Ernie Gearson

Ernie Gearson
Color	Blue, green, white, black
Occupation	Piston Cup racer (former)
Character information Alias(es) Giddyup Gender Male

Ernie Gearson is a professional race car, who raced for the Spare Mint team in the Piston Cup Racing Series. He is a Husker Morroco, who is painted light blue, with a green stripe wrapped around his doors and hood. He has the Spare Mint logo on his hood, as well as the number 93 painted in white on his doors and roof.

History

Cars

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Gearson having a pit stop at the Motor Speedway of the South.

In Cars, Ernie competes in the Dinoco 400 at the Motor Speedway of the South, but he runs into trouble when Chick Hicks causes a huge accident involving the majority of the race's competitors. He was hitting the safety wall before getting hit by Todd Marcus in the accident. Though Ernie receives some minor damage, he is able to continue racing.

Cars 3

Ernie returns in Cars 3, competing in 2016 Piston Cup Season. But when next-generation rookie begin performing much better veteran racers, Spare Mint fires Ernie and replaces him with an unnamed next-generation racer.

• Ernie Gearson

  Ernie Gearson

Appearances

• Cars 
• Cars 3

Profiles and statistics

Cars

• Bios
  • "Ernie Gearson recalls the day when high dollar sponsorships and squealing fans were still a thing of the future. He may be one of the oldest racers on the grids these days, but he's been around the track once or twice. He's still got plenty of fire in his chambers. His friends call him "Giddyup," alluding to the humble 300 horsepower engine he started his career with all those years ago."

Gallery

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  Car Finder profile

• Cars

  Cars

• Ernie Gearson in the crash

  Ernie Gearson in the crash

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  Ernie's appearance, as shown in Cars 3

Trivia

• His surname is a pun to Daniel Gerson.
• Despite the die-cast of the Spare Mint racer of Cars 3 is released with the name "Ernie Gearson", the racer resembles a fourth generation NASCAR, while Ernie Gearson resembles a third generation NASCAR.