Junior Moon

Junior "Midnight" Moon is a former Piston Cup racer. He was both inspired and voiced by Junior Johnson himself.Ryan McGee (March 29, 2017). "New 'Cars 3' characters inspired by NASCAR legends". ESPN. He is a 1940 Ford Standard Coupe, and previously bared the number 11.
==History==
===Cars 3===
In Cars 3, along with Smokey, Louise Nash and River Scott at Smokey's Automotive Service, he gives advice to Lightning McQueen during the latter's recovery at the Cotter Pin. Junior also helps McQueen train for the Florida 500 along with the other legends and Cruz Ramirez. He also appeared in flashbacks with Doc Hudson during Doc's racing days.
===Cars 3: Driven to Win===
Junior Moon is an unlockable playable character in Cars 3: Driven to Win. Like most of the playable characters, he is unlocked by completing an uncertain amount of skill checks. He is the only playable character whose voice provider from the film returns to voice their character in the game.
==Bio==
===Meet the Cars===
*Long before official stock car tracks existed, souped-up jalopies raced for fun on wooded back roads with only the moon to light their way. That's where Junior Moon got his start and his name. Junior raced by his own rules. Hud and all the other early Piston Cup Competitors truly loved to race with him.
=== Cars 3: Driven to Win ===
* Long before official stock car tracks existed, Junior got his start racing the wooded back roads with only the moon to light his way.
==Portrayals==
*Junior Johnson - Cars 3 and Cars 3: Driven to Win
==Gallery==
IMG 3019.JPG|Concept art
2 (3).jpg|Concept art
3 (4).jpg|Concept art
1 (4).jpg|Concept art
Juniormoon.jpg|Concept art
Junior Moon.jpg|Meet the Cars artwork
Heydayjm.png|Artwork
Lightningandtheracingroots.jpg|Cars 3 promotional image
Hood23.png|Cars 3
8E5E900B-996D-42B5-B422-9BFCA8E6E5B8.jpeg|Cars 3
Moon1.jpg|Cars 3
Moon2.jpg|Cars 3
Moon3.jpg|Cars 3
Moon4.jpg|Cars 3
Louise nash, River and Junior.jpg|Cars 3
Louise5.jpg|Cars 3 credits
IMG 3239.JPG|Cars 3: Driven to Win
D NQ NP 750788-MLM26297761308 112017-O.jpg|Diecast
Heyday junior moon.jpg|Heyday diecast
Hot rod junior moon.jpg|Hot Rod diecast
Lego Junior Moon.jpg|LEGO Cars
Hot rod junior moon blue desert single - ramones body shop.jpg|2019 Hot Rod release
Heyday junior moon variant blue desert movie moments - docs racing days.jpg|2019 release with Eli Turnpike
Heyday junior moon variant cars 2021 movie moments.jpg|2021 release with Leroy Heming
Hot rod junior moon cars 2021 single.jpg|2021 Hot Rod release
Heyday junior moon variant cars 2021 pack de 5.jpg|2021 release with Strip Weathers aka "The King", Lightning McQueen, Cruz Ramirez and Mario Andretti
Heyday junior mini racer.jpg|Mini Racer
==Names in other languages==
*Croatian: Mlađak Hitri
*Czech: Palivec Junior
*Danish: Folmer Krom
*Japanese: ジュニア・ムーン
*Lithuanian: Jaunius Mėnulis
*Norwegian: Junior Mohn
*Polish: Sam Ogon
*Romanian: Miez Junior
*Russian:
**Джуниор Мун (transcription: Dzhunior Mun)
**Сэмми «Крепыш» Гон (transcription: Semmi "Krep'ish" Gon)
*Spanish: Junior "Medianoche" Moon
*Swedish: Jocke "Midnatt" Månsken
*Ukrainian: Місячний Вітер-Молодший (transcription: Misyachnyy Viter-Molodshyy)
== Trivia ==
*In concept art, he has used both the names "Junior Jeffries" and "Tucker Moon".
*During his Heyday, he was wearing black racing tires, Same as Eli Turnpike, In his Heyday diecast, he and didn't use racing tires like Eli Turnpike, but instead used his retired whitewall tires.
**Another point is that the racing tire used by Eli Turnpike is not exactly the same as that of Junior Moon. The racing tire used by Eli Turnpike is a red tire with a rim cover, while the one used by Junior Moon is black without a rim cover racing tires.
**But for their diecast parts, Eli Turnpike uses Junior Moon’s black racing tires, with just an extra red rim; Junior Moon uses Eli Turnpike tires with rim caps, just with an extra white wall , the two of them appeared to be swapping tires on the Diecast piece.
**Another point is that Eli Turnpike's diecast also incorrectly stated his racing number as No. 26. His actual racing number is No. 28.
*Junior Johnson in real life died on December 20, 2019. Because this happened in real life, this page is in the Deceased characters category.
== Quotes ==
*"They're here to steal our secrets!" - Cars 3
*"I don't know how to win anymore. But I am not doing it anymore, so I'm not gonna win." - Cars 3
*"Not for long." - Cars 3
*"Yep, that'll do." - Cars 3
*"My friends call me Junior. Pleased to meet you." Cars 3: Driven to Win
*"Think I'll wait and see what today brings." - Cars 3: Driven to Win
* "I think I got the hiccups." - Cars 3: Driven to Win
*"Time to put this race to bed." - Cars 3: Driven to Win
==References==
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Category:Lightning McQueen fans
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Category:Cruz Ramirez fans
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