Ernie Gearson

Ernie Gearson
Vehicle type	Husker Morocco (Cars) Capitol Motors Mark II (Cars 3)
Color	Green, blue
Occupation	Piston Cup racer for Spare Mint (formerly)
Main portrayer(s)	Jess Harnell
First appearance	Cars
Latest appearance	Cars 3
Character information Alias(es) Giddyup Gender Male

Ernie Gearson is a stock car that used to compete in the Piston Cup Racing Series for the Spare Mint team, with the number 93.

History

Cars

In Cars, Ernie competes in the Dinoco 400, the final race of the season, which takes place at the Motor Speedway of the South. He spends most of the race near the front of the pack somewhere in the top 10. Ernie took part in the accident caused by Chick Hicks that involved almost all of the racers on the track. During the accident, he initially tried to avoid it by slowing down but this caused him to drift and hit the safety wall only to soon after hit by Todd Marcus.

Ernie Gearson was T-boned at some point in the wreck as indicated by the post-wreck pit where he is driving down pit lane bent up and out of shape. He receives some minor damage, but he was able to continue racing. He somehow was the first racer to make it off pit road as seen in the following scene where he is side by side with Lightning McQueen restarting in 2nd. Lightning had managed to get a better run however as he already broke away from Ernie and the pack as soon as the green flag came out. Ernie had lost a lot of positions during the rest of the race as he had taken a lot of damage in the crash. By the time of the final lap, he was near the back, only in front of James Cleanair, Kevin Racingtire and Slider Petrolski as scene in a shot on the last lap, though Gearson and Cleanair were not seen when the final lap was announced. He finished in 22nd place.

Ernie Gearson during the Dinoco 400 race at the Motor Speedway of the South.

Cars 3

In Cars 3, Ernie is still competing in the Piston Cup. However when Jackson Storm made his debut, interest in Next-Gen race cars rose. Ernie retires and was replaced by a next generation racer named Nick Shift.

Physical description

In Cars, Ernie Gearson is a Husker Morroco stock car. His eye color is brown. He uses Lightyear racing tires. When he started his racing career, his engine had horsepower of only 300. He is painted light blue (aqua) with a green stripe wrapped around his doors, hood, and roof. He has the Spare Mint logo on his hood, as well as the number 93 painted in white on his doors and roof. In Cars 3, Ernie has a drastic redesign as he is now a Capitol Motors Mark II. However, his paint job was similar with the only difference being the headlights as he gained ones that imitate headlights with the number 93 being placed under the right one.

Official profiles

Car Finder Game

• Ernie Gearson recalls the day when high dollar sponsorships and squealing fans were still a thing of the future. He may be one of the oldest racers on the grids these days, but he's been around the track once or twice. He's still got plenty of fire in his chambers. His friends call him "Giddyup", alluding to the humble 300 horsepower engine he started his career with all those years ago.

Gallery

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  Cars 3 artwork

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  Ernie’s first appearance onscreen

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  Ernie in the crash with Davey Apex and Haul Inngas.

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• Ernie's first onscreen appearance (Cars 3)

  Ernie's first onscreen appearance (Cars 3)

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  Blurred image of Ernie racing.

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  Car Finder Game profile

Names in other languages

• Russian:
  • Эрни Гарсон (transcription: Erni Garson)
  • Эрни Рульсон (transcription: Erni Rulʹson)

Trivia

• Despite the die-cast of the Spare Mint racer of Cars 3 is released with the name "Ernie Gearson", the racer resembles a fourth generation NASCAR, while Ernie Gearson resembles a third generation NASCAR.
• He and Floyd Mulvihill were the first characters to be seen in the entire franchise, albeit for only a split second during Lightning McQueen's pre-race monologue.