Pixar Cars Wiki

Join the long-awaited Diecast Project!

READ MORE

Pixar Cars Wiki
Register
Advertisement

Crusty Rotor is a Piston Cup racer that raced for the Vinyl Toupee team. He is a Stodgey Suaver EX that is painted pinkish purple, with the number 76 on his doors and roof, as well as the Vinyl Toupee logo on his hood. He wears a black toupee on his roof. Between the events of Cars and Cars 3, he retired and was replaced by Rev Roadages.

History[]

In Cars, Crusty appears at the Motor Speedway of the South, competing in the Dinoco 400 against the likes of Lightning McQueen, The King, Chick Hicks and many others. He is involved in the huge accident caused by Chick Hicks, during which he spun out hitting Ryan Shields, losing one of his tires in the process as his tire bounces down the track like a kickball. However, he does not suffer any major damage from it.

He only appears as a background character in the first movie and is never shown or mentioned in any of the sequels, assuming he retired permanently and is not likely to come back.

Official profiles[]

  • Believe it or not, Crusty Rotor was actually a vinyl top salesman before the makers of Vinyl Toupee, Vinyl Top in a Can, put him out of business! While working out his frustration in the gym he realized he had an amazing gift for driving long, hard, grueling distances without feeling even the slightest burnout. As luck would have it the makers of Vinyl Toupee, Vinyl Top in a Can were fronting cash for a Piston Cup team. Crusty made the biggest sell of his life landing the job and all the spray-on toupee his roof could sport.[1]

Gallery[]

Names in other languages[]

  • Greek: Κραστι Ροτορ (transcription: Krasti Rotor)
  • Russian: Красти Ротор (transcription: Krasti Rotor)

Trivia[]

  • Crusty has the same surname as Michael Rotor, a next-generation View Zeen racer in Cars 3. However, it is unknown if they are related in any way.
  • His roof seems to resemble a convertible, most likely to promote the spray-on vinyl sold by his sponsor.

References[]

Navigation

Navigation

Advertisement