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“Cars” holds its big premiere at Lowes speedway May 27, 2006

Posted by Ron in Events, Movies.
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Friday night was the big premiere for the Pixar "Cars" movie at Lowes Motor Speedway at Concord, N.C. A sellout crowd of 30,000 people attended, as did a bunch of the movie's stars.

Here's the Associated Press story of the event.

Here's the report from AP's racing writer.

Here's a page that links to video report from News Channel 14 in Charlotte.

The Charlotte Observer has lots of coverage, including this poster page.

Here are a bunch of wire photos from the event. It's good to see Bonnie Hunt wearing a Route 66 T-shirt here.

UPDATE: Scene Daily, which reports on NASCAR racing, has a report. 

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1. Sissy Willis - May 27, 2006

Thanks for all the great pictures and news . . . Here’s my own contribution to the celebration (and I haven’t even seen the movie yet!):

“It will grip car guys, car gals and their car kids, too”

http://sisu.typepad.com/sisu/2006/05/he_has_made_the.html

2. Ron - May 27, 2006

Thanks for the report. I’m looking forward to seeing it next weekend at a special Oklahoma premiere that’s raising money for charity.

3. Bob - May 27, 2006

Thanks for the links, Ron. The reports satisfy one concern I had about the film. I know many NASCAR enthusiasts have been eager to see “Cars,” and I was wondering if a storyline which is not exclusively, or even primarily, about racing might disappoint a large potential audience. I am pleased to see that, apparently, is not the case.