by PirateSteven » Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:26 am
Me wants! Sorry that is all of the value that I can provide to this post at this time.
Some Lightning McQueen facts:
-He was named after Pixar animator Glenn McQueen (who died from skin cancer in 2002).
-He is based on generic NASCAR vehicles, but with design influences from the Mazda Miata and Dodge Viper. Late in the original film, he is painted much like the Chevrolet Corvette C1.
-In order to create a cocky but likeable character for McQueen, Pixar looked at sports figures like boxer Muhammad Ali, basketball player Charles Barkley and football quarterback Joe Namath, as well as popular musician Kid Rock.
-He is voiced by actor Owen Wilson in Cars, Cars 2, Mater and the Ghostlight, and the Cars video game; he is voiced by Keith Ferguson in Cars Toons, Cars Mater-National Championship, and Cars Race-O-Rama.
-In the original film, Lightning is one of three contestants in a Piston Cup tiebreaker race before an audience of "more than two hundred thousand cars" in Los Angeles, California. It is revealed in a sequel that he won the Piston Cup from 2007-2010.
-Lightning is #95 which is the year that the first cgi animated full length movie was released, Toy Story.