Lightning McQueen’s top speed is 200mph, 750hp, 0-60 in 3.2 seconds; that was super fast for real race cars during that time!

The yellow strip on Lightning McQueen’s bumper is something NASCAR does for Rookie race cars.

Lightning’s sounds and revs are generated from NASCAR.

Lightning McQueen’s design was created when Cars animators combined the designs of Nascar Gen 4 cars, Corvettes, Vipers, Chargers, and more sporty cars from the time period of the late 1900’s to the early 2000s.

Ka-chow!