Ernie Gearson

Ernie Gearson is a stock car that used to compete in the Piston Cup Racing Series for the Spare Mint team, with the number 93. 
==History==
===Cars===
In Cars, Ernie competes in the Dinoco 400, the final race of the season, which takes place at the Motor Speedway of the South. He spends most of the race near the front of the pack somewhere in the top 10. Ernie took part in the accident caused by Chick Hicks that involved almost all of the racers on the track. During the accident, he initially tried to avoid it by slowing down but this caused him to drift and hit the safety wall only to soon after hit by Todd Marcus.
Ernie Gearson was T-boned at some point in the wreck as indicated by the post-wreck pit where he is driving down pit lane bent up and out of shape. He receives some minor damage, but he was able to continue racing. He somehow was the first racer to make it off pit road as seen in the following scene where he is side by side with Lightning McQueen restarting in 2nd. Lightning had managed to get a better run however as he already broke away from Ernie and the pack as soon as the green flag came out. Ernie had lost a lot of positions during the rest of the race as he had taken a lot of damage in the crash. By the time of the final lap, he was near the back, only in front of James Cleanair, Kevin Racingtire and Slider Petrolski as scene in a shot on the last lap, though Gearson and Cleanair were not seen when the final lap was announced. He finished in 22nd place. 
===Cars 3===
In Cars 3, Ernie is still competing in the Piston Cup. However when Jackson Storm made his debut, interest in Next-Gen race cars rose. Ernie retires and was replaced by a next generation racer named Nick Shift.
==Physical description==
In Cars, Ernie Gearson is a Husker Morroco stock car. His eye color is brown. He uses Lightyear racing tires. When he started his racing career, his engine had horsepower of only 300. He is painted light blue (aqua) with a green stripe wrapped around his doors, hood, and roof. He has the Spare Mint logo on his hood, as well as the number 93 painted in white on his doors and roof. In Cars 3, Ernie has a drastic redesign as he is now a Capitol Motors Mark II. However, his paint job was similar with the only difference being the headlights as he gained ones that imitate headlights with the number 93 being placed under the right one.
==Official profiles==
===Car Finder Game===
===Meet the Cars===
*Ernie Gearson recalls the day when high dollar sponsorships and squealing fans were still a thing of the future. He may be one of the oldest racers on the grids these days, but he's been around the track once or twice. He's still got plenty of fire in his chambers. His friends call him "Giddyup", alluding to the humble 300 horsepower engine he started his career with all those years ago.
===Pixarpedia===
*Ernie Gearson is a Moroco, known as "Giddyup" due to his 300 horsepower engine. His sponsor is Spare Mint Spare Tire Freshener.
==Gallery==
Ernie2008.png|Diecast artwork
Ernie Gearson pixar artwork.png|Cars 3 artwork
Floyd, Ernie and Eugine.jpg|Ernie’s first appearance onscreen
Winford, Davey, Ponchy, Ernie and Kevin.png|Cars
Misti Front.jpg|Cars
Lee and Darren.jpg|Cars
Eugene, Ernie and Murray.jpg|Cars
File:Ernie & Greg.jpg|Cars
File:Ernie, Todd & Winford.jpg|Cars
File:Winford, Ernie and Sage.jpeg|Cars
File:Ernie and Winford.jpeg|Cars
IMG 0283.jpeg|Cars
Ernie Winford Dave and Ponchy 2.png|Cars
File:Aiken Axler - HIS SCENE.jpeg|Cars
File:Chuck Armstrong - HIS SCENE.jpeg|Cars
SliderPetrolskiCars11.jpg|Cars
Ernie Winford Dave and Ponchy.png|Cars
File:PiccoloPerryCars.jpg|Cars
File:Ruby-easy-oaks-personnage-cars-01.jpg|Cars
IMG 0277.jpeg|Cars
IMG 0278.jpeg|Cars
File:VS--YouTube-Cars2006OpeningSceneDinoco400RaceLightningMcQueenVSChickHicksRemastered4K60FPS-2’54”.jpg|Cars
File:Cars-disneyscreencaps.com-450.jpg|Cars
File:WinfordBradfordRutherfordCars12.jpg|Cars
WinfordGettingRammed.jpg|Cars
File:Winford in the crash.jpg|Cars
File:Cars-disneyscreencaps.com-465.jpg|Cars
File:Cars-disneyscreencaps.com-469.jpg|Cars
File:Cars-disneyscreencaps.com-479.jpg|Cars
Ernie Gearson 2005 Dinoco 400 crash (1).webp|Cars
File:5B4505C9-0F56-46E8-BD59-AF50A350B9C4.jpeg|Ernie in the crash with Aiken Axler and Johnny Blamer.
Davey, Haul, Ernie in the crash.png|Ernie in the crash with Davey Apex and Haul Inngas.
PitRowMSOSCars.jpg|Cars
File:5EFB8C75-D0F2-471F-B0CA-1CBC78AF8017.jpeg|Cars
Ernie transforms.jpeg|Cars
Ernie-gearson-personnage-cars-01.jpg|Cars
Cars-disneyscreencaps.com-669.jpg|Cars
Cars-disneyscreencaps.com-672.jpg|Cars
File:Ernie-gearson-personnage-cars-02.jpg|Cars
File:Ralph in dinoco 400.png|Cars
4k-cars3-animationscreencaps.com-3.jpg|Ernie's first onscreen appearance (Cars 3)
Ernie G.JPG|Cars 3
Ernie-gearson-personnage-cars-3-01.jpg|Cars 3
Todd Marcus, Lane Locke, and Ernie Gearson.jpg|Cars 3
4k-cars3-animationscreencaps.com-542.jpg|Cars 3
ErnieGearsonCars3.jpg|Cars 3
File:VS--YouTube-LightningMcQueenMeetstheNext-GenRacersPixarCars-0’17”.jpg|Cars 3
File:ErnieGearsonAllianz.jpg|Cars 3
Trunecan2.png|Cars 3
ErnieGearson.jpg|Car Finder Game profile
Cars Ongoing 00 rev 04.jpg|Ernie appears in Cars (comic)
Ernie-gearson-diecast1.jpg|Diecast (Cars variant)
Ernie Gearson in Cars 3.jpeg|Diecast (Cars 3 variant)
Sm08.jpg|2008 release
Sparemint world of cars pack.png|2008 release with Piccolo Perry and Ernest B. Raykes
Piccolo perry sparemint pitty race o rama pack.png|2009 release with Piccolo Perry and Ernest B. Raykes
Sparemint race o rama pack.jpg|2009 release with Lightning McQueen, Chick Hicks and Brush Curber
Sml10.jpg|2010 release (launcher)
Smpro10.jpg|2010 release (launcher)
Sparemint rubber tires final lap kmart.jpg|2010 release (rubber tires)
Chick hicks final lap pack.jpg|2010 release with Lightning McQueen, Chick Hicks and Brush Curber
Sparemint final lap pack.jpg|2010 release with Lightning McQueen, Murray Clutchburn and Lee Revkins
Marty brakeburst wgp pack de 4.jpg|2013 release with Lightning McQueen, Dirkson D'Agostino and Marty Brakeburst
Sparemint world of cars 2014 single - piston cup.jpg|2014 release
F580cd3e-b017-420e-bf52-4bbcb7ac6bb0 1.befc6db2fd4b6a7d8a3a539a16fcba2c.webp|2017 release (Cars 3 variant)
File:Ernie Gearson 2025 release.png|2025 Release
10-pack-open-620x529.jpg|2018 release with Bobby Roadtesta, Rust-eze Lightning McQueen, Jackson Storm, Bubba Wheelhouse, Murray Clutchburn, Tommy Highbanks, Darren Leadfoot, Ryan "Inside" Laney, and Reb Meeker
Dan Carcia 10-Pack.jpeg|2018 release with Dan Carcia, Rust-eze Lightning McQueen, Jackson Storm, Danny Swervez, Phil Tankson, Chip Gearings, Bruce Miller, Ryan "Inside" Laney, and Conrad Camber
File:SpareMintMicroDrifters.jpg|Micro Drifters
==Names in other languages==
*Russian:
**Эрни Гарсон (transcription: Erni Garson)
**Эрни Рульсон (transcription: Erni Rulʹson)
==Trivia==
*Despite the die-cast of the Spare Mint racer of Cars 3 is released with the name "Ernie Gearson", the racer resembles a fourth generation NASCAR, while Ernie Gearson resembles a third generation NASCAR.
*He and Floyd Mulvihill were the first characters to be seen in the entire franchise, albeit for only a split second during Lightning McQueen's pre-race monologue.
*Ernie, Lightning McQueen, Todd Marcus, Dirkson D'Agostino, Darren Leadfoot, Ralph Carlow , Ponchy Wipeout, Floyd Mulvihill and Murray Clutchburn are the all racers to return from Cars, Except Lightning McQueen, Ernie along with the other Returning racers, underwent some redesigns and was converted into the Capitol Motors Mark II.
*He is the only Cars 3 veteran racer to be frowning as a diecast, whereas the others all smile.
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