Turn right to go left!

Get in gear and put pedal to metal in the ultimate
Race Rally spinout! If you’re going hard enough left, you’ll find yourself
turning right…

Welcome to the quaint, outback town of Radiator
Springs. A sleepy little settlement that’s about to be woken up! Rev up your
engines and get ready to put pedal to the metal! You’re about to be let
loose on the set of Pixar’s Cars, a wild spin-out around the canyon that
sees you bump into a few familiar faces along the way…

Production Guide

Fuel-up for fun and get in gear to join this
roaring rally on the dusty desert track of Route 66 – sure to be the most
gas-guzzling good time in the whole of Carburetor County!

As you step onto the cracked and ruptured asphalt
of old Route 66, the garish designs and unmissable signs of Radiator Springs
welcome you to the world of Cars. The route takes you past the race rally
itself, which lies in the shadow of a huge billboard for Flo’s V8 Caf�.
Further along, at Doc Hudson’s workshop, Mater and Lightning McQueen are
waiting for you! They’ve parked out front to meet the new tourists in their
sleepy township and are ready to rev you up for the Race Rally.

Entering the attraction, you’re led through
numerous corridors and rooms in the unusual collection of Radiator Springs
buildings, leading downwards into Flo’s V8 Caf� itself, the popular
drive-thru diner where the tire-squealing spinout begins…

Climb aboard your automobile volunteer from the
Cars world, get in gear and put pedal to the metal! Soon enough, you’re
spinning wildly out of control around the dusty desert tracks, throwing up
dirt behind you and gliding through handbrake turns and countless
near-misses with the other madcap motorists! As you pull an impressive full
spin, you switch tracks – into the path of the oncoming cars – and complete
a full figure of eight!

At each corner of the track, famous faces from
the film are waiting to cheer you on or taunt your driving skills. As the
rocky desert landscape whizzes past and the canyon walls spiral around, your
super-charged spinout hits the finish line, with seconds to spare!

Will you win the Race Rally? Whatever the
outcome, enjoy the ride! You’re about to experience an amazing journey into
the world of Radiator Springs.

Production Footnotes

The attraction will be a heavily customised, park version of Zamperla�s
�Destruction Derby� ride. Unlike normal versions of the ride, however, Cars
Race Rally will feature two pairs of turntables, rather than just one. Walt
Disney Imagineering have designed the attraction, with Zamperla credited as
merely the manufacturer. Zamperla have previously manufactured a huge number
of Disney�s flat rides, such as �Dumbo the Flying Elephant� and Walt Disney
Studios Park�s �Flying Carpets Over Agrabah�.

The ride area, with its two pairs of
turntables, will lie 1 metre below ground level, with extra banked scenery
behind it to give a full “canyon” effect.

Guests will ride in cars not based on the key
characters from the film but instead generic vehicles from the Cars
universe, with all the expected facial features.  This goes back to the
original project idea of ‘Doc Hudson’s Desert School of Driving’, with
guests having to teach the rookie vehicles to “turn right to go left”. 
You can find out more about inspiration for the attraction from the film
here.

This is the third attraction of this type
Disney have built in the world. Other examples are �Francis� Lady Bug
Boogie� at Disney�s California Adventure and �The Whirlpool� at Tokyo
DisneySea. Both feature only one pair of turntables.  Cars Race Rally,
however, has been built in Italy and will be a different attraction design
to these two previous models, with word suggesting it will infact be up to
twice as fast as Francis’ Lady Bug Boogie!

History

Construction
began 10th July 2006 with a huge pit dug for the turntable foundations. The
attraction is due to open June 2007, along with Crush�s Coaster and the rest
of the Toon Studio placemaking and expansion project.

Previous project names have included �Doc
Hudson�s Desert School of Driving� and �Cars: Radiator Springs Spinout�.
�Cars Race Rally� was announced as the official name through a page on the
official Walt Disney Studios Park website in June 2006.

The exact nature of the attraction was not
confirmed for quite some time. Rumours persisted it could be a new version
of Autopia or a land-based version of Tokyo DisneySea�s Aquatopia.
Ultimately, the tea-cups-style-ride rumours broke through, since people
realised there would not be enough space nor enough budget to allow for
other rumours to happen.