Charlie Checker

:"Piston Cup Pace Car" and "Official Pace Car" redirect here. For the pace car from Cars 3, see Pat Traxson.
Charlie Checker is a 2004 Capitol Motors Econ 6 YL 3.0 LiterCar Finder Game who, for a time, was the official pace car for the Piston Cup Racing Series. He has a yellow livery, with the Piston Cup logo on his doors and hood, and the words "Official Pace Car" spanning across his hood. He has blue eyes, amber light on his roof, and chrome rims.
Pat Traxson would later supersede his position as the Piston Cup's pace car.
==History==
===Cars===
In Cars, Charlie is working during the Dinoco 400 at the Motor Speedway of the South. After a large accident caused by Chick Hicks, most of the racers head into the pits, but Lightning McQueen stays out on the track while Charlie keeps his pace.
Later at the Los Angeles International Speedway tie-breaker race, after Hicks gives McQueen a flat tire, Checker drives onto the track to lead The King and Chick Hicks while McQueen heads into the pits. McQueen and his team know that he has to get back out quickly, as if he does not make it out before Checker passes, he will be an entire lap down with only ten laps to go, making his victory impossible. A record-breaking pit stop by Guido allows Lightning to narrowly beat the pace car, giving him a helpful lead.
===Such Work Pays Off===
In the Such Work Pays Off comic from The Official Magazine, Charlie is going to lead a parade of race cars in Paris, but he disappears just before it begins. When others find him, he has a flat tire, and none of the local mechanics have the correct parts to replace it. Desperate for a solution, Mater comes to his rescue and tows him during the parade.
==Official profiles==
===Car Finder Game===
===Meet the Cars===
*Charlie Checker is the Piston Cup's official pace car. Charlie wears his amber lights with pride. He's not what you'd call a horsepower champ, but he doesn't mind. After all, he's always in the lead and NOBODY passes him, That's exactly how he likes it.
===Die-cast Race-O-Rama "Meet My Friend" description===
*As the Piston Cup's official pace car, Charlie Checker pulls out of the pits and leads the racers around the track during a yellow caution flag.
===Pixarpedia===
*As the official pace car of the Piston Cup, Charlie Checker can tell everyone he's been in the lead in a world-class race. This 2004 Capitol Motors vehicle takes his job very seriously!
===Cars: Character Encyclopedia===
*Most of the Charlie Checker models have yellow tail lights but they are red in the movie.
==Gallery==
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Charlie checker diecast.jpg|Diecast
File:Sc-piston-cup-pace-car-charlie-checker.jpg|2007 release
File:Woc-charlie-checker.jpg|2008 release
File:Ror-charlie-checker-egg-holiday-special.jpg|2009 release (Egg)
File:Charlie checker orange taillights cars 2015 single - piston cup.jpg|2015 release
Charlie checker orange taillights blue desert movie moments - dinoco 400.jpg|2019 release with Race Official Tom
File:Charlie checker red taillights blue desert movie moments - dinoco 400.jpg|2020 release with Lightning McQueen
File:Charlie checker red taillights cars 2022 single.jpg|2022 release
==Names in other languages==
*Finnish: Tuomo Turva
*Lithuanian: Čarlis Kontrolierius
*Russian:
** Чарли Чекер (transcription: Charli Cheker)
** Чарли Шашечкин (transcription: Charli Shashechkin)
==Trivia==
*Charlie's die-cast incorrectly depicts him with orange tail lights. However, Mattel later issued a correct version with the proper red tail lights.
*The Capitol Motors Econ was probably based on the 1997 - 2003 Pontiac Grand Prix Pace Car.
==References==
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