ Junior, River, and Louise ā€¢ Harvey Rodcap ā€¢ Tim Treadless
Mater and the Ghostlight: Screamin' Banshee
Cars Toons: Kabuto ā€¢ Big D ā€¢ Skipper Riley ā€¢ Sparky ā€¢ Sandy Dunes ā€¢ Blue Grit ā€¢ Idle Threat ā€¢ Shifty Sidewinder
Cars on the Road: Ivy ā€¢ Mato ā€¢ Road Rumblers
Video Games: Candice ā€¢ Stinger

Episodes
Cars Toons

Mater's Tall Tales: Rescue Squad Mater ā€¢ Mater the Greater ā€¢ El Materdor ā€¢ Tokyo Mater ā€¢ Unidentified Flying Mater ā€¢ Monster Truck Mater ā€¢ Heavy Metal Mater ā€¢ Moon Mater ā€¢ Mater Private Eye ā€¢ Air Mater ā€¢ Time Travel Mater
Tales From Radiator Springs: Hiccups ā€¢ Bugged ā€¢ Spinning ā€¢ The Radiator Springs 500Ā½
Cars on the Road: Dino Park ā€¢ Lights Out ā€¢ Salt Fever ā€¢ The Legend ā€¢ Show Time ā€¢ Trucks ā€¢ B-Movie ā€¢ Road Rumblers ā€¢ Gettin' Hitched
Canceled Episodes: To Protect and Serve

Songs
Cars: Real Gone ā€¢ Life is a Highway ā€¢ Our Town ā€¢ McQueen and Sally ā€¢ Sh-Boom ā€¢ Route 66 ā€¢ Find Yourself ā€¢ Behind the Clouds ā€¢ My Heart Would Know

Cars 2: You Might Think ā€¢ Polyrhythm ā€¢ Mon Cœur Fait Vroum (My Heart Goes Vroom) ā€¢ Collision of Worlds ā€¢ Nobody's Fool
Cars 3: Run That Race ā€¢ King's Highway ā€¢ Glory Days ā€¢ Ride
Cars on the Road: Cars on the Road ā€¢ TRUCKS
Others: Free Ride ā€¢ Welcome to Radiator Springs ā€¢ Radiator Rock ā€¢ Mambo Italiano ā€¢ Stop in the Name of Love ā€¢ Riding in My Car (Car Car Song) ā€¢ Low Rider (Espanol Fantasma Mix) ā€¢ Junkyard Jamboree ā€¢ Big Bulldozer ā€¢ Tow Mater (The One You Want to Call) ā€¢ Mater's Square Dance ā€¢ Let's Go Driving

Organizations/Groups
Dinoco ā€¢ Tuner Cars ā€¢ World Grand Prix ā€¢ Lemons Ā· Next-Gen Racers
Locations
Radiator Springs ā€¢ Luigi's Casa Della Tires ā€¢ Ramone's House of Body Art ā€¢ Cozy Cone Motel ā€¢ Fillmore's Taste-In ā€¢ Flo's V8 CafĆ© ā€¢ Radiator Springs Curios ā€¢ Radiator Springs Drive-In Theatre ā€¢ Wheel Well Motel ā€¢ London, England ā€¢ Paris, France ā€¢ Porto Corsa ā€¢ Tokyo ā€¢ California ā€¢ Los Angeles International Speedway ā€¢ Motor Speedway of the South ā€¢ Ornament Valley ā€¢ Big Ben ā€¢ Top Down Truckstop ā€¢ Big Bentley ā€¢ Hollywood ā€¢ U.S. Route 66
Objects
Piston Cup ā€¢ Allinol ā€¢ Electromagnetic Pulse Emitter ā€¢ Pixar Ball ā€¢ A113 ā€¢ Pizza Planet Truck
See Also
The Science Behind Pixar ā€¢ Pixar in a Box
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