Doc Hudson - Disney Pixar Cars movie

Engine: Straight 6 engine, Twin "H" power, 175 horsepower
Chassis: Step-Down chassis which gives excellent handling

Doc is a 1951 Hudson Hornet. A super-fast flash in the pan, the Hudson was only produced for seven years. But the car, produced initially by the Hudson Motor Company of Detroit, was a 27-time winner on the NASCAR tour in 1952. The car was re-styled into a more conservative version as Hudson Motor's factory closed in 1954 and the car was made by the newly formed American Motors. By 1958, production ceased and American Motors focused on its other models.
 
In its day, the Hudson may have been the scourge of the race track, but in the movie Cars, Doc Hudson is anything but a speedy character. Doc was once known as the Fabulous Hudson Hornet (#51), one of the most famous racecars to have ever lived; he won three Piston Cups, and still holds the record for most wins in a single season.

A car with a mysterious past, Doc Hudson -- with crystal blue "eyes," naturally -- keeps to himself and is the town doctor, (running the local mechanic shop). Doc has no patience for the town's own hot shot racing car, Lightning McQueen, "played" by Owen Wilson. And in the end, Doc teaches Lightning McQueen a lesson in speed and character.

A seemingly quiet country doctor (mechanic) with a mysterious past, this 1951 Hudson Hornet is a cornerstone of Radiator Springs, and also serves as town judge. Respected and admired by the townsfolk, Doc is a car of few words, and is unimpressed by the town's newest arrival - Lightning McQueen. The speed-obsessed hotshot racecar dismisses Doc as just an old Grandpa car, but comes to discover that the old timer still has a few tricks under his hood.

The Hudson Hornet is an automobile that was produced by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan between 1951 and 1954. The Hornet was also built by American Motors Corporation in Kenosha, Wisconsin and marketed under the Hudson brand between 1955 and 1957.

The Fabulous Hudson Hornet was a famous NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup) and AAA stock car produced by the Hudson Motor Car Company. Marshall Teague and Herb Thomas each drove in a Hudson Hornet that they nicknamed the "Fabulous Hudson Hornet".

Marshall Teague drove his Fabulous Hudson Hornet in selected NASCAR events during the 1951 and 1952 seasons. Teague approached the Hudson Motor Car Company by traveling to Michigan and visiting their plant without an appointment; by the end of the visit Hudson virtually assured Teague of corporate support and cars; the relationship was formalized shortly after the visit. Teague was also instrumental in helping Hudson tune the I6 powered Hudson Hornet to its maximum stock capability. He nicknamed his Hudson Hornet the "Fabulous Hudson Hornet". When combined with the car's light weight and low center of gravity (because of its monocoque body), the Hornet allowed Teague and the other Hudson drivers to dominate various stock car racing series from 1951 through 1954, consistently beating out other drivers in cars powered by larger, more modern engines. Teague and his crew chief Smokey Yunick won 27 of 34 events in major stock car events, including 7 NASCAR events. Teague left NASCAR during the 1952 season in a dispute with NASCAR's owner William France Sr. Teague was awarded the 1951 AAA Stock Car Driver of the Year, and the 1952 and 1954 AAA National Stock Car Champion while driving in the Fabulous Hudson Hornet. The original Fabulous Hudson Hornet can be found today fully restored at the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum in Ypsilanti, MI.

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