Did Lightning Mcqueen Retire?

The film ends with Lightning McQueen deciding to retire and become the pit chief for Cristela Alonzo's Cruz Ramirez, his former trainer who becomes a racer in her own right.

Will Lightning McQueen race again?

But in the epilogue of latest film Cars 3, Lightning (voiced by Owen Wilson) is speeding around wearing a new coat of blue. ... But Lightning's bound to change his color scheme back. “He just does it to have fun," Lasseter says. "For a short time, he's going to get (Cruz) going, but he'll continue racing.”

Did Lightning McQueen retire after Cars 3?

McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) even resigned from the Rust-eze racing team allowing Ramirez (Cristela Alonzo) to take his place and zip to victory. That's not how the story went at first.