Cam Spinner

Not to be confused with Cad Spinner.

Cam Spinner
Vehicle type	Next-Gen 2017 Race Car SB-9
Color	Blue and white
Occupation	Piston Cup racer for Triple Dent
Main portrayer(s)	Barney Dee (Cars 3: Driven to Win)[citation needed]
First appearance	Cars 3
Latest appearance	Cars 3: Driven to Win
Character information Gender Male

"I like racing. That's it. I just like it."

—Cam Spinner, Cars 3: Driven to Win

Cam Spinner is a Next-Generation race car that competes in the Piston Cup Racing Series with the number 31 for the Triple Dent team. He replaced Terry Kargas in 2016.

History

Cars 3

Cam Spinner swerving, leading to the Florida International Super Speedway crash in 2017.

In Cars 3, Cam competes in the 2016 season of the Piston Cup. He joined the Triple Dent racing team serving as a permanent replacement for the previous racer, Terry Kargas. He debuts at the Heartland Motor Speedway, finishing in 18th.

Later, Cam competes in the 2017 season at the Florida 500 race at the Florida International Super Speedway, where he started from the twenty-third position and then moves up into the fifteenth position. During the race, Spinner causes a crash by pushing himself too hard trying to get faster and pass other racers, blowing his rear tire in a process, just like how Lightning McQueen blew out his rear tire during the final Los Angeles 500 race at the Los Angeles International Speedway because he pushed himself too hard trying to get faster to pass Jackson Storm. He spun out of control and took out Tim Treadless and George New-Win. They slid across the track and hit other cars. Spinner soon slides towards the wall, hitting Steve "Slick" LaPage in the process. After that, he went airborne and hit Harvey Rodcap when he got back on the ground. He was severely damaged and does not finish the race. Due to the accident a restart for the race had to be called.

Cars 3: Driven to Win

Cam Spinner in the Cars 3: Driven to Win characters garage.

Cam Spinner is an unlockable playable character in Cars 3: Driven to Win. Like most of the playable characters, he is unlocked by completing an uncertain amount of skill checks.

Physical description

Artwork of Cam Spinner.

Cam Spinner is a Next-Gen 2017 Race Car SB-9. He uses Lightyear tires. He has a light-blue to cyan livery, with white stripes on his hood, spoiler, roof and side backs and a racing number 31 painted on his roof and doors. His eye color is gray.

Gallery

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  Artwork

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  Rocket Racing artwork.

• Concept art.

  Concept art.

• Cars 3

  Cars 3

• Cam on the Rust-eze Racing Center's simulator screen. (Cars 3)

  Cam on the Rust-eze Racing Center's simulator screen. (Cars 3)

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  Cars 3

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• His screen time on the Pixar Cars YouTube Channel

  His screen time on the Pixar Cars YouTube Channel

• Cars 3

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• Cars 3

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• Cars 3: Driven to Win

  Cars 3: Driven to Win

• Diecast

  Diecast

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  2019 release

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  2022 release with Chase Racelott

Names in other languages

• Greek: Καμ Σπινερ (transcription: Kam Spiner)
• Japanese: カム・スピナー
• Polish: Gwiazda Kopeć
• Russian:
  • Кэм Спиннер (transcription: Kem Spinner)
  • Кэв Шкивер (transcription: Kev Shkiver)

Trivia

• Cam Spinner's name is similar to that of Cad Spinner from Planes: Fire & Rescue.
  • Translation of his name, Gwiazda Kopeć, used in Polish version of Cars 3: Driven to Win, (and on his Rocket Racing diecast release), was also based on the Polish translation of Cad Spinner's name, Gazda Kopeć.
    • Based on this it is inevitable for the two to have some relations to eachother.
• Early concept art of Cam depicts him with the number 21 instead of 31.
  • The same goes for Terry Kargas.
    • This can only conclude that Ryan "Inside" Laney would have been sponsored by Triple Dent, due to his number being taken from real life driver, Ryan Blaney.
    • In the movie, he has gray eyes, however on his artwork, his eyes are green.

Quotes

Cars 3: Driven to Win

• "C'mon! Is it time to race yet?"
• "Glad that's over."
• "Go, go, go!"
• "Huh?"
• "I like racing. That's it. I just like it."
• "It's me! Let's go."
• "Looks like I will win."
• "That could'a been bad."
• "That was cool."
• "Uh, getting a little dizzy."
• "Whew, that went well!"
• "Totally in control."
• "Hey, Turning doesn't have to be hard."
• "Yeah. I can drift."