Lightning McQueen’s Dinoco-driving racing rival in Pixar’s Cars is Chick Hicks.
Chick Hicks is a green stock car who competes against McQueen and Strip “The King” Weathers in the Piston Cup season. He is characterized by an aggressive approach to racing and a willingness to use unfair tactics, making him the principal antagonist in the film’s racing storyline.
The King is the veteran champion whose Dinoco sponsorship McQueen wants to inherit. Chick eventually wins the final race after causing a crash involving The King, but the victory damages his reputation because of his unsportsmanlike conduct. McQueen then chooses to help The King rather than accept an immediate Dinoco promotion.
Chick Hicks is voiced by Michael Keaton. The character is sometimes confused with Cal Weathers, another Dinoco racer who appears in Cars 3. Cal is The King’s nephew and successor, not McQueen’s original rival.