Jackson Storm is the new-generation rival who challenges Lightning McQueen in Pixar’s Cars 3.
Storm is a high-tech racer whose speed and advanced training make him difficult for McQueen to defeat. His rise shows how quickly the Piston Cup field has changed since McQueen became a champion.
McQueen initially tries to keep racing through determination alone, but Storm’s dominance forces him to rethink his preparation. With Cruz Ramirez’s help, McQueen studies new training methods and eventually discovers that experience can be used in a different role.
Jackson Storm is voiced by Armie Hammer. He is not the same character as Chick Hicks, McQueen’s principal rival in Cars, or Francesco Bernoulli, the Italian racer featured in Cars 2. Each represents a different stage of McQueen’s career.