H.J. Hollis is a minor character in Cars 3 and the main antagonist of the LEGO Pixar: Bricktoons short film Trust Yer Ol' Pal, Mater.
He is a Next-Gen Piston Cup race car sponsored by N2O Cola, bearing the number 68. He is the replacement of Parker Brakeston, the previous N2O Cola racer. In the LEGO Pixar: Bricktoons short film Trust Yer Ol' Pal, Mater, he was portrayed as quite arrogant.
History
Cars 3
In Cars 3, H.J. Hollis competes in the Piston Cup Racing Series midway through the 2016 season, replacing Parker Brakeston for N2O Cola. He is one of the six next-generation rookie racers who debut at the Motor Speedway of the South. He finishes 4th at the Grandol Oil Co. Raceway, 6th in the Mood Springs Sputter Stop 350 at the Georgia Super Speedway, 8th in the Bumper Save Gears and Glory 450 at the Heartland Motor Speedway. He later appears in the Los Angeles 500 at the Los Angeles International Speedway. He finishes in seventh place. The next year, he later competes in the 2017 season where he appears in the Florida 500 at the Florida International Super Speedway. He starts in 3rd position and finishes the race in 4th position.
LEGO Pixar: Bricktoons
In "Trust Yer Ol' Pal, Mater", he was at the 400 Invitations sponsored by Vitoline, being only a few points behind McQueen from winning the championship. He appears with Flip Dover, trash-talking, mocking and laughing to McQueen in the race, he spent the majority of the race in first place and proclaimed the cup is as good as his. On the final lap, Flip attempts to overtake Hollis, in turn, H.J pushes Flip into the wall, causing both to spin out and crash, leading to a massive pileup with all the other drivers. After McQueen makes it through the wreckage by making his jump similar to the first Cars film, Hollis manages to break free of the wreckage, in one final attempt to beat Mcqueen, but despite his best efforts, Lightning wins the race and gives a lesson to Hollis.
Physical description
H.J. Hollis is a Next-Generation race car. He has a green and purple livery, with the number 68 painted on his roof and doors in white with a thin light-purple outline. He uses Lightyear racing tires like every other Piston Cup racer and his rims are black. He has green eyes. On his hood the logo for N2O Cola can be seen. "N2O" is colored green with a purple outline while "Cola" is in white with a purple outline. On his doors the logo can be seen additionally with "Cola" appearing above the 68. His spoiler is purple and has wings.
Personality
Hollis in LEGO Pixar: Bricktoons was a bit of a racer, and was heavily willing to win the race and was shown to have a short temper when he got beaten by McQueen.
It's unknown if this is canon or not however.
Achievements
| Speedway | Racing Event | Finished position |
|---|---|---|
| Motor Speedway of the South | Unknown | 6th |
| Grandol Oil Co. Raceway | Unknown | 4th |
| Georgia Super Speedway | Mood Springs Sputter Stop 350 | 6th |
| Heartland Motor Speedway | Bumper Save Gears and Glory 450 | 8th |
| Los Angeles International Speedway | Los Angeles 500 | 7th |
| Speedway | Starting position | Finished position |
|---|---|---|
| Florida International Super Speedway | 3rd | 4th |
Gallery
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Trivia
- H.J. Hollis is the second background Piston Cup racer to evolve to a major speaking role in the Cars franchise, the first being Todd Marcus.
- Hollis in in LEGO Pixar: Bricktoons is loosely similar to Chick Hicks; both were shown to be rocky and were willing to win the race so badly and lose their temper when failing to do so, caused a huge crash, and are both race cars with green paint jobs. Coincidently, Hollis' number 68 actually has the numbers with their sides switched from Chick's signature number 86.
Names in other languages
- Greek: Χολις (transcription: Cholis)
- Russian:
- Хэджей Холлис (transcription: Khedzhey Khollis)
- А.М. Холлис (transcription: A.M. Khollis)