Chuck Armstrong

Template:Infobox racing driverChuck Armstrong was a stock race car, that was a racing driver who, around early 2000s, competed in the Piston Cup Racing Series for Mood Springs team with number 33.

History

Chuck Armstrong being towed away by Tow after his crash at the Motor Speedway of the South in 2006.

Chuck Armstrong was a stock race car that lived in the United States. He had a slight allergy to certain fuels, from which he had stay away at 1.5 metre distance (5 feet), in order to avoid allergic reaction. When he had started racing professionally, his had worsen with him getting allergic reactions at high speeds during the races. Due to that, other racers avoided passing him, which he used to his advantage. Around early 2000s, he competed in Piston Cup Racing Series for Mood Springs team with number 33.

In 2006 he competed 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, during which he went airborne from the race track and received intense heavy damage from the crash, making him not capable to continue race. After that, his crew chief had decided to take him from the track, despite Chuck claiming, that he was still able to compete.

Sometime between the 2006 and 2016 he stopped competing in Piston Cup Racing Series and got replaced by Mood Springs team with Dud Throttleman.

Physical description

Armstrong was an Axxelo Fission race stock car and used Lightyear racing tyres. His eyes were blue. He had a dark blue livery with the white logo of Mood Springs on his hood and number 33 painted in white on his doors and the roof.

His model was based on the 1995 NASCAR version of Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

Official profiles

• "Chuck Armstrong has always had a slight allergy to certain fuels. As a result those fuels make it a little difficult for him to be within a five foot radius of them. Once he started racing professionally, not only did the problem not go away, it actually got worse at high speeds. It got so bad the other cars didn't want to pass him. Chuck hopes he's a good example of how a problem can be an asset."
  • source: Car Finder

Trivia

• When Chuck is shown flying through the air, he has a high-pitched voice, but when he speaks while being towed away, it is lower-pitched.
• In Cars: The Video Game he was replaced with Banks, a Mood Springs race car with number 34 (33 in X-Box 360 edition).
• Prototype images of Chuck's die-cast model incorrectly depict him as a Capitol Motors Verve XT. The actual release, however, remains accurate to his appearance in Cars.
• Chuck is one of only five of the thirty-six Piston Cup racers in Cars who have a speaking role, the others being Lightning McQueen, Chick Hicks, Strip Weathers and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
• In the 2018/2019 die-cast mainline, he is mistakenly called Dud Throttleman, which is actually the name of the Mood Spring stock race car in Cars 3.
• Racing number 33 was also used by: Viper Fastclutch, Dud Throttleman, Ed Truncan, Banks and McCoy.

Quotes

• "Don't take me out coach! I can still race!"
  • source: Cars

Appearances

Feature films

• Cars

Comics

• The Rookie (on the cover)

Gallery

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  Race Damaged artwork.

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  Car Finder profile.

• Car Finder profile.

  Car Finder profile.

• Chuck Armstrong on the cover of 3rd issue of The Rookie comic.

  Chuck Armstrong on the cover of 3rd issue of The Rookie comic.

• Chuck Armstrong on the poster of 3rd issue of The Rookie comic.

  Chuck Armstrong on the poster of 3rd issue of The Rookie comic.

Performers

• Jess Harnell – Cars

Names in other languages

• Polish: Czarek Buła

See also

• list of racers by driver number
• list of racing cars

Sources

• Car Finder
• Meet the Cars