Armie Hammer voices Jackson Storm, Lightning McQueen’s main rival in Pixar’s Cars 3.
Jackson Storm is a sleek, technologically advanced next-generation race car who quickly dominates the Piston Cup season. His number is 20, and his success makes Lightning question whether experience can compete with modern training, simulation, and engineering. Storm’s confidence and dismissive attitude intensify that conflict.
The character represents a new era of racing rather than a personal history with Lightning. Unlike Chick Hicks in the first film, Storm is not mainly defined by old-fashioned sabotage; he is a legitimate elite competitor whose speed exposes Lightning’s changing place in the sport.
Lightning eventually changes his goal. With Cruz Ramirez’s help, he develops a training approach that combines his experience with modern techniques. At the Florida 500, Lightning supports Cruz’s breakthrough, turning the rivalry with Storm into part of a broader story about adaptation and passing knowledge to a new generation.