Eugene Carbureski, also referred to as Tank Coat, is the racer for the Tank Coat team in the Piston Cup Racing Series, led by Wells Runabout, who acts as Eugene's crew chief. He is a Husker Morraco that is painted pink and white, with the Tank Coat logo on his hood and trunk, as well as the number "36" painted on his doors and roof.
Carbureski appears at the Motor Speedway of the South in Cars, competing in the Dinoco 400, the final race of the season. Eugene is doing well early into the race, until Chick Hicks attempts to further distance himself from Lightning McQueen, and does so by creating a large wreck consisting of all cars except himself, Lightning, The King, Matthew Overtaker and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.. Eugene makes it out with some minor aesthetic damage, but is still able to continue racing.
"Eugene Carbureski got his start prepping racecars at a local race shop. But it didn't take long before he realized he had more nuts and bolts knowledge of racing than most of the other arrogant cars he was working on. A pick up race during lunch one day between Eugene and one of the pros showed that he had more power than he knew what to do with. With that one simple victory, Eugene garnered the attention of Wells Runabout, the owner of Team Tank Coat, and the rest is history!"
Eugene making it out of the wreck.During the very first shot of the wreck, the viewer can see that Eugene successfully made it out of the crash, but in later shots, he is involved in it.
