Dexter Hoover

Dexter Hoover is a pickup truck that serves as the flagman for the Piston Cup Racing series. He is a Pabloloco Compact Pick-Up that is painted blue and yellow, with the word "Official" painted on his hood and the back, along with the Piston Cup logo. He has blue rims and a yellow bumper. His license plate reads A113CA. His model seems to resemble a 2000 Toyota Tundra Regular Cab.
==History==
===Cars===
In Cars, Dexter is first seen at the Motor Speedway of the South, waving his flags for the racers. He later appears at the Los Angeles International Speedway, waving the flags in the tie-breaker race.
In Cars 3, Kris Revstopski supersede his serves as a flag waver for the Piston Cup Racing Series.
===Cars: Fast as Lightning===
In Cars: Fast as Lightning, Dexter appears as a non-playable character that serves as the flagman on all 25 of the tracks, waving his flags to begin each race.
==List of appearances==
Title 	Year	Notes
Cars 	2006	
"Wash Day" 	2009	The Official Magazine #29
Rammin' Slammin' Relay 	2009	
Crash Course 	2010	
Racing Days 	2011	His appearance in this book is identical to his appearance in Crash Course!, as this book follows a very similar storyline
Cars: Fast as Lightning	2014	
"Stanley's Souvenir" 	2014	The Official Magazine #55
Cars Daredevil Garage 	2015	
Lead the Way 	2017	
==Official profiles==
===Car Finder Game===
==Die-cast Race-O-Rama "Meet My Friend" description==
*As the Piston Cup's official flag truck, Dexter Hoover uses colored flags to command the race action from above the start/finish line.
===Pixarpedia===
*Dexter Hoover, a Pabloloco Compact pick-up, is one of the most important race officials. He waves the flags at the start and end of the race. You could say he has a checkered career!
===Cars: Character Encyclopedia===
*Dexter Hoover has the most important job at the racetrack. He starts and finishes each race by waving his colored flags. Dexter was the first diecast that required some assembly — fixing his flag into its post.
**The green flag means "go!" This lenticular version was released in the Night Skyline series.
**The winning checkered flag is the flag that every race car wants to see!
==Gallery==
Art16.png|Artwork with a checkered flag
Art17.png|Artwork with a yellow flag
Dexterwhiteflag.png|Artwork with a white flag
Dexter green flag.png|Artwork with a green flag
Dexter Hoover - HIS SCENE.jpeg|Cars
Ernie-gearson-personnage-cars-02.jpg|Cars
DexterHooverCars12.jpg|Cars
DexterHooverGreenFlag.jpg|Cars
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DexterHoover.jpg|Car Finder Game profile
Cars Ongoing 00 rev 04.jpg|Dexter appears in Cars (comic)
Cars Ongoing 00 rev 05.jpg|Dexter appears in Cars (comic)
File:The Stolen flag 1.jpeg| The Stolen Flag 
The Stolen flag 2.jpeg| The Stolen Flag 
DexterHooverCFAL.png|Cars: Fast as Lightning
DexterHooverCheckeredFlag.jpg|Diecast (checkered flag)
DexterHooverGreenFlagDiecast.jpg|Diecast (green flag)
Dexter-hoover-diecasts.jpg|Diecast (yellow flag)
Dexter hoover yellow flag world of cars single.jpg|2008 release
Fl-dexter-hoover-checkered-flag.jpg|2010 release 
Fl-dexter-hoover-green-flag-lenticular.jpg|2010 release (lenticular)
Dexter hoover with checkered flag lenticular final lap pack de 3 lenticulars.jpg|2010 release with Lightning McQueen and Damaged King
File:Dexter hoover yellow flag cars 2015 single - piston cup.jpg|2015 release 
File:Dexter hoover green flag cars 2018-2019 movie moments - dinoco 400.jpg|2018 release with Lightning McQueen
Dexter hoover green flag blue desert movie moments - dinoco 400.jpg|2019 release with Lightning McQueen
Bert cars 2021 single - lost and found!.jpg|2021 release with Strip Weathers aka "The King", Chick Hicks, Finish Line Lightning McQueen, Aiken Axler, Not Chuck, Crusty Rotor, Mia and Tia, Christina Wheeland, and Bert
Dexter hoover with checkered flag cars 2022 single.jpg|2022 release
Dexter Hoover with green flag 2023.jpg|2023/2025 release
File:Mini racer dexter.jpg|Mini Racers
==Names in other languages==
*Estonian: Lennart Lippur
*Greek: Ντεξτερ Χουβερ (transcription: Ntexter Chouver)
*Polish: Rączy Hubert
*Russian:
**The Official Magazine: Декстер Ховер (transcription: Dekster Hover)
**Diecast: Декстер Гувер (transcription: Dekster Guver)
*Ukrainian: Декстер Гувер (transcription: Dekster Huver)
==Trivia==
*Dexter's license plate number, A113CA, is a reference to A113, the classroom in which several Pixar animators worked at, and the "CA" stands for CalArts, the studio where the classroom was located.
**"CA" could also represent California's state abbreviation.
*In Cars: Fast as Lightning, when the player passes the finish line, Dexter is waving a green flag, but in race cutscenes that immediately follow, he is waving a checkered flag.
*In the 1:55 Diecast and Mini Racers merchandise ranges, Dexter Hoover's model incorrectly reuses Tow's grill design.
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