texts: topic: Lightning McQueen  <s> Yes there was! Some people think the character was named after the race care driver with the same last name, however it was based on the Pixar animator Glenn McQueen who died in 2002.
labels: I never knew that! I always thought he was named after the driver. That's so sad, but a nice thing that Pixar did for Glenn. Do you know how long he had worked at Pixar?