Cars 32017

Lightning:
Do you know what happens if I lose this race? [Cruz doesn't answer] Every mile of this trip was to get me faster than Jackson Storm. Faster! I start off getting nowhere for a week on a simulator! I lose a whole day with you on Fireball Beach. AND THEN, I WASTE TONIGHT IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF MISS FRITTER! I'm stuck in the same speed I was a month ago! I can't go any faster BECAUSE I'M TOO BUSY TAKING CARE OF MY TRAINER!!! [Cruz is feeling silent and hurt] This is my last chance, Cruz. Last! Final! Finito! If I lose, I never get to do this again! If you were a racer, you'd know what I'm talking abou but you're not! So you don't! [he slams his tire at the wall, causing Cruz's trophy to break onto the floor; Cruz is shocked, and then turns to anger of her own]

Cruz:
Mack! Pull over!

Mack:
What? Now?

Cruz:
NOW! [she pushes the button to open Mack's trailer]

Mack:
Ah! OK, OK! [starts pulling over from the road] Pulling over! Pulling over!

[Mack stops as Cruz drives out of his trailer while Lightning watches]

Cruz:
Ask me if I dreamed of being a trainer, Mr. McQueen, go ahead! Ask me if I got up, in the dark, to run laps before school every day! Ask me if I saved every penny to buy a ticket to the races when they came to town. Ask me if I did that so that I could be a trainer someday. Ask me.

Lightning:
[brief pause] Did you--?

Cruz:
NO! I wanted to become a racer forever because of you! [Lightning is shocked; Cruz is now heartbroken] I used to watch you on TV flying through the air. You seemed so fearless. "Dream small, Cruz." That's what my family used to say. "Dream small, or not at all." They were just trying to protect me but I was the fastest kid in town, and I was going to prove them wrong.

Lightning:
What happened?

Cruz:
When I got to my first race, I figured it out.

Lightning:
What?

Cruz:
That I didn't belong. The other racers looked nothing like me. You know... they... they were bigger, and stronger, and so... confident. And when they started their engines, that was it. I knew I'd never be a racer. I just left. It was my one shot, and I didn't take it. [Lightning becomes remorseful; as she decides to leave] Yeah, so, uh... I - I'm gonna head back to the training center. I think we both know it's for the best. [starts to drive away, but turns around again] But, can I ask you something? What was it like for you, when you showed up to your first race? How did you know you could do it?

Lightning:
I don't know, I... I just never thought I couldn't.

Cruz:
I wish I knew what that felt like. Good luck, Mr. McQueen.

Lightning:
Cruz… Cruz, wait!

[Cruz ignores Lightning and he sighs]