Trivia: Luigi's license plate reads 44.5-10.8, which is the latitude and longitude for the Ferrari factory in Modena, Italy.
Trivia: The car crash suffered by The King in the last race is very similar to the accident that Richard Petty had in 1970.
Suggested correction: The ending crash has no similarities with Richard Petty's crash in 1970 at Darlington. The King's car didn't hit a wall. It most likely took inspiration from Richard's 1988 crash at Daytona.
Trivia: A military hummer speaks with the press, that's a nod to Arnold Schwarzenegger, at that time governor of California, who famously drove a hummer.
Trivia: Andrew Stanton, the director of Finding Nemo, plays the voice of the rusty truck named Fred.
Trivia: When a car gets zapped by a laser during Lightning McQueen's dream sequence, you can hear the Wilhelm scream.