Claude Scruggs
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| Vehicle type | Husker Morocco | ||||
| Occupation | Piston Cup racer for Leak Less (formerly) | ||||
| Main portrayer(s) | Rodger Bumpass
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- ""Like I was tellin' you, I'm a racing veteran...""
- —'Claude Scruggs', Fans Old and New
Claude Scruggs is a race car that used to compete in the Piston Cup Racing Series. Bearing the number 52 for the Leak Less racing team, he took part in several Piston Cup seasons.
History
Cars
In Cars, Claude travels to the Motor Speedway of the South to compete in the Dinoco 400, the final race of that year's season. After Chick Hicks causes a large crash, Scruggs is one of many involved. At one point, Scruggs comes to a stop after spinning out of control, in front of Billy Oilchanger. Claude giggled nervously at Billy, before Haul Inngas and James Cleanair both slammed Oilchanger away. A few seconds later, Todd Marcus slams into Claude, causing Scruggs to flip upside down in the air and landed roof-to-roof with Todd. The two eventually spin out and come to a halt, and Lightning McQueen later uses Scruggs to propel himself into the air and over the remainder of the crash. Despite his injuries, Scruggs is fixed up, and he continues the race, though he does not place highly.
Between Cars and Cars 3
Between the events of Cars and Cars 3, Claude retired from racing in the Piston Cup and was replaced by Brian Spark.
Other appearances
Claude Scruggs appears in some of The Official Magazine comics where he is shown as one of Lightning McQueen's good friends. He also appears in Race Around the World where it was shown that Scruggs finished second in the final race of the season.
Physical description
Scruggs is a Husker Morocco race car. He uses Lightyear racing tires. Claude is painted yellow with white and black on his body. On his hood, he has the Leak Less logo painted on it with it being inside a black stripe. He has white doors with black dots with the number 52 painted on them. He also has a black spoiler and yellow rims. He has light green eyes.
Official profiles
- Some would say that Leakless Adult Dripping Pans is not a prestigious sponsor, but Claude Scruggs would disagree, he's been the #52 yellow, black and white for more than two decades and he wears the Leakless logo with pride. His fan base might be a bit older but thanks to the automotive boom of the late 1940s there are a lot of them and their enthusiasm for the sport and for Scruggs is so intense they can barely contain themselves.
- source: Car Finder
Achievements
Non-canonical
| Speedway | Finished position |
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| Unknown | 2nd |
| Season | Place |
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| 2011 | 2nd |
Appearances
Feature films
Books
Comics
Sources
Gallery
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Artwork
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Promotional image.
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Promotional image.
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Cars
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Car Finder profile.
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Claude in a comic book cover for "The Rookie".
Trivia
- His racing number, 52, was also used by Joltsen, Brian Spark, and George New-Win.
- He was originally going to appear in Cars 2: The Video Game.
- Although Claude and Misti Motorkrass were shown to still be racing in Race Around the World it has not been confirmed if the book holds any canonical confirmation regarding the Piston Cup season of that year.
- It could be possible that Claude and Misti were shown due to the fact that Cars 2 showed off no new Piston Cup racers.
Names in other languages
- Polish: Klaudiusz Krab
es:Claude Scruggs pl:Klaudiusz Krab pt-br:Claude Scruggs ru:Клод Скрагс