Rich Mixon

Rich Mixon
Vehicle type	2017 Next-Gen Race Car SA-3
Color	Pink, dark pink
Occupation	Piston Cup racer for Tank Coat
Main portrayer(s)	Corey Krueger (Cars 3: Driven to Win)
First appearance	Cars 3
Latest appearance	Cars 3: Driven to Win
Character information Alias(es) Tank Coat Tractor Gender Male

"I'm here, you're here, let's go!"

—Rich Mixon, Cars 3: Driven to Win

Rich Mixon is a next-generation Piston Cup racer. He entered the Piston Cup in the beginning of the 2017 season, replacing Reb Meeker as the Next-Gen Tank Coat racer. He is a Next-Gen 2017 Race Car SA-3.

History

Cars 3

In Cars 3, Rich makes his Piston Cup debut in the 2017 season, becoming the Tank Coat racer after replacing Reb Meeker. He competes against the likes of next-generation front-runner Jackson Storm, and long-time champion Lightning McQueen, though the latter struggles against Rich and the other next-generation racers. In the Florida 500, he starts in 32nd place. Later, he is involved in the wreck caused by Cam Spinner after hitting George New-Win. He is the first racer to be imagined as a tractor by Cruz Ramirez during the race. He finishes in 26th place.

Cars 3: Driven to Win

Rich is an unlockable playable character in Cars 3: Driven to Win. He is unlocked by completing 85 skill checks.

Gallery

• Cars 3

  Cars 3

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  Rich Mixon along with a few other next-gens

• Rich mistakenly labeled as the 2006 Tank Coat racer, Eugene Carbureski.

  Rich mistakenly labeled as the 2006 Tank Coat racer, Eugene Carbureski.

• Rich about to turn into a Tractor in Cruz's dreams

  Rich about to turn into a Tractor in Cruz's dreams

• Cars 3: Driven to Win

  Cars 3: Driven to Win

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  Cars 3: Driven to Win artwork

• Cars 3: Driven To Win Status Icon

  Cars 3: Driven To Win Status Icon

• Rich in a book Jackson Storm and Cruz Ramirez

  Rich in a book Jackson Storm and Cruz Ramirez

• Diecast

  Diecast

• Diecast (inaccurate spoiler)

  Diecast (inaccurate spoiler)

• 2018 release

  2018 release

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  2023 release

• Diecast (Fireball Beach Racers)

  Diecast (Fireball Beach Racers)

• 2018 release (Fireball Beach Racers)

  2018 release (Fireball Beach Racers)

• Diecast (RS 24hr Endurance Race)

  Diecast (RS 24hr Endurance Race)

• 2020 release (24hr endurance, mistaken as Tim Treadless)

  2020 release (24hr endurance, mistaken as Tim Treadless)

Quotes

• "I'll win. No question." - Cars 3: Driven to Win
• "Just let me do what I do." - Cars 3: Driven to Win
• "I lucked out!" - Cars 3: Driven to Win
• "Hang onto this and I am golden!" - Cars 3: Driven to Win
• "I wiped out, but I'm not washed up." - Cars 3: Driven to Win
• "You never saw it coming!" - Cars 3: Driven to Win

Names in other languages

• Greek: Ρitς Μισον (transcription: Rits Mison)
• Russian:
  • Рич Миксон (transcription: Rich Mikson)
  • Рик Двигсон (transcription: Rik Dvigson)

Trivia

• Rich Mixon's name is very similar to the name to the thirty-seventh president of the United States, Richard Nixon.
• In Under the Hood: The Next-Generation Racers, Rich is mistakenly called Eugene Carbureski, the original Tank Coat racer from the first film.
• In Cars 3: Driven to Win, his eyes are green, but in the movie his eyes are blue. Also in Driven to Win, his animation in the character selection is the same as Nigel Gearsley's in Cars 2: The Video Game's character menu.
• He is the only racer in the movie to have both a known voice and to have his number inherited from his first movie counterpart.
• He is incorrectly listed as "Tim Treadless" on his Endurance Racers die-cast release.