Bobby Swift

Bobby Swift
Occupation	Piston Cup Racer (Formerly)
Main portrayer(s)	Angel Oquendo
First appearance	Cars 3
Character information Gender Male

Bobby Swift is a stock race car that used to race in the Piston Cup Racing Series for Octane Gain with the number 19.

History

Bobby Swift, Lightning McQueen and Cal Weathers during the Dinoco 400 race at the Copper Canyon Speedway in 2016.

Bobby Swift is a stock race car that lived in the United States. He is 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 interview with Racing Sports Network reporter, Shannon Spokes. In the mid-season when Jackson Storm won at the Copper Canyon Speedway, he, Lightning and Cal we're surprised by his speed. When Lightning asks who he was, Bobby responded saying that was Jackson Storm. Interest and popularity in Next-Generation race cars rose since they had better achievements on the track racing. For the rest of the season, more and more stock cars were replaced with high-tech rookies and Bobby was unable to keep up. Before the Los Angeles 500, the final race of the 2016 Piston Cup Series, Bobby was theoretically fired by Octane Gain and was replaced by Daniel Swervez.

Physical description

Front and back of Bobby Swift.

Bobby Swift is a Brawny Motor Co. Spark EA stock race car with Lightyear racing tires. His eyes are purple. He has a 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 has an orange arched shape. He has the Octane Gain logo on his hood, rear fender, back, and his boot. He has the 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 has the Lightyear logo. He has stickers imitating lamps and seven stickers of sponsors behind the wheels. He has dark grey rims with a yellow outer lip/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
Rocker Arms International Speedway	Iowa Hybrid 450	3rd
Georgia Super Speedway	Georgia Safety Horn 350	3rd
Copper Canyon Speedway	Dinoco 400	3rd
Grandol Oil Co. Raceway	Unknown	27th
BnL Raceway	Unknown	20th
Rustbelt Raceway	Unknown	7th
Georgia Super Speedway	Mood Springs Sputter Stop 350	19th
Data Shift Raceway	Data Shift 400	33rd
Heartland Motor Speedway	Bumper Save Gears and Glory 450	33rd

Appearances in the video games

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

Bobby 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.
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Trivia

• Bobby Swift's competition number, 19, might be a reference to the 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 the 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 and Daniel Swervez.
• While Bobby Swift and Daniel Swervez used number 19 in Cars 3, the Octane Gain racer in Cars, Billy Oilchanger, used the number 58.
• His last name could likely be a reference to Phil Swift, the CEO of Flex Seal Products.

Appearances

Feature films

• Cars 3

Video games

• Cars 3: Driven to Win

Books

• Cars 3
• Cars 3: Look and Find

Comics

• Cars 3: The Movie

Quotes

• "Congratulations, cupcake!" - Cars 3
• "Good comeback, Cal!" - Cars 3
• "Haha, well, you better not blink, 'cause I'll blow right past you!" - Cars 3
• "That's, uh… Jackson Storm." - Cars 3
• "My name's not Swift for nothin'!" - Cars 3: Driven to Win
• "Pulled that off without a hitch!" - Cars 3: Driven to Win
• "Gonna save this for just the right moment." - Cars 3: Driven to Win
• "Not out yet!" - Cars 3: Driven to Win
• ”Name’s Bobby Swift. Think that says it all.” - Cars 3: Driven to Win
• “Time to get racing! Come on!” - Cars 3: Driven to Win

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• Cars 3: Driven to Win

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• Concept art of Bobby Swift and Daniel Swervez.

  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 Шнір (translation: Bobbi Shnir)

See also

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

Sources

• Meet the Cars