For this outing, Herbie’s been thrown for the first time into the world of NASCAR. Actually, that’s a move that makes some sense. NASCAR is huge and seeing Herbie take on a new type of racing could be fun. But once the car actually gets on the track, it’s bizarre. He doesn’t fit there and looks pretty uncomfortable amongst a bunch of stock cars. The races also aren’t very cinematic. Past Herbie movies had him racing in long, overland races against a motley collection of different vehicles. This presented plenty of opportunity for creative situations where Herb’s ability to drive himself might come in damn handy. Driving in circles for 500 miles in a race that lasts a couple of hours doesn’t have nearly the cinematic potential. The race footage is piss poor, and of course CGI comes into play again to make Herbie do the laughably ridiculous.