Greg Candyman

Greg Candyman
Vehicle type	Capitol Motors Verve XT
Color	Brown and white
Occupation	Piston Cup racer for Tach-O-Mint (formerly)
First appearance	Cars
Latest appearance	Cars Daredevil Garage (die-cast)
Character information Gender Male

"So tell me more about this organic fuel of yours, Fillmore."

—Greg Candyman, Cars (comic)

Greg "Candyman" is a Piston Cup racer who was sponsored by Tach-O-Mint.

History

Cars

Chick Hicks passing Greg.

In Cars, Greg is seen racing at the Motor Speedway of the South, among thirty-five other competitors. When Chick Hicks causes a huge accident to distance himself from Lightning McQueen, he is involved in the wreck and suffers minor damage, but is able to continue racing. He can be later seen during the restart and a bit after when Chick passes him.

Between the events of Cars and Cars 3, Greg retires, but his sponsor Tach-O-Mint does not appear in Cars 3.

The World of Cars Online

In The World of Cars Online, Greg could be found as one of the opposing competitors at the Motor Speedway of the South and the Los Angeles International Speedway.

Physical description

Greg is a Capitol Motors Verve XT. He is painted brown and white with many different candy designs around his body, as well as the number "101" written on his doors and roof. He also has stickers imitating headlights.

Official profiles

Car Finder Game

Greg Candyman Capitol Motors Verve XT

His story:

"Greg loves his Tach-O-Mint sponsorship, but there is one aspect he's not a fan of..., the paint job. Gingerbread brown with candy cane type would not have likely been his first choice. Nor would it have likely been the first choice of a professional graphic designer, but it was however the first choice of the owner's four year old niece. Greg is also not a big fan of judging the annual contest in which fans build a likeness of him out of real gingerbread and gumdrops."

Meet the Cars

• Greg loves his sponsorship, but there is one aspect he's not a fan of: the paint job. Gingerbread brown with candy-cane type would likely not have been the first choice of a professional graphic designer, but it was, however, the first choice of the owner's four-year-old niece. Greg also doesn't really enjoy judging the annual contest in which fans build a likeness of him out of real gingerbread and gumdrops.

Pixarpedia

• Greg Candyman is a Capitol Motors vehicle, sponsored by Tach-O-Mint. Each year fans compete to make a gingerbread model of him!

Cars: Character Encyclopedia

• Greg Candyman races for team Tach-O-Mint. He is one of the rarest race car diecasts. Apart from the MSOS (Motor Speedway of the South set) release, he was one of the last of the rubber tire releases.

Gallery

• 2018 die-cast Artwork.

  2018 die-cast Artwork.

• Artwork from The World of Cars Online.

  Artwork from The World of Cars Online.

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  Greg’s first appearance onscreen

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  Cars

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  Cars

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  Greg about to get into the crash

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• Greg passing Chick's pits

  Greg passing Chick's pits

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  Car Finder Game profile

• The World of Cars Online

  The World of Cars Online

• File:Greg.png
• Diecast

  Diecast

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  2015 release

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  2018 release

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  2023 release

Names in other languages

• Hungarian: Drazsé Greg
• Russian: Грег Кэндимен (transcription: Greg Kendimen)

Trivia

• Greg is the only racer to not have a number on his right headlight.
• Although he is a Capitol Motors Verve XT he closely resembles a Husker Morocco, just like Misti Motorkrass.
  • It's possible that Greg is an older model of the Verve XT.
• Greg's 2018 die-cast artwork is a flipped version of his render from the Car Finder Game game.