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Lightning McQueen
Lightning McQueen is an anthropomorphic stock car in the animated Pixar film "Cars" (2006), its sequels "Cars 2" (2011), "Cars 3" (2017), and TV shorts known as "Cars Toons". The character is not named after actor and race driver Steve McQueen, but after Pixar animator Glenn McQueen who died in 2002. His design is inspired by a stock car and "a more curvaceous Le Mans endurance racer," with "some Lola and some Ford
race for him, but she refuses and quits. Tex Dinoco, owner of Dinoco, purchases Rust-eze from him, allowing Cruz to race and McQueen to train her.
He is voiced by Nathan Fillion.
Piston Cup teams Hamilton.
A personal voice command assistant to Cruz Ramirez that's able to track McQueen's speed through his electronic suit.
Played by British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton.
Piston Cup teams Cruz Ramirez.
Cruz Ramirez, a Hispanic female, is Lightning McQueen's trainer and technician