James Cleanair

James Cleanair
Vehicle type	Husker Morocco
Occupation	Piston Cup racer for Vitoline (formerly)
Main portrayer(s)	Bill Farmer
Character information Gender Male Home United States

James Cleanair is a former Piston Cup racer that competed for the Vitoline racing team.

History

Before Cars

Before the events of Cars, James joined the Vitoline racing team in 1985.

Cars

James Cleanair in the pit stop during a Dinoco 400 race at the Motor Speedway of the South.

In Cars, James competes 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, an accident occurred between almost all of the competitors which was caused by Chick Hicks. During the crash James collided with Haul Inngas and Billy Oilchanger. He did not receive any serious injuries and was able to continue racing. He finished right behind The King, Chick and McQueen and the three-way tie.

Between Cars and Cars 3

Somewhere between the events of Cars and Cars 3 James most likely retired from the Piston Cup and was replaced by Brick Yardley, who would later be replaced by Chase Racelott.

Physical description

Logo of the Vitoline.

Cleanair is a Husker Morocco race car. He uses Lightyear racing tires. His eye color is light brown. He has a light green livery with a white hood, trunk and a spoiler. He has the number 61 painted on his roof and sides in the color white too. He also has a logo of Vitoline on his hood and back sides. He also has black rims.

Official profiles

• Vitoline, a fuel additive vitamin company, provides fuel for older active cars. Sponsoring a race car seemed like a good way to get that message across to their costumers and they hired the right car for the job! Senior racer James Cleanair has been racing for twenty years and shows no signs of slowing down!
  • source: Car Finder

Trivia

• James is the only Vitoline racer to use the number 61 for the Piston Cup.
  • Aikens used the number 51 in Cars: The Video Game.
  • Brick Yardley and Chase Racelott used the number 24 in Cars 3.
  • Chase would later use the number 9 for the NASCAR die-cast crossover.

Appearances

Feature films

• Cars

Comics

• The Rookie (on the cover)

Gallery

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  Artwork.

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  Cars

• Cars

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  Car Finder profile.

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  James Cleanair on the cover of 3rd issue of The Rookie comic.

• James Cleanair on the poster of 3rd issue of The Rookie comic.

  James Cleanair on the poster of 3rd issue of The Rookie comic.

Names in other languages

• Danish: James Renluft

See also

• List of racers

Sources

• Car Finder