Monte-Carl was a scrapped character from the storyline of Cars back in 1999. He was supposed to be a Piston Cup race car sponsored by ACME. He has the number 55.
Tommy Highbanks is a professional race car who competed in the Piston Cup Racing Series. He superseded Johnny Blamer as the Faux Wheel Drive racer, before being replaced by Herb Curbler. His racing number is 54.
Following her signing with Dinoco, Cruz has the Dinoco logo on her doors and hood, as well as the number 51, the same number as the Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Ruby "Easy" Oaks, and Aikens. While racing at Thomasville and Thunder Hollow, Cruz has the number 20 painted on her doors.
In addition, Lightning McQueen's racing number was originally going to be 57 (a reference to 1957, Lasseter's birth year), but was changed to 95 (a reference to 1995, the year Pixar's first feature film Toy Story was released).
Comparison: The First Car of Each Brand (1885 - 2019)
Why is McQueen number 95?
His number was originally 57, a reference to Lasseter's birth year, but was changed to 95, referencing the release year of Pixar's first film Toy Story.
Cars. "Some would say that Leak Less Adult Dripping Pans is not a prestigious sponsor, but Claude Scruggs would disagree. He's been the #52 yellow, black, and white for more than two decades, and he wears the Leak Less logo with pride.
Ruby "Easy" Oaks is a Piston Cup race car in Cars. He races for the Easy Idle team, and his racing number is 51. He is a Crown Celesta with a blue and white livery.
Tim Treadless is a Next-Gen race car that competes in the Piston Cup Racing Series with the number 28 for the Nitroade racing team. He joined in 2016, replacing Phil Tankson.
Strip "The King" Weathers (voiced by Richard Petty) is a veteran race car and racing legend. Weathers is an anthropomorphic version of Petty's 1970 Plymouth Superbird, sporting the same shade of blue and Petty's racing number, 43, as well as being a fictionalized version of him.
Winford Bradford Rutherford is a race car that raced for the RPM team in the Piston Cup Racing Series. He is a Capitol Motors Verve XT, which resembles a Ford Taurus. He is painted yellow, with the RPM logo on his hood. He had the number 64 and Piston Cup sponsors on his doors.
Parker Brakeston is a Piston Cup racer. His number is 68, and he supersedes Manny Flywheel as the racer for the N2O Cola team. In 2016, he was fired and replaced by Next-Gen racer H.J. Hollis.
Crusty Rotor is a Piston Cup racer that raced for the Vinyl Toupee team. He is a Stodgey Suaver EX that is painted pinkish purple, with the number 76 on his doors and roof, as well as the Vinyl Toupee logo on his hood. He wears a black toupee on his roof.
Why Is Lightning McQueen #95? The racecar's number was originally going to be 57, in reference to the birth year of John Lasseter, who directed the first two Cars films.
Conrad Camber is a next-generation racer who races for the Shiny Wax team in the Piston Cup Racing Series, bearing the number 82. He replaces Darren Leadfoot at the beginning of the 2017 racing season.
Cruz took advantage of Storm's weaknesses, allowing her to pass him and win the race. Storm's racing number is 20, however, it is designed with the design of 2.0 sponsored by IGNTR to resemble the next-generation.
Gender. Jambalaya Chimichanga is a demolition derby race car. In Cars 3, she competed in the Thunder Hollow Crazy Eight race competition with number 27.
Because of Ryan choosing and racing for team Blinkr, Terry Kargas' number changed to 31, and Cam Spinner became the next-gen Triple Dent racer. Terry has the same body as Brick Yardley (Axxelo Fission EA) in the film, but his diecast uses that of Cal Weathers (Capitol Motors Mark II).
Paul Conrev is a Next-Gen 2017 Race Car SB-9 racer, who races for Bumper Save in the Piston Cup Racing Series. He sports the number 90, previously used by Ponchy Wipeout. Paul has a white livery, and a blue and red design on his sides.
Herb Curbler is a Next-Gen Piston Cup racer. He is currently being sponsored by Faux Wheel Drive and bears the number 54, like Tommy Highbanks, Cortland (in the Xbox 360 version of Cars: The Videogame), and Johnny Blamer. He is colored dark green with tire patterns and dirt-like designs in his body.
Floyd Mulvihill is a professional race car in the movies Cars and Cars 3. He is a sponsored by Gasprin in the Piston Cup Racing Series. He is a Stodgey Suaver EX that is painted blue and yellow, with the Gasprin logo on his hood and the number "70" painted on his hood and doors.
Cal is Dinoco blue and has a similar model to Dale Earnhardt Jr.. Cal has #42 on his doors and roof with Lightyear tires and its branding on his front fenders. On his roof it has his name, Cal Weathers, and towards the back he gets to become a darker blue color.
