'The Radiator Springs 500 ½' is Now on 'Disney Movies Anywhere'

Pixar's newest Cars Toon, The Radiator Springs 500 ½, is now available to watch on Disney Movies Anywhere! (It's free to view; all you need is an account). This six-minute short film is part of the Tales from Radiator Springs series. In The Radiator Springs 500 ½, a gang of Baja Racers interrupt a celebration of Stanley, the founder of Radiator Springs, to challenge Lightning McQueen to a race. While McQueen and the Baja pros see who’s the fastest, Mater leads the rest of the gang through a leisurely Founders Day tour of Stanley’s original frontier route.

"By right you mean left?"

"The Enchanted Forrest" scene in the Cars Toon has very close similarities to a deleted scene in the first Cars movie. In the storyboarded clip below, Lightning McQueen attempts to get back to the interstate and discovers a graveyard full of rusted cars.

The Radiator Springs 500 ½ is the last film to be made by Pixar Canada, Pixar's subsidiary studio located in Vancouver, Canada. Sadly, Pixar Canada closed on October 2013 in order "to refocus operations and  resources under the one roof.” (Pixar's main studio in Emeryville, CA) Pixar Canada's other films include Air Mater, Small Fry, Time Travel Mater, Partysaurus Rex, and three Tales from Radiator Springs.

Pixar Canada: 2010 - 2013

The next Cars Toon from the Tales from Radiator Springs series is called To Protect and Serve.(@ThePixarTimes) It will be out sometime later this year.