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|friends = [[Lightning McQueen]]<br />[[Mater]]<br />[[Sally Carrera]]<br />[[Ramone]]<br />[[Flo]]<br />[[Sarge]]<br />[[Fillmore]]<br />[[Luigi]]<br />[[Guido]]<br />[[Lizzie]]<br />[[Sheriff]]<br />[[Red]], [[Stinger]]<br />[[Candice]]<br />[[El Machismo]]

|enemies = [[Lightning McQueen]] (former)<br />[[Chick Hicks]]<br />[[Chick Hicks' Students|Chick Hicks Racing Academy]]<br />[[Candice]] (former)<br />[[El Machismo]] (former)<br />[[Stinger]] (former)<br />[[VIN|The VINs]]

|interests = Grumping<br />Training Lightning<br />Doctor

|talents = Powersliding<br />Racing<br />Dirt Track Racing

|first appearance = [[Cars]]

|performer = [[Paul Newman]] ([[Cars]], [[Mater and the Ghostlight]], [[Cars: The Video Game]])<br>[[Corey Burton]] ([[Cars: Mater-National Championship]], [[Cars Race-O-Rama]] and [[Cars Land]])}}{{Wikipedia 2}}'''Doc Hudson''' was Radiator Springs' resident judge and doctor. He was once one of the most famous racecars in history; he won three Piston Cups, and still holds the record for most wins in a single season. However, it all changed for Doc when he was involved in [[Sammy|a terrible crash during the final lap of the 1954 Piston Cup championship race, which saw him put out for the season.]] Upon his return, he was received with a complete absence of fanfare and told that he was a has-been who had been passed up for the next rookie in line. He kept a newspaper article on the career-ending crash as a reminder never to return to the life that nearly killed him.

In [[Cars]], upon meeting Lightning McQueen, Doc saw far too much of his past in the rookie. He was less than happy when Lightning discovers his past. After Lightning finished fixing the road he damaged and decided to stay for a while, Doc was unable to bear having him around any longer and called the news and press to immediately take him away to the Piston Cup, declaring that it is best for everyone. But seeing how disheartened everyone was by his unplanned departure, Doc realized that Lightning had become more important to them than he thought. He eventually admits the truth to everyone about his Racecar days and he took back his old #51 colors to become Lightning's pit crew chief, bringing nearly the entire town to the Piston Cup to support Lightning as his pit crew and in an ironic twist of fate, finally received that long awaited fanfare for his return.

In [[Cars: The Video Game]], Doc usually helped Lightning practice. His most notable lesson was when he taught him how to powerslide, also known as drifting, on dirt. In the video game, he appears at the cut-scenes for [[Doc's Lesson: Powerslide]] and [[Doc's Challenge]], where Lightning McQueen went to meet him in [[Willy's Butte]], but he was late. Then he tested Lightning at the Willy's Butte track, and he did good. Then they had a race. After the race, Doc said that the car that Lightning notices (who was [[Chick Hicks]]) was watching the competition, and that he will meet Lightning soon. He was confirmed as Lightning's chief at the [[Palm Mile Speedway]], when he confronted Chick for his obnoxious behavior and to stop bugging McQueen.

 

 

In [[Mater and the Ghostlight]], Doc scared [[Mater]] into believing in a monster called the [[Screamin' Banshee]], which actually ended up existing.

 

In [[Cars: Mater-National Championship]], Doc plays a minor role in the story at the very beginning, when he tells Lightning, [[Philip]] and [[Fred]] to get off the main road. After being recognized, he is given the offer to join the race. He also appears during the stadium races, and in Fillmore's Fuel Frenzy, where he competes with Lightning, Mater and Fred.

===Cars: Race-O-Rama===

Due to the death of [[Paul Newman]], Doc doesn't physically appear in [[Cars 2]]. At some point between the events of'' ''Cars: Race-O-Rama and Cars 2, Doc deceased possibly of old age, as indicated at the beginning of Cars 2. In memory, the Piston Cup was named after him, the Hudson Hornet Piston Cup; the new logo was also put on Lightning's hood in his new paint job for the [[World Grand Prix]]. He also appears on some pictures and a newspaper, the same one as seen in Cars. His [[Doc's Clinic|clinic]] was turned into a museum about him, called the Hudson Hornet Racing Museum.

Doc Hudson is based off of the real 1951 [[Hudson]] Hornet, which is where his name, number and paint scheme came from. He is painted blue, with chrome lining and whitewall tires.