Davey Apex
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| Vehicle type | Crown Celesta | ||||||||
| Occupation | Piston Cup racer for Re-Volting (formerly) | ||||||||
| Main portrayer(s) | Bill Farmer
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Dave Alternators (originally referred to as Davey Apex), is one of the three racers for the Re-Volting racing team in the Piston Cup Racing Series, along with T.G. Castlenut and Aaron Clocker. He is a Crown Celesta that is painted red, black, and white. with the number 84 painted red and white on his doors and roof. He has the Re-Volting logo on his hood. Dave Alternators was replaced by T.G. Castlenut in between the events of Cars and Cars 3 and was given the number 48, but was replaced too by Aaron Clocker.
History
In Cars, Dave is seen racing at the Motor Speedway of the South against the likes of Lightning McQueen, Strip Weathers, Chick Hicks and many others. When Chick Hicks causes a huge accident in hopes of leaving Lightning McQueen in the dust, Dave is one of the first cars to be hit, and suffers some minor damage, noticeably, he is hit by Kevin Racingtire, then Manny Flywheel.
Profiles and statistics
Cars
- Bios
- "Dave Alternators has always dreamed of being a professional race car. Sure he's never come in higher than 20th or 21st, but it's still the life he's always dreamed of. He loves the cheering fans and the squealing rubber on asphalt. The only part he doesn't like is the racing part which is probably why he's never come in higher than 20th or 21st place. See Dave's just not competitive by nature. If someone wants to pass him, he lets them. I mean why be rude?"[1]
Gallery
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Car Finder profile
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Artwork commonly used on his diecast releases
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Dave, Floyd, Manny in the crash
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Trivia
- In Toy Story 3, the batteries Lotso's gang used for gambling are branded with Re-Volting.
- Dave has the same number as Apple racers.
- This error was evidently recognized when Pixar fixed Re-Volting's number to be 48 in Cars 3.
- In the 2016, 2019 and 2022 die-cast mainlines, he is referred to as Dave Alternators.
- In the 2018 die-cast mainline, he is mistakenly referred to as T.G. Castlenut, which is actually the name of the veteran in Cars 3.
- His name resembles that of the 1992 Daytona 500 champion Dave Allison, who passed away in 1993 at Talladega.
- Despite his bio saying he never finished higher than 20th, he actually finished 11st in the Dinoco 400.
- He resembles the 1996 version of the Pontiac Grand Prix.
- Unlike the other Crown Celestas, which have smaller, thinner builds, Dave has a wider body, similar to that of a Capitol Motors Verve XT.
- It is possible that Dave is an older model of the Crown Celesta.