Lightning's design was inspired by stock cars, and a more curvaceous Le Mans endurance racers ( Ford GT40).This follows NASCAR's tradition of putting yellow rookie stripes on rookie drivers' cars. A toy similar to Lightning can also be seen. T-shirt with red sleeves and has in the middle of the shirt the 95 racing number with the lightning bolt of Lightning McQueen. In Toy Story 3 in the Caterpillar Room at Sunnyside Daycare, you can see one of the kids with a white.Lightning McQueen, along with other countless versions of him, have been released in the Cars Die-Cast Line, and also in the Cars Toons Die-Cast Line.In the first official teaser trailer of Cars 2, for unknown reasons, Lightning McQueen has on his Rust-eze customization.Lightning's last name "McQueen" is a reference to Glenn McQueen, a supervising animator at Pixar who passed away in 2002.Originally, his number was going to be 57, which is the year John Lasseter was born. His racing number, "95" is a reference to the year 1995, when Pixar's first feature-length film, Toy Story was released.He also has air flaps on his roof to prevent flipping. Lightning has coil-over shocks with tubular A arm front suspension, a solid axle rear end and vented disc brakes at all four wheels. But competing against the fastest cars in the world tests more than his racing skills when Lightning realizes his wide-eyed best friend may not be the pit chief nor ambassador he needs to navigate the unfamiliar international terrain. With a fresh custom paint job and real, working headlights, Lightning sets off to Japan, Italy and England with Mater in tow for the adventure of a lifetime. His off-season is unexpectedly cut short when Mater inadvertently prompts Lightning to enter the World Grand Prix, a high profile, three-part exhibition race that will take him around the globe. After his latest win, Lightning returns home to enjoy life in the slow lane for a while with sweetheart Sally, best friend Mater and the rest of his Radiator Springs family. Now a permanent resident of Radiator Springs, Lightning has become a bona fide worldwide celebrity as winner of four Piston Cups. Number 95 Lightning McQueen is still a hotshot racecar, but his rookie days are past him. While at the start of the film he wanted a dinoco sponsorship. With rust eze but asks for one favor a helicopter ride for mater. radiator springs come to be McQueen's pit crew! McQueen tries to win! and he is about to! but after chick hicks rams into the king McQueen stops letting chick win McQueen pushed the king to the finish! tex tells McQueen to become the new face of dinoco! but mcqueen turns it down. at the tie breaker race McQueen races against the king and chick hicks. McQueen explains sally but mack takes McQueen for the race. He goes to luigi's casa della tires and gets new tires. but McQueen is not sure if his tires can take him all the way to California. then when radiator springs wakes up they see McQueen is gone. doc then tells about his big wreck in 54. McQueen tries to get a tractor but it escapes while McQueen the next day McQueenįinds out about doc as the fabulous Hudson hornet. sally hears McQueen telling about the helicopter ride for mater. as frank tries to catch them the two friends escape. the nextĭay sally is happy with McQueen's road paving. Tries to win but a cactus falls on him! mater tows McQueen back up and McQueen finishes the road. lightning tried to fix fast! then doc challenges McQueen to a race. In the radiator springs courthouse the judge wants to kick him out. Lightning Mcqueen goes missing he goes into an impound lot and meets a a rusty truck. lightning is chased by sheriff while lightning destroys a town. lightning races to the interstateīut ends up in a highway 66. lightning races to mack but ends up into a grumpy peterblit. lightning falls out of the trailer after snot rod sneezes and mack wakes up leaving lightning lost. Lightning is then sleeping in the trailer while a group of tuner cars called the delinquent road hazards come lightning has a big break but after everything worked good. Lightning's trailer at his sponsor's tent. he later goes to mack to go but mack parks Winning until his tires blow and goes into 3 way tie. again lightning refuses to change tires and only used gas. he raced against the king and chick hicks. Lightning was once a racer racing for first piston cup.