Doc Hudson
| Doc Hudson | |
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| Cars character | |
Doc Hudson
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| First appearance | Cars (2006) |
| Created by | John Lasseter |
| Voiced by |
Paul Newman (the first and the third film, the first video game and Mater and the Ghostlight ) Corey Burton (all other materials) |
| Based on | Fabulous Hudson Hornet of NASCAR |
| Information | |
| Species | Hudson Hornet motorcar |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | MD, judge, former racer |
| Title | Doc |
Doc Hudson ("Dr. Hudson" or simply "Doc") was an animated, anthropomorphic retired race car who appears in the 2006 Pixar film Cars as a medical doctor and a local judge. Voiced by actor Paul Newman in the first film and video game, and Corey Burton in all other media. Six-time Turismo Carretera champion Juan María Traverso voiced the character in the Rioplatense Spanish version. He is modelled after a 1951 Hudson Hornet.
Doc Hudson (voiced by Paul Newman in his last non-documentary film role) is Radiator Springs' local physician. His license plate read 51HHMD, which is a reference to his year and track number (51), model (Hudson Hornet) and profession (medical doctor). A racer-turned-mechanic, the character has Newman's blue eyes.
Doc's stickers say "twin H power", which was an optional dealer-installed dual carburetor intake manifold, with twin 1-barrel carburetors and air filters. It was standard on 1952 model Hornets. Doc was once known as the Fabulous Hudson Hornet (#51), one of the most famous race cars to have ever lived; he won three consecutive Piston Cups (1951/52/53), and he still held the record for most wins in a single season (27, also the number of NASCAR Grand National races won by Hudson Hornets in 1952). All that changed for the famous Hornet when a terrible crash on the track during the final lap of the 1954 Piston Cup championship race saw him put out for the season in a career-ending injury which closely parallels the fate of Herb Thomas, NASCAR's 1951 and 1953 champion. Upon his return, he was received with a complete absence of fanfare and told that he was a has-been who had been passed up for the next rookie in line. He kept a newspaper article on the career-ending crash as a reminder never to return to the life that nearly killed him.
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