Floyd Mulvihill

Template:Infobox racing driverFloyd Mulvihill was a stock race car, that was a racing driver who, around early 2000s, competed in the Piston Cup Racing Series for Gasprin team with number 70.

History

Lightning McQueen passing Floyd Mulvihill during during the Dinoco 400 race at the Motor Speedway of the South in 2006.

Floyd Mulvihill was a stock race car that lived in the United States. He originally trained as an automotive engineer, but decided to become a racing driver instead. He competed in the Junior Piston Cup Pro Series where he had accomplished successes. In 2005, he had started competing in Piston Cup Racing Series for Gasprin team racing with number 70. During on of the races in 2005, he started laying long patches of burned rubber in front of his adoring fans, which gave him a nickname "Smoky Floyd".

In 2006 he competed in Dinoco 400 race at the the Motor Speedway of the South, Motor City, United States, which was the final race of the Piston Cup season. During the race, he was passed by Lightning McQueen by him using a tilt technique to squeeze through the space between Floyd and the wall. Later, he took part in an accident between almost all of the competitors that was caused by Chick Hicks, during which he had collided with Slider Petrolski.

Floyd Mulvihill during Dinoco Light 350 race at the Motor Speedway of the South in 2016.

He competed in Piston Cup series until 2016, when in the midseason, with the rise of popularity of the high-tech next-generation series of race cars, that had better achievements on the tracks, he got replaced by Gasprin team with Richie Gunzit.

Physical description

Floyd Mulvihill was a Stodgey Suaver EX stock race car and used Lightyear racing tyres. His eyes were blue. In 2006, he had blue front and boot with yellow cabin and sides. He had a blue number 70 on his roof and sides. On his hood and backs of his sides, he had a logo of Gasprin. He had a yellow stickers that imitated lights. His hubcaps were dark gray. In 2016 he had a slightly changed design with an updated Gasprin logo and blue roof.

Appearances in the video games

Floyd Mulvihill at the Big Heartland Speedway in The World of Cars Online video game.

Mulvihill appears in The World of Cars Online video game, where he is one of the opponent racers at the Big Heartland Speedway, along with Rusty Cornfuel and Ruby Oaks.

Trivia

• While in most appearances, including Cars, he was presented as Stodgey Suaver EX, in Cars 3, his model was changed to Capitol Motors Mark II.
• In one of 2 versions of Duracell commercial promoting Cars 3, Lightning McQueen passes Floyd using the same tilt technique that used to pass Floyd in the Cars. In the other, more popular version of the commercial, he passes Cruz Ramirez.
• While in Cars and Cars 3 his eyes were blue, his Cars 3 diecast toy model had brown eyes instead.
• Competition number 70 was also used by: Duke Coulters and Richie Gunzit.

Appearances

Feature films

• Cars
• Cars 3

Video games

• The World of Cars Online

Commercials

• Cars 3 Duracell commercial

Official profiles

• Floyd Mulvihill, originally trained as an automotive engineer, decided to put down his tools and pursue his life-long passion to race. He competed in the Junior Piston Cup Pro Series with the likes of Sage VanDerSpin and graduated to the Piston Cup in 2005. He's affectionately known as "Smoky Floyd" as he enjoys laying long patches of burning rubber in front of his adoring fans during a race in 2005.
  • source: Car Finder

Gallery

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  Cars artwork.

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  Cars 3 artwork.

• The World of Cars Online artwork.

  The World of Cars Online artwork.

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  Cars

• Cars 3 Duracell commercial

  Cars 3 Duracell commercial

• Cars 3 Duracell commercial

  Cars 3 Duracell commercial

• Cars 3 Duracell commercial

  Cars 3 Duracell commercial

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  Car Finder profile.

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  Cars 3 concept art.

Names in other languages

• Polish: Waldi Wurce

See also

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

Sources

• Car Finder
• Meet the Cars