Bobby Swift

Template:Infobox racing driverBobby Swift was a stock race car, that around late 2010s, was a racing driver who competed in the Piston Cup Racing Series for Tank Coat team with number 36.

History

Bobby Swift, Lightning McQueen and Cal Weathers during a Dinoco Light 350 race at the Motor Speedway of the South in 2016.

Bobby Swift was a stock race car that lived in the United States. He was a racing driver who, around late 2010s, competed in the Piston Cup Racing Series for Octane Gain team with number 19. He was known for squeezing past his opponents at the last moment to win a race. He was good friends with Lightning McQueen, Brick Yardley and Cal Weathers. He used to spar and joke with them during the races, always being at the front of the pack. In 2016 after McQueen's victory in Dinoco Light 350 at the Motor Speedway of the South, Swift and his crew pranked him in extinguishing foam and confetti while he was having an intervie with Racing Sports Network reporter, Shannon Spokes. In 2016, in the midseason, with the rise of popularity of high-tech next-generation series of race cars, that had better achievements on the tracks, he stopped competing in Piston Cup and got replaced by the Tank Coat team with Daniel Swervez who started racing for a team since Los Angeles 500 race at the Los Angeles International Speedway.

Physical description

Front and back of Bobby Swift.

Swift was a Brawny Motor Co. Spark EA stock race car with Lightyear racing tyres. His eyes were purple. He had purple livery with two orange polygons, having four skewers directed forward and two facing back with one reaching the rear bumper. Around his windows, he had an orange arched shape. He had the Octane Gain logo on his hood, rear fender, back and his boot. He also had a white racing number 19, with a black border on his roof, the middle of his sides, and his bumper. Above his front windows and on his front fenders, he had the Lightyear logo. He had stickers imitating lamps and seven stickers of sponsors behind the wheels. He had dark grey rims with a yellow border.

Achievements

Races of the 2016 Piston Cup Racing Series season.

Race track	Event	Finished position
Motor Speedway of the South	Dinoco Light 350	2nd
Copper Canyon Speedway		3rd
Rocker Arms International		3rd

Appearances in the video games

Bobby Swift in the Cars 3: Driven to Win video game.

Swift is an unlockable playable character in Cars 3: Driven to Win video game. Like most of the playable characters, he is unlocked by completing a skill checks.

Official profiles

• Bobby Swift is known for squeezing past his opponents at the last moment to win a race. He's always wheel to wheel with Lightning McQueen and Brick Yardley. Bobby, Lightning, and Brick are always sparring with one another at the front of the pack, but no matter the outcome, they remain good buddies.
  • source: Meet the Cars, 2017 edition

Trivia

• Swift's competition number, 19, might be reference to 1995 Pixar animated film Toy Story as, together with Lightning McQueen's number, 95, to whom he stayed close during the races, it formed number 1995, the year of movie's release.
• While he had purple eyes in Cars 3, his artwork in Meet the Cars book presented him with brown eyes and his 1:55 scale diecast toy model with green.
• Competition number 19 was also used by: Kolya Ivanov and Daniel Swervez.
• Other racing cars that where sponsored by Octane Gain were: Billy Oilchanger, Henderson, Bobby Swift and Daniel Swervez.
• While Bobby Swift and Daniel Swervez used number 19 in Cars 3, Octane Gain racer in Cars, Billy Oilchanger, used number 58.

Appearances

Feature films

• Cars 3

Video games

• Cars 3: Driven to Win

Books

• Cars 3
• Cars 3: Look and Find

Quotes

• "Congratulations, cupcake!"
  • source: Cars 3
• "Good comeback, Cal!"
  • source: Cars 3
• "Haha, well, you better not blink, 'cause I'll blow right past you!"
  • source: Cars 3
• "That's, uh… Jackson Storm."
  • source: Cars 3

Gallery

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• Cars 3: Driven to Win

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  Concept art of Bobby Swift and Daniel Swervez.

Portrayals

Actor	Language version	Roles
Angel Oquendo	English	Cars 3

Names in other languages

• Polish: Bobby Świst
• Russian: Бобби Вжик (translation: Bobby Vzhik)
• Ukrainian: Боббі Шнир (translation: Bobbi Shnir)

See also

• list of racers by driver number
• list of racing cars

Sources

• Meet the Cars