- "I'm here, you're here, let's go!"
- —Rich Mixon, Cars 3: Driven to Win
Rich Mixon is a next-generation Piston Cup racer. He entered the Piston Cup in the beginning of the 2017 season, replacing Reb Meeker as the Next-Gen Tank Coat racer. He is a Next-Gen 2017 Race Car SA-3. He is powered by a 5.86 liter naturally-aspirated Next-Gen hybrid V8 engine with 730 horsepower. He can accelerate from 0–60 mph in 4 seconds, and a top speed of 198 mph/318 kph. His number is 36.
Cars 3[]
In Cars 3, Rich makes his Piston Cup debut in the 2017 season, becoming the Tank Coat racer after replacing Reb Meeker. He competes against the likes of next-generation front-runner Jackson Storm, and long-time champion Lightning McQueen, though the latter struggles against Rich and the other next-generation racers. In the Florida 500, he starts in 31st place. Later, he is involved in the wreck caused by Cam Spinner after hitting George New-Win, but he is still able to continue racing and finished in 28th place. He was the first racer to be imagined as a tractor by Cruz Ramirez during the race.
Cars 3: Driven to Win[]
Rich is an unlockable playable character in Cars 3: Driven to Win. He is unlocked by completing 85 skill checks.
Bio[]
Cars 3: Driven to Win[]
- Rich won't let anything stand in his way when it comes to victory. Sure, he could stand to be a bit nicer to the other cars on the track, but he's totally focused on winning.
Gallery[]
Quotes[]
- "I'll win. No question." - Cars 3: Driven to Win
- "Just let me do what I do." - Cars 3: Driven to Win
- "I lucked out!" - Cars 3: Driven to Win
- "Hang onto this and I am golden!" - Cars 3: Driven to Win
- "I wiped out, but I'm not washed up." - Cars 3: Driven to Win
- "You never saw it coming!" - Cars 3: Driven to Win
Names in other languages[]
- Greek: Ρitς Μισον (transcription: Rits Mison)
- Russian:
- Рич Миксон (transcription: Rich Mikson)
- Рик Двигсон (transcription: Rik Dvigson)
- Ukrainian:
- Багач Міксон (transcription: Bahach Mikson)
Trivia[]
- Rich Mixon's name is very similar to the name to the thirty-seventh president of the United States, Richard Nixon. It is possible his name could be a reference or Easter egg to said president.
- In Under the Hood: The Next-Generation Racers, Rich is mistakenly called Eugene Carbureski, the original Tank Coat racer from the first film.
- In Cars 3: Driven to Win, his eyes are green, but in the movie his eyes are blue. Also in Driven to Win, his animation in the character selection is the same as Nigel Gearsley's in Cars 2: The Video Game's character menu.
- He is the only racer in the movie to have both a known voice and to have his number inherited from his first movie counterpart.
- He is incorrectly listed as "Tim Treadless" on his Endurance Racers die-cast release.