Chick Hicks is designed as a stock car in Pixar’s Cars.
He is Lightning McQueen’s principal racing rival in the first film and competes in the fictional Piston Cup series. Chick’s green body, moustache-like grille, and number 86 distinguish him from Lightning, but his most important category is his stock-car form, which reflects the film’s connection to American oval-track racing.
Stock cars are associated especially with NASCAR-style competition, where vehicles race on oval circuits and carry prominent numbers and sponsor liveries. Pixar created fictional cars rather than reproducing one exact real racing model, so Chick should be understood as a character design inspired by the stock-car tradition.
Chick is voiced by Michael Keaton and is characterized by aggressive tactics and a win-at-any-cost attitude. He is not the same opponent as Francesco Bernoulli in Cars 2 or Jackson Storm in Cars 3. His number is 86, while Lightning McQueen’s is 95.