In Pixar's Cars 3, Cruz Ramirez uses racing number 95 when she competes for the Piston Cup.
Cruz begins Cars 3 as Lightning McQueen's high-performance trainer at the Rust-eze Racing Center. Although she initially believes her future is in coaching, her driving ability becomes clear during training and later competition. Lightning gives her the opportunity to race, and she ultimately takes the wheel of the Rust-eze car in the decisive event.
The number 95 is strongly associated with Lightning McQueen throughout the Cars series, so Cruz using it represents a transfer of opportunity and identity rather than a random change. The film's story distinguishes this number from the numbers of other racers, including Jackson Storm's number 20 and Chick Hicks's number 86.