Floyd Mulvihill is a race car that used to compete in the Piston Cup Racing Series for the Gasprin team while using the number 70.
History[]
Before Cars[]
Floyd Mulvihill has trained as an automotive engineer, decided to put down his tools and pursue his life-long passion to race. He competed in the Junior Piston Cup Pro Series with the likes of Sage VanDerSpin and graduated to the Piston Cup in 2004.
Cars[]
In Cars, Floyd competes during the Dinoco 400 race at the the Motor Speedway of the South, which was the final race of the Piston Cup season. During the race, he and Rusty Cornfuel where passed by Lightning McQueen by him using a tilt technique to squeeze through the space between Floyd and the wall. Both where left in shock at the technique he used. Later, he took part in an accident between almost all of the competitors that was caused by Chick Hicks, during which he had collided with Slider Petrolski. However, he didn't receive too much damage and was able to finish the race.
The World of Cars Online[]
Mulvihill appears in The World of Cars Online video game, where he is one of the opponent racers at the Big Heartland Speedway, along with Rusty Cornfuel and Ruby "Easy" Oaks.
Cars 3[]
In Cars 3, Floyd is still competing in the Piston Cup. However when Jackson Storm makes his debut during midseason, interest of Next-Gen racers rose, due to them having better achievements on the tracks. Floyd retired and was replaced by Richie Gunzit, the Next-Gen Gasprin racer.
Physical description[]
In Cars, Floyd is a Stodgey Suaver EX. While in most appearances, including Cars, he was presented as Stodgey Suaver EX, in Cars 3, his model was changed to Capitol Motors Mark II. stock car and uses Lightyear racing tires. His eye color is blue. He had blue front and boot with yellow cabin and sides. He had a blue number 70 on his roof and sides. On his hood and backs of his sides, he had a logo of Gasprin. He had a yellow stickers that imitated lights. His hubcaps were dark gray. In Cars 3, he somehow got a completely different design, that being a Capitol Motors Mark II with an updated Gasprin logo and a blue roof.
List of appearances[]
Title | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|
Cars | 2006 | |
The World of Cars Online | 2009 | |
Cars | 2009 | Issue #1 |
"Cheaters Never Prosper" | 2009 | Cars Magazine #19 |
Cars 3 | 2017 |
Official profiles[]
Car Finder Game[]
- "Floyd Mulvihill, originally trained as an automotive engineer, decided to put down his tools and pursue his life-long passion to race. He competed in the Junior Piston Cup Pro Series with the likes of Sage VanDerSpin and graduated to the Piston Cup in 2005. He's affectionately known as "Smoky Floyd" as he enjoys laying long patches of burning rubber in front of his adoring fans."
Meet the Cars[]
- Floyd Mulvihill originally trained as an automotive engineer. One day, he decided to put down his tools and pursue his lifelong passion to race. He competed in the Junior Piston Cup Pro Series with the likes of Sage VanDerSpin and graduated to the Piston Cup in 2005. He's affectionately known as "Smokey Floyd" because he enjoys laying long patches of burning rubber in front of adoring fans.
Pixarpedia[]
- Floyd Mulvihill is a Stodgey/Suaver Ex. He's known as "Smoky Floyd" because he likes to burn rubber. His sponsor is Gasprin Hood Ache.
Cars: Character Encyclopedia[]
- Floyd Mulvihill is a trained automotive engineer but he decided to pursue his passion for racing instead. Gasprin has always had regular releases. In the World of Cars series he was released in a 2-pack with Tow Cap.'
Gallery[]
Names in other languages[]
- Hungarian: Floyd Fakecheek
- Lithuanian: Floidas Malvihilas
- Russian:
- Флойд Малвихилл (transcription: Floyd Malvikhill)
- Флойд Малфихилл (transcription: Floyd Malfikhill)
Trivia[]
- While in most appearances, including Cars, he was presented as Stodgey Suaver EX, in Cars 3, his model was changed to Capitol Motors Mark II.
- His Car Finder Game profile states that Floyd joined the Piston Cup Racing Series in 2005, the year Cars took place, and the same rookie year as McQueen. However, unlike McQueen he doesn’t have rookie stripes present on himself. Suggesting he actually wasn't a rookie in 2005.
- In one of 2 versions of Duracell commercial promoting Cars 3, Lightning McQueen passes Floyd using the same tilt technique that used to pass Floyd in the Cars. In the other, more popular version of the commercial, he passes Cruz Ramirez.
- While in Cars and Cars 3 his eyes were blue, his Cars 3 diecast toy model had brown eyes instead.
- He and Ernie Gearson were the first characters to be seen in the entire franchise, albeit for only a split second during Lightning McQueen's pre-race monologue.
- Floyd, Lightning McQueen, Todd Marcus, Dirkson D'Agostino, Darren Leadfoot, Ralph Carlow , Ponchy Wipeout, Ernie Gearson and Murray Clutchburn are the all racers to return from Cars, Except Lightning McQueen, Floyd along with the other Returning racers, underwent some redesigns and was converted into the Capitol Motors Mark II.