Chuck Armstrong

Chuck Armstrong
Vehicle type	Axxelo Fission
Occupation	Professional race car
Main portrayer(s)	Jess Harnell
Character information Gender Male

"Don't take me out, coach. I can still race!"

—Chuck Armstrong, Cars

Chuck Armstrong is a professional race car who competed in the Piston Cup Racing Series. He is extremely allergic to certain types of fuels, and as a result, he has to stay at least five feet away from them. Because other Piston Cup racers used different kinds of fuels, Chuck became infamous among other racers for his allergies, causing other cars to be afraid to pass him. Despite this, Chuck also has a reputation for being one of the toughest and most determined racers. In one season, while suffering from a worn-out clutch, Chuck managed to push through and bump-start himself enough to emerge victorious.

History

Before Cars

Somewhere in the 1990's. Chuck entered the Piston Cup Racing Series sponsored by Mood Springs with the number 33 replacing an older Mood Springs racer.

Cars

Chuck is towed away.

In Cars, Chuck is one of the thirty-six Piston Cup racers who compete in the Dinoco 400, the final race of the season at the Motor Speedway of the South. During the race, Chick Hicks causes a multi-car pileup between several of the racers. Armstrong crashes and flies a long distance before landing, receiving heavy cosmetic damage. Once the crash subsides, Tow is seen pulling Chuck away from the track, while he cries in tears to his crew chief "Don't take me out, coach. I can still race!"

The Rookie

Armstrong on the cover of The Rookie's third issue.

While Chuck does not appear in the actual comic itself, he is seen on one of the covers for The Rookie. He is one of several race cars piled up on top of one another, while Lightning McQueen is trying to navigate through them.

Physical description

Chuck Armstrong is an Axxelo Fission stock car and uses Lightyear racing tires. He has blue eyes and a black grille that resembles a mustache. He is painted in a dark blue livery and has the white Mood Springs logo on his hood, as well as the number 33 on his doors and roof.

The Axxelo Fission is based on the 1995 NASCAR version of the Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

Profiles and statistics

Car Finder

Profile	Name and make	Description
	Chuck Armstrong #33 Axxelo Fission	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.
File:ChuckArmstrongCarFinder2.jpg	Chuck Armstrong #33 Axxelo Fission	Chuck Armstrong is the toughest kid in the racing business. Last season, while suffering from a worn-out clutch, he got back on the track and bump-started himself all the way to Victory Lane. You can never count Chuck out, not if he's still got some engine left.

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Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
German	Chuck Armstrong	–
Spanish	Chuck Armstrong	–
Polish	Czarek Buła
Brazilian Portuguese	Chuck Armstrong	–
Russian	Чак Армстронг	Chuck Armstrong

Trivia

• When Chuck is shown flying through the air, he has a female tone, but when he is towed away, he has a male tone.
  • However, it is possible that it was actually higher pitched, but when he speaks while being towed away, it is in normal pitch.
• In Cars: The Video Game, a racer named Banks competes in the 2006 Piston Cup season instead of Armstrong. His number is 34 in most versions of the game, but he retains the number 33 in the Xbox 360 version.
• 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.
• In the 2018/2019 diecast mainline, he is mistakenly called Dud Throttleman.
• He is one of the five Piston Cup racers that have a speaking role other than Lightning McQueen, Strip Weathers, Chick Hicks, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

See also

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