Is there any significance to Chick's score overlay being slightly off?
In the first race in Cars (2006) the racing commentators talk about the Piston Cup's three leading contestants. Meanwhile we're being shown a presumably in-universe camera view which contains a score overlay:
For some reason, Chick's overlay is pointing slightly behind him. I always found this odd and I was wondering if there is any significance to this. Does this regularly happen in car race broadcasting? Or...
...considering Chick isn't really in to playing fair, could this suggest he is cheating in any way?
Best Answer
I don't believe there's any significance to this within the movie. I certainly don't believe it's evidence of Chick cheating - if the overlay positions are coming from telemetry data, for example, he'd want it to be positioned in front of where he is, not behind him.
By far the most likely explanation is that it's simply a mistake - Disney-Pixar either inserted it on purpose to make the coverage look more authentic, or they genuinely messed up. As for whether mistakes like that happen regularly in racing broadcasts: as a long-time Formula One enthusiast, I can confirm that they do. Take this example from the official F1 coverage of the 2018 Australian Grand Prix:
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