- "So tell me more about this organic fuel of yours, Fillmore."
- —Greg Candyman, Cars (comic)
Greg "Candyman" is a Piston Cup racer who formerly raced for Tach-O-Mint.
History[]
Cars[]
Chick Hicks cutting in front of Greg.
In Cars, Greg is seen racing at the Motor Speedway of the South, among thirty-five other competitors. When Chick Hicks causes a huge accident to distance himself from Lightning McQueen. He is involved in the wreck, but suffers minor damage and continues racing. During the post-restart montage, he is visibly surprised after Chick Hicks cuts in front of him via a yellow line violation. He is not seen on the final lap, implying he dropped out of the race sometime beforehand.
Between the events of Cars and Cars 3, Greg retires, and his sponsor Tach-O-Mint does not appear in Cars 3.
The World of Cars Online[]
In The World of Cars Online, Greg could be found as one of the opposing competitors at the Motor Speedway of the South and the Los Angeles International Speedway.
Physical description[]
Greg is a Capitol Motors Verve XT. He is painted brown and white with many different candy designs around his body, as well as the number "101" written on his doors and roof. He also has stickers imitating headlights. His eyes are depicted as light brown.
Official profiles[]
Car Finder Game[]
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Greg Candyman Capitol Motors Verve XT |
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| "Greg loves his Tach-O-Mint sponsorship, but there is one aspect he's not a fan of..., the paint job. Gingerbread brown with candy cane type would not have likely been his first choice. Nor would it have likely been the first choice of a professional graphic designer, but it was however the first choice of the owner's four year old niece. Greg is also not a big fan of judging the annual contest in which fans build a likeness of him out of real gingerbread and gumdrops." |
Meet the Cars[]
- Greg loves his sponsorship, but there is one aspect he's not a fan of: the paint job. Gingerbread brown with candy-cane type would likely not have been the first choice of a professional graphic designer, but it was, however, the first choice of the owner's four-year-old niece. Greg also doesn't really enjoy judging the annual contest in which fans build a likeness of him out of real gingerbread and gumdrops.
Pixarpedia[]
- Greg Candyman is a Capitol Motors vehicle, sponsored by Tach-O-Mint. Each year fans compete to make a gingerbread model of him!
Cars: Character Encyclopedia[]
- Greg Candyman races for team Tach-O-Mint. He is one of the rarest race car diecasts. Apart from the MSOS (Motor Speedway of the South set) release, he was one of the last of the rubber tire releases.
Gallery[]
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Names in other languages[]
- Hungarian: Drazsé Greg
- Russian: Грег Кэндимен (transcription: Greg Kendimen)
- Ukrainian: Ґреґ Цукромен (transcription: Greg Tsukromen)
Trivia[]
- Greg is the only racer to not have a number on his right headlight.
- Although he is a Capitol Motors Verve XT, he rather resembles a Husker Morocco, just like Misti Motorkrass. And in the movie look, Greg's front end is somewhat curvy and his grille is narrower making him a unique model, however, just like the other boxy-model piston cup racers, Greg's diecast model just uses Claude Scruggs' direct model. The color on his Diecast model is also darker than his color in the movie. His color in the movie appears to be gingerbread brown, but the color on his Diecast model appears to be chocolate color of.
- It is possible that Greg is just an older model of the Verve XT.
- Greg's 2018 die-cast artwork is a flipped version of his render from the Car Finder Game.
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| Racers |
| Greg Candyman • Guenther |
| Crew |
| Mandy Freunderbender • Bryn Imageare • Tach-O-Mint Hauler |