Delinquent Road Hazards

File:Delinquent Road Hazards.jpg  The **Delinquent Road Hazards**, also known as **The Tuner Gang** are the secondary antagonists of the Pixar's 7th full-length animated feature film, *Cars*.
## Group Biological Information

### Members

Boost
DJ
Wingo
Snot Rod

## Group Physical Information

### Powers With Abilities/Skills And Talents/InBorns Plus InNates

Great speed
Modified parts

## Group Naming Information

### Alias

Delinquent Hot Rodders (by Sheriff)

They are a group consisting of four troublemakers named Snot Rod, Boost, DJ, and Wingo. The Delinquent Road Hazards have caused trouble in many different installments of the *Cars* series, and are often portrayed as antagonists. Their logo is a typical graffiti drawing done with spray paint.
The **Delinquent Road Hazards** or **Tuner Cars** are minor antagonists of the Pixar's 6th full-lenght animated feature film *Cars*.
They are a group of four cars who intentionally cause danger on the highway: Boost (purple neon/silver Nissan Silvia (S15) with a custom body kit resembling JGTC cars, voiced by Jonas Rivera), Devon "DJ" Montgomery Johnston III (blue customized/slammed Suzuki Sidekick/Geo Tracker three-door SUV, voiced by E.J. Holowicki), Wingo (green and purple 2004 Acura RSX, voiced by Adrian Ochoa), and Snot Rod (orange Dodge Challenger with a blower, voiced by Lou Romano).
The **Delinquent Road Hazards** are the secondary antagonists of the ***2006*** ***Disney***•***Pixar*** animated film *Cars*. They are a group of four cars who intentionally cause danger on the highway: Boost (purple neon/silver Nissan Silvia (S15) with a custom body kit resembling JGTC cars, voiced by ***Jonas Rivera***), Devon "DJ" Montgomery Johnston III (blue customized/slammed Suzuki Sidekick/Geo Tracker three-door SUV, voiced by E.J. Holowicki), Wingo (green and purple 2004 Acura RSX, voiced by Adrian Ochoa), and Snot Rod (orange Dodge Challenger with a blower, voiced by ***Lou Romano***). They like to intentionally cause danger on the highway, speed and do reckless driving. They also seem to like rap music as DJ played rap music while speeding along the Interstate. Also, when Snot Rod sneezes it causes him to naturally speed up.

## Physical Appearance Characteristics

Boost, the group leader, is a purple/silver 1994 Mitsubishi Eclipse, Wingo is a green and purple 2000 Nissan Silvia S15, DJ is a blue 2004 Scion xB, and Snot Rod is a orange 1970 Plymouth Barracuda. The four cars are young delinquents who hang out on the roads and disturb others with their sound effects and sound music. They do not seem to be aware of the noise they cause and are not afraid of danger.

## History

### *Cars*

In *Cars*, the tuners are causing havoc on the highway when they come across Mack, a tired hauler that is transporting Lightning McQueen to the ***Los Angeles International Speedway***. DJ plays music to cause Mack to fall asleep, while Boost and Wingo push him back and forth. Meanwhile, a bobblehead falls onto the trigger that opens the trailer, causing the back door to open. Snot Rod sneezes, which scares Mack, causing McQueen to fall out of his trailer. During the credits, they are caught speeding through Radiator Springs and are impounded by Sheriff and sentenced to pull Bessie, possibly paving a new road.

The Tuner Cars appear for the first time speeding past other cars on the road during the night. They meet a sleepy Mack, who is transporting Lightning McQueen to California, who failed to realize he was risking causing Mack to become asleep at a wheel. DJ, knowing that Mack is feeling exhausted, activates a soft music which puts the truck to sleep while Boost and Wingo play with Mack by passing each other. They knock Mack on a barrier on the freeway and Lightning gets out of the trailer while he too was sleeping. That's when Snot Rod sneezes as his friends speed up and Mack wakes up unaware that he left McQueen in the middle of the road.
During the end credits, the Tuner Cars storm into the town of Radiator Springs and are stopped by the Sheriff who locks them behind a gate and boots them. As punishment, they have to tow Bessie as Lightning did to fix a road and are squirted with liquid tar on their bodywork to their disgust.

The Tuner Cars catch Mack nodding off to sleep on the way to California. They amuse themselves by playing a prank on a drowsy Mack, by putting him to sleep with soothing music (Template:WikipediaLink's "Songbird"), and nudging him onto the rumble strips along the shoulder. The resulting vibration inadvertently causes Mack's trailer door to open and a sleeping McQueen to roll out of the trailer. When the chronically sniffly Snot Rod sneezes, Mack is startled awake and the Tuner Cars accelerate away, leaving the still-sleeping McQueen behind out on the highway near Radiator Springs, thus making the Tuner Cars mostly responsible for McQueen's disappearance.
The gang ultimately gets their comeuppance during the end credits of the movie when they make the mistake of speeding in Radiator Springs, causing them to be apprehended by the Sheriff for reckless driving and destruction of property and remanded to the impound yard to do their time. It is then later revealed that Doc Hudson himself sentenced the Tuner Cars to messy roadwork of towing Bessie for their actions. It could be implied that they would be released from Radiator Springs for good behavior if they fixed the road.

## Gallery

DRH.jpgBoostheader.jpgSnot Rod in the junkyard.jpgThe Delinquent Road Hazards in the junkyard after illegal speeding in Radiator Springs.Wingo and his minions working.jpgThe Delinquent Road Hazards pulling Bessie as punishment, with hot tar splashed on them.Delinquent Road Hazards by JonnyDJ.jpgVlcsnap-2013-04-18-11h47m56s73 774 588.pngCars-disneyscreencaps.com-2384.jpgThe Delinquent Road Hazards harassing MackBoost.pngBoost.Dj.pngDJ.Wingo.pngWingo.Snot rod.pngSnot Rod.DRHGroup2.jpg*Cars*.Boost6.jpg*Cars*.DRH4.jpg*Cars*.DRH Hometowns.jpgIllustrations of the cars, as well as their license plates.Wingo and his minions working.jpg
## Trivia

* It was thanks to their intervention during Lightning's trip to California that the runner was able to change his personality and meet new friends, since if they haven't tricked Mack into falling asleep, McQueen would never end up in Radiator Springs where he would be taught humility and how friendship is more important in life than racing and winning. However, McQueen would still be cocky and arrogant due to wanting to win the Piston Cup, which he gave up on after having ended up at Radiator Springs and learning life lessons from them.
* Some assume they were sent by Chick Hicks to get McQueen to arrive late in California and for Chick to be the first to sympathize with Dinoco. They continue causing trouble after Chick obtains the Piston Cup, however.
* In Italian dub, Boost and DJ are voiced respectively by F1 racers Giancarlo Fisichella and Jarno Trulli, while Wingo is dubbed by 24 Hours of Le Mans racer Emanuele Pirro.
* Snot Rod was supposed to be in the unmade *Cars Toons* episode, *Import Mater*. This episode was later remade into *Tokyo Mater*, in which he didn't appear.
	+ Ironically, Snot Rod is the only Delinquent Road Hazards member to appear in *Cars: Mater-National Championship*.
	+ Snot Rod also appears on a calendar in Andy's room in *Toy Story 3* as a normal car.
* Wingo was the only Delinquent Road Hazards member that was playable in Arcade Mode in *Cars: The Video Game*, despite Boost and DJ being playable in the High Speed Heist minigame.
* A repainted, non-anthropomorphic version of Boost could be seen on a poster on the wall of Andy's room in the trailer of *Toy Story 3*. This poster was replaced in the final movie by a picture of Finn McMissile.
* While DJ's license plate states that his hometown is Treble Town,[*citation needed*] *Tokyo Mater* depicts him as one of Tokyo's residents, making it unclear where DJ's true town of origin is.
* DJ's original die-cast depicted him with blue stripes rather than green. This was corrected in 2009, but the incorrect striping returned on his 2015 re-release.
* The song DJ plays in his introduction is "Rollin' in the Rearview" by Headbone and Jabu; he later plays "Songbird" by Kenny G to put Mack to sleep.
* Despite being an antagonist, DJ is considered to be friendly to the theme park guests at Cars Land.