WAKE FOREST, N.C. (WNCN) – Todd Kreisman’s car looked like it drove straight off the big screen. Painted to look like Lightning McQueen from the Disney-Pixar movie franchise “Cars,” the ...

Lightning McQueen, the star of the movies (you could argue that Mater was the star of Cars 2), however, is a little harder to pin down when it comes to a specific car he is based on. He is more of ...

Lightning McQueen wasn't based on just one car —or just one driver. Old Lightning is a tapestry of bodywork from many championship-winning and history-making race cars, and that steel tube frame ...

The design of Lightning McQueen also resembles additional road cars, such as the Dodge Viper SR II and the Porsche 911. As well as NASCAR, McQueen is also influenced by Le Mans icons like the Ford ...