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.
The King is painted Dinoco Blue, with the Dinoco sponsor and the number "43". On his trunk, he has a giant, tall blue spoiler. The King is a 1970 Plymouth Superbird with a 426 Hemi V8 engine, the car Richard Petty drove.
As the most famous race car in Europe, #1 Francesco Bernoulli is a favorite to win the World Grand Prix, which also makes him Lightning McQueens chief rival.
Strip Weather's number, 43, is a reference to former racer Richard Petty's racing number, 43. Despite being a racing veteran, The King, along with Chick Hicks, are the only Piston Cup racers to be based on older vehicles, as the rest of the Piston Cup racers are based on the current NASCAR stock car type vehicles.
His number was originally 57, a reference to John Lasseter's birth year, but was changed to 95, referencing the release year of Pixar's first film Toy Story.
Hudson won the championship from 1951-53. His license plate is 51HHMD, which is a reference to his year and track number (51), model (Hudson Hornet) and profession (medical doctor).
Rusty Cornfuel is a race car that races for the Tow Cap team in the Piston Cup Racing Series. He is a Brawny Motor Co. Spark GT that is painted purple and white, with the number 4 painted on his roof and doors.
Aiken Axler is a minor character in Cars. He races for the team "Nitroade." He is a Lux Motors Co. Piston Cup V8 that likes to meditate. "Number 28 Nitroade racer, Aiken Axler, captured the 2003 Vitoline Rookie of the Year honors in his first full season of Cup competition.
The Sally Special. A one-of-a-kind Porsche 911 designed in collaboration with Pixar as a tribute to none other than the iconic Sally Carrera of the studio's “Cars” franchise. That's right.
In the original Cars movie, McQueen is in his early-to-mid twenties, and reaches the apex of his career in his late thirties in Cars 2, before approaching obsolescence and retirement in his early forties through Cars 3.
Lizzie is a 1923 Ford Model T 2-door sedan. Her name comes from the fact that the Ford Model T's nickname was the "Tin Lizzie." Lizzie is the oldest car to appear in the movies; Stanley is older but is only shown as a statue.
Who is he: Strip Weathers, aka The King, is a 1970 Superbird who has, you guessed it, won more series races than any other car in history. His paint scheme is the Dinoco Blue (which looks amazingly like Petty Blue) and he wears No. 43.
In Cars 3, Sally continues to be the love-interest of Lightning McQueen, and attends his races to show support. She is present when Lightning crashes while trying to keep up with the nextgens, and gives Lightning the inspiration to continue racing after he is rebuilt.
The King's voice actor, Richard Petty, reprises his role in Cars 3. He served as the crew chief for his nephew Cal Weathers and he compliments one of Cal's attempted insults early in the film. In the end, he is seen with Tex Dinoco and Cal Weathers to give Cruz Ramirez to become Dinoco's next racer.
The Car number 99 has started 1,180 races and has 49 wins, 23 poles, 274 top 5s, 471 top 10s, and 278 DNFs in NASCAR Cup Series competition. In 2021 car #99 was fielded by Trackhouse Racing, an RCR-allied team owned by former Xfinity Series driver Justin Marks, with Daniel Suarez behind the wheel.
Todd Marcus is known as the best race car eve from Dieselton, Alabama He's also known as the only race car to come from Dieselton, Alabama When asked why he chose to be car number 123, he simply replied, "Because it's easy to remember." And that's why it's also his ATM number, his Internet log-in, his home security ...
Dale is an Axxelo Fission, which is identical to the NASCAR Chevrolet Monte Carlo. He is painted red, with the number 8 painted in white on his doors and roof. He has the Dale Earnhardt, Inc. logo on his hood as well as his fenders, and several Piston Cup sponsor stickers on his doors.
Claude Scruggs, sometimes nicknamed by his sponsor Leak Less, is a professional race car who competed in the Piston Cup Racing Series, driving as No. 52 for the Leak Less-sponsored team.
Cars 2. Shu Todoroki is a Le Mans Prototype (LMP) racer representing Japan and bearing #7 in the World Grand Prix. Shu was raised at the base of the active Mount Asama volcano in Japan, and soon became a champion on the Suzuka Circuit.
In Cars 2, Doc died before the events of the film (his voice actor, Paul Newman, died in 2008) and the Piston Cup was renamed in his honor, with his clinic being converted into a museum that displayed trophies and mementos from his career.
Doc would win the 1954 Piston Cup and race for a much longer time, until 1968. He would also win at least 12 championships and break the record for most Piston Cup wins ever (since in his only three full-time years he got three championships). He would win 175-200 races.
301PCE was on the Sally's license plate and many people thought it may have a hidden meaning. Mater and McQueen's license plates were internal Pixar code numbers, but Sally's was an actual plate issued by the California DMV.
