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'' Cars'' is a media franchise including the 2006 film '' Cars'', the 2011 film ''Cars 2'', the 2017 film '' Cars 3'', the 2013 film ''Planes'' and the 2014 film '' Planes: Fire & Rescue''. Characters in the fictional universe include: Piston Cup Teams Rust-eze team Lightning McQueen Montgomery "Lightning" McQueen often referred to as "Lightning McQueen" (voiced by Owen Wilson in the films and first 2 games, Ben Rausch in '' Cars 3: Driven to Win'', Keith Ferguson in all other media) is not modeled directly after a specific make and model, although his design contains some elements inspired by the Chevrolet Corvette C6, Dodge Viper (ZB I), and Gen 4 NASCAR stock cars 2006. He owns a Racing Academy Team with Doc Hudson called the "Doc Hudson Racing Academy" (now it is known as the "Lightning McQueen Racing Academy" after Doc's sudden passing) where he trains rookie racers in the act of speed and good sportsmanship. Together with his friends, Cruz Ramirez and Tow Mater, Ligh ...
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Cars (franchise)
''Cars'' is a Computer-generated imagery, CGI-animated film series and Disney media franchise set in a world populated by anthropomorphic vehicles created by John Lasseter, Joe Ranft and Jorgen Klubien. The franchise began with the Cars (film), 2006 film of the same name, produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was followed by Cars 2, a sequel in 2011. A third film, ''Cars 3'', was released in 2017. The now-defunct Disneytoon Studios produced the two spin-off films ''Planes (film), Planes'' (2013) and ''Planes: Fire & Rescue'' (2014). The first two ''Cars'' films were directed by Lasseter, then-chief creative officer of Pixar, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Disneytoon Studios, while ''Cars 3'' was directed by Brian Fee, a storyboard artist on the previous installments. Lasseter served as executive producer of ''Cars 3'' and the ''Planes'' films. Together, all three ''Cars'' films have accrued over $1.4 billion in box office revenue worldwide while the ...
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Strip "The King" Weathers
''Cars'' is a media franchise including the 2006 film ''Cars'', the 2011 film ''Cars 2'', the 2017 film ''Cars 3'', the 2013 film '' Planes'' and the 2014 film '' Planes: Fire & Rescue''. Characters in the fictional universe include: Piston Cup Teams Rust-eze team Lightning McQueen Montgomery "Lightning" McQueen often referred to as "Lightning McQueen" (voiced by Owen Wilson in the films and first 2 games, Ben Rausch in '' Cars 3: Driven to Win'', Keith Ferguson in all other media) is not modeled directly after a specific make and model, although his design contains some elements inspired by the Chevrolet Corvette C6, Dodge Viper (ZB I), and Gen 4 NASCAR stock cars 2006. He owns a Racing Academy Team with Doc Hudson called the "Doc Hudson Racing Academy" (now it is known as the "Lightning McQueen Racing Academy" after Doc's sudden passing) where he trains rookie racers in the act of speed and good sportsmanship. Together with his friends, Cruz Ramirez and Tow Mater, Light ...
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Bob Peterson (filmmaker)
Robert Peterson (born January 18, 1961) is an American animator, director, screenwriter, storyboard supervisor and voice actor who works at Pixar. He was hired at Pixar by Roger Gould in 1994 as an animator for commercials, before subsequently becoming an animator on ''Toy Story'' (1995). He was the co-director and co-writer for '' Up'' (2009), in which he also voiced the characters Dug and Alpha. His work as a writer on ''Up'' and ''Finding Nemo'' (2003) have earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He was also a co-writer on ''Cars 3'' (2017) and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program for his work on ''Forky Asks A Question'' (2020). Career Peterson has also voiced characters for various Pixar projects such as Geri in the short ''Geri's Game'' (1997), Roz in ''Monsters, Inc.'' (2001) and ''Monsters University'' (2013), Mr. Ray in ''Finding Nemo'' (2003) and ''Finding Dory'' (2016), and Dug and Alpha in ''Up''. H ...
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Cars Race-O-Rama
''Cars Race-O-Rama'' is a racing video game based on the ''Cars'' franchise that was released on October 12, 2009. It is the sequel to ''Cars Mater-National Championship'', which was released on October 29, 2007. Gameplay ''Cars Race-O-Rama'' is a racing adventure game in which the player controls ''Cars'' protagonist and Piston Cup racer Lightning McQueen. The game features five nonlinear open worlds, including Radiator Springs. In each area McQueen can participate in multiple race types, including circuit races, relay, and point-to-point. Some events allow the player to control other characters, such as the forklift Guido in events known as Guido Kart. During these events the player participates in combat racing similar to that found in the '' Mario Kart'' series. Throughout the single-player campaign players will have the opportunity to visually upgrade McQueen. In his starting configuration the player can change McQueen's front bumper, hood, side skirts and spoiler. Additio ...
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Cars (video Game)
''Cars'' (also known as ''Cars: The Video Game'') is an open world racing video game, based on the 2006 Pixar film of the same name. Developed by Rainbow Studios, it was released for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and PSP in June 2006, with versions for the Xbox 360 and Wii released later that year. The Wii version includes functionality geared towards its Wii Remote controller, and was a launch game for the system. Taking place after the events of the film, the player controls the protagonist Lightning McQueen as he participates in the new racing season with the end goal of winning the Piston Cup for the first time in his career, while also racing and training with the local community of Radiator Springs. In the PSP version, the player again controls Lightning McQueen. After meeting and narrowly avoiding a collision with the Delinquent Road Hazards gang, he challenges them to a race to which they agree. The console versions ...
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Michael Keaton
Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor. He is known for his various comedic and dramatic film roles, including Jack Butler in ''Mr. Mom'' (1983), Betelgeuse in ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), the DC Comics superhero Batman / Bruce Wayne in ''Batman'' (1989) and ''Batman Returns'' (1992), and the Marvel Comics supervillain Vulture / Adrian Toomes in '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017). His breakout role was as fast-talking schemer Bill "Blaze" Blazejowski in the 1982 film '' Night Shift''. He later appeared in a variety of films ranging from dramas and romantic comedies to thriller and action films, such as ''Clean and Sober'' (1988), ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (1993), '' The Paper'' (1994), ''Multiplicity'' (1996), ''Jackie Brown'' (1997), '' Herbie: Fully Loaded'' (2005), ''The Other Guys'' (2010), '' RoboCop'' (2014), ''Need for Speed'' (2015), ''Spotlight'' (2015), ''The Founder'' (2016), ''Dumbo'' (2019), '' Worth'' ...
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Lightning McQueen
Montgomery "Lightning" McQueen is a fictional anthropomorphic stock car who is the protagonist of the animated Pixar franchise ''Cars'', primarily voiced by actor Owen Wilson. His appearances include the feature films ''Cars'', ''Cars 2'', and ''Cars 3'', as well as in the TV series ''Cars Toons'' and ''Cars on the Road''. McQueen is a playable character in each of the ''Cars'' video game installments, as well as in other Disney/Pixar video games. McQueen is the face of the ''Cars'' brand, and he is a popular mascot for Disney. McQueen is a professional racer in the Piston Cup circuit, which emulates the NASCAR Cup Series, and acquires five Piston Cup victories through his career. In ''Cars 2'', he competed in the short-lived World Grand Prix. At the end of ''Cars 3'', he assumes the role of a mentor for a new generation of racers. In the films, McQueen is sponsored by Rust-eze Medicated Bumper Ointment and wears their decals. His body is red with yellow and orange decals, displa ...
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Plymouth Superbird
The Plymouth Superbird is a highly modified, short-lived version of the Plymouth Road Runner with applied graphic images as well as a distinctive horn sound both referencing the popular ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon character the Road Runner. It was the factory's follow-up stock car racing design, for the 1970 season, to the Dodge Charger Daytona of 1969, and incorporated many engineering changes and modifications (both minor and major) garnered from the Daytona's season in competition. The car's primary rivals were the Ford Torino Talladega and Mercury Cyclone, a direct response to the Mopar aero car. It has also been speculated that a motivating factor in the production of the car was to lure Richard Petty back to Plymouth. Both of the Mopar aero cars famously featured a protruding, aerodynamic nosecone, a high-mounted rear wing and, unique to the Superbird, a horn mimicking the Road Runner's signature " beep, beep." Superbirds equipped with the top-of-the-line Hemi engine with ...
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Aero Warriors
Aero Warriors, also called aero-cars, is a nickname for four muscle cars developed specifically to race on the NASCAR circuit by Dodge, Plymouth, Ford and Mercury for the 1969 and 1970 racing seasons. The cars were based on production stock cars but had additional aerodynamic features. The first Aero Warrior was the 1969 Ford Torino Talladega. The Torino already had a fastback design; the Talladega added a longer, slightly rounded front end. The second Aero Warrior was the 1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II. The Cyclone was nearly identical to the Torino with the only major distinctions being the front grille and rear tail lights. Another aero car is the Dodge Charger Daytona, which was a redesign of the Charger 500 and had a more radical aerodynamic nose as well as a high-mounted wing at the rear, hitting 243mph on Chrysler's five-mile oval track. The final Aero Warrior was the 1970 Plymouth Superbird (based on the Plymouth Road Runner), which had the same aerodynamic additions as ...
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Richard Petty
Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), nicknamed "The King", is an American former stock car racing driver who raced from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most notably driving the No. 43 Plymouth/Pontiac for Petty Enterprises. He was the first driver to win the Cup Series championship seven times (a record now tied with Dale Earnhardt and Jimmie Johnson), while also winning a record 200 races during his career. This included winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times and winning a record 27 races (10 of them consecutively) in one season (1967). Statistically, he is the most accomplished driver in the history of the sport, and is one of the most respected figures in motorsports as a whole. Petty remains very active in the sport as both a NASCAR team owner (Petty GMS Motorsports) in the Cup Series, and owner of Petty's Garage (car restoration and modification shop) in Level Cross, North Carolina. D ...
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Cristela Alonzo
Cristela Alonzo (born ) is an American comedian, actress, writer and producer, who created and starred in the ABC sitcom ''Cristela.'' This made her the first Latina woman to create, produce, write, and star in her own US primetime comedy. Early life Alonzo was raised in San Juan, Texas, the youngest of four children of mother Natalia Gonzalez, who worked double shifts at a Mexican restaurant for about 20 years, and father Adalberto Alonzo, both of whom were from Mexico. When Alonzo's mother was pregnant with Alonzo, Alonzo's mother left her abusive husband and raised the children alone. Alonzo has explained that she never met her father, who died in 2009. She has three siblings, older sister Julisa Maria Alonzo and older brothers Eloy Eduardo Alonzo and Ruben G. Alonzo. Alonzo's mother came from the small village of El Zancarron in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Throughout her childhood, on her mother's weekly day off, Alonzo spent time with her paternal grandmother in Reynosa, Me ...
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