Lawrence and I started the grand tournament today. I listed off all the cars we could find for the big showdown. Of course, there are more that will have to be added as they are found or, if we finish racing the bulk of the racing, they can challenge the winner.
The first section consisted of Pixar cars, which do not fit on a Hot Wheels track, by the way. The winners in each race were quite apparent, so we only did one race per pairing.
The racing was very exciting for Lawrence. Of course he was cheering for Lightning McQueen. We have a number of Lightning cars, but could only find the one with the World Grand Prix kit from Cars 2. Also challenging were Francesco, Doc Hudson, Sheriff, Mater, Mack, Red, Sarge, Chick Hicks, the Leak Less car (52), one of Chick's pit crew, Guido, Tex, Ramone, and the Official Piston Cup Pace Car. Also racing were Chug, Mayday, and two of the smoke-jumpers from Planes 2. Since that only added up to 19, we added a road grader by ERTL to round out the group.
There were a couple of surprising upsets, the big one being Lightning losing his first race to the great green fuel truck, Chug! A minor upset was the Pace Car beating out Francesco, who Lawrence was rooting for after Lightning was eliminated.
And the results?
Third place went to Chick Hicks. Will he ever win anything? At least he went further than McQueen this time!
A solid effort by Leak Less (52) earned him second place.
The big winner? The Official Piston Cup Pace Car! I guess the race cars are all too used to always staying behind him!
The Pace car will now wait for the winners of the rest of the sections, when we will run a contest of section winners. The next line-up, chosen at random by Lawrence, consists of 26 Hot Wheels cars, 5 Matchbox cars, and 1 Motor Max car.
Second thoughts:
I think I might just keep reporting to this post as I've realized that unless one is showing video of these races, it just isn't that grand. Maybe, if we do actually find out, I'll post on the fastest car in the house. I'll even include a picture of it. Besides, in a couple or three weeks, I'll hopefully have something more exciting than Hot Wheels races to post about!
