Jeff Gorvette

*"Hey, McQueen. Win for us old guys!"
"Will do, Jeff."*
―Jeff Gorvette and Lightning McQueen[src]
**Jeff Gorvette** is a professional race car who competed in the Grand Touring Sports 2 series where he had multiple championships. In 2011, he participated in the World Grand Prix representing the United States of America. He raced with the competition number 24. He retired as a race car before 2017 and has become a sports journalist covering sports such as the Piston Cup Racing Series.

## 2011

Jeff has attended the World Grand Prix Welcome Party with Lewis Hamilton, and he greets Lightning McQueen. He sees Mater talking to the Zen Master. He appears in all 3 races including the one in Radiator Springs. He never got hit by the Lemons' EMP Camera Emitter in any of the races. After the World Grand Prix Tokyo race begins, he started in the 4th position and was also last seen in the Tokyo race in the 5th position. But as well as we can see, Nigel Gearsley finished in the 5th position. In the Porto Corsa race, Jeff was seen in the in the 5th position instead of Nigel Gearsley. And later in the second part, he was seen in the 8th position. At the last meters to the finish line in the Porto Corsa race, Jeff Gorvette along with Lewis Hamilton was at the last position. But he and Lewis Hamilton didn't finish the race, because Shu Todoroki's big crash blocked the track. He and Lewis were the only racers who didn't collide into the big crash. In the last race in London, United Kingdom, Jeff was seen following Nigel Gearsley from the 6th position to the 5th position. Right before the race in Radiator Springs, he says to Lewis that he thinks they should do it every year. In the race, he and Lewis were next to each other in position.

## 2018

Jeff Gorvette is interviewed before the Florida 500 and wishes McQueen good luck. Gorvette has retired at the time of the events of the film, and holds the highest number of top ten finishes for a racer. His livery is also different, he no longer has WGP Logos or numbering, nor his US Flag Design. But instead, flames.

## Replacements

In international versions of *Cars 2*, Jeff Gorvette is replaced in one scene by a completely different character, voiced by a regionally better known racer than Jeff Gordon. However, they only replace him in the scene where Lightning meets him at the party in Tokyo as well as when that scene appears in Mater's nightmare. They don't replace him in the races or when the racers are shocked at Mater drinking from the water fountain after eating a lot of wasabi. Most of these characters use the same body shape as Max Schnell. These include:

## Trivia

* Jeff Gorvette is based on the real NASCAR driver and 4-time Sprint Cup Champion Jeff Gordon. His name is a combination of "Jeff Gordon" and "Corvette".
* Jeff Gorvette is voiced by the real NASCAR Colombian driver Juan Pablo Montoya in the Latin American release.
* Jeff Gorvette is modeled as a Chevy Corvette C6-R, grand touring racers commonly seen at endurance events in Europe.
* Originally, Jeff Gorvette's racing number was planned to be #3. But it was finally replaced by #24, Jeff Gordon's number. In the final film, there is no racecar in the World Grand Prix with #3.
* Jeff's pit crew chief is John Lassetire.
* The Corvette C6R, Jeff Gorvette's model, has a special 5.5 liter engine in real life, not a LSR 7.0 engine.
* Jeff is the only character introduced in *Cars 2* to return in *Cars 3*.
* Jeff's livery in Cars 3 is a reference to his 2015 "Final Ride" Chevrolet SS NASCAR Cup Car. This particular SS was Silver with Jeff's signature flames, a trait his Cars universe version carries.

## References

1. ↑ 'Cars 3' gears up for season long ride with NASCAR
2. ↑ Hollywood tailoring movies for overseas audiences
3. ↑ concept art for the design of the World Grand Prix racers.