I am SO excited to share that Owen Wilson (voice of “Lightning McQueen”) served as Grand Marshall for the 59th annual Daytona 500 in celebration of CARS 3! Here are some pictures from the awesome event:
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 26: Grand Marshal Owen Wilson, voice of Lightning McQueen in “Cars 3” poses with NASCAR racer Bubba Wallace for the 59th Annual DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 26, 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Owen Wilson; Bubba Wallace
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 23: (L-R) Ray Evernham, Kyle Petty, Cristela Alonzo, Richard “The King” Petty, and Jeff Gordon speak onstage during the “Cars 3” NASCAR Collaboration Announcement on February 23, 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Ray Evernham; Kyle Petty; Cristela Alonzo; Richard Petty; Jeff Gordon
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 23: (Top L-R) Howard Augustine “Humpy” Wheeler, Jr, Mike Joy, Shannon Spake, Ray Evernham, Kyle Petty, Richard “The King” Petty, Jeff Gordon, Darrell Waltrip, Zane Stoddard (Bottom L-R) Ryan Blaney, Bubba Wallace, Cristela Alonzo, Brian Fee, Daniel Suarez, and Chase Elliott attend the “Cars 3” NASCAR Collaboration Announcement on February 23, 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Howard Augustine Wheeler Jr; Mike Joy; Shannon Spake; Ray Evernham; Kyle Petty; Richard Petty; Jeff Gordon; Darrell Waltrip; Zane Stoddard; Ryan Blaney; Bubba Wallace; Cristela Alonzo; Brian Fee; Daniel Suarez; Chase Elliott
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 26: View of “Cars 3” Lightning McQueen and Cruz Ramirez during the 59th Annual DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 26, 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for Disney)
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 26: Grand Marshal Owen Wilson, voice of Lightning McQueen in “Cars 3” poses with NASCAR racers Daniel Suarez, Bubba Wallace, Ryan Blaney, and Chase Elliott for the 59th Annual DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 26, 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Owen Wilson; Daniel Suarez; Bubba Wallace; Ryan Blaney; Chase Elliott
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 26: Grand Marshal Owen Wilson, voice of Lightning McQueen in “Cars 3” poses with NASCAR racers Daniel Suarez, Bubba Wallace, Ryan Blaney, and Chase Elliott for the 59th Annual DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 26, 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Owen Wilson; Daniel Suarez; Bubba Wallace; Ryan Blaney; Chase Elliott
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 26: Grand Marshal Owen Wilson, voice of Lightning McQueen in “Cars 3” poses with Lightning McQueen for the 59th Annual DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 26, 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Owen Wilson
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 23: View of the “Cars 3” NASCAR Collaboration Announcement on February 23, 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for Disney)
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 23: (L-R) NASCAR drivers Daniel Suarez, Bubba Wallace, director Brian Fee, Ryan Blaney, and Chase Elliott attend the “Cars 3” NASCAR Collaboration Announcement on February 23, 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Daniel Suarez; Bubba Wallace; Brian Fee; Ryan Blaney; Chase Elliott
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 23: Actress Cristela Alonzo (L) and director Brian Fee attend the “Cars 3” NASCAR Collaboration Announcement on February 23, 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Cristela Alonzo; Brian Fee
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 23: Actress Cristela Alonzo (L) and NASCAR driver Daniel Suarez attend the “Cars 3” NASCAR Collaboration Announcement on February 23, 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Cristela Alonzo; Daniel Suarez
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 23: NASCAR drivers Chase Elliott (L) and Jeff Gordon attend the “Cars 3” NASCAR Collaboration Announcement on February 23, 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for Disney) *** Local Caption *** Chase Elliott; Jeff Gordon
Also, a brand new extended look at Disney/Pixar’s CARS 3 is now available:
Like CARS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PixarCars/
Follow Disney/Pixar on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DisneyPixar
Follow Disney/Pixar on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pixar/
Visit the official CARS 3 website here: http://movies.disney.com/cars-3
CARS 3 opens in theatres everywhere on June 16th!
tressa
Wednesday 8th of November 2017
ya me too!
deanna
Friday 3rd of March 2017
This is awesome. The other Cars movies were so good so we are excited to see this one too.
Amber Ludwig
Monday 27th of February 2017
Omgosh so awesome!! My kiddo is so super psyched to see it!! The anticipation of the crash is crazy though!!