Harvey Rodcap is a character in Cars 3.
Cars 3[]
Harvey is the next-generation Easy Idle racer and one of the six next-generation racers to debut at the Motor Speedway of the South.
During Los Angeles 500 at the Los Angeles International Speedway, he and Tim Treadless were close behind Lightning McQueen when he crashed and went airborne. Both watched in horror as McQueen went flying. In 2017, Harvey competed in the Florida 500 at the Florida International Super Speedway where he started from 15th position. After Cam Spinner caused a crash, Harvey smashed into Cam and was sent careening toward the infield and received minor damages, though was able to continue racing.
Die neue Allianz Autoversicherung[]
Harvey makes a cameo in the German-language commercial of Allianz, named Die neue Allianz Autoversicherung, where he was one of cars racing at the Los Angeles International Speedway. In that advertisement he was seen racing with heavily squinted eyes.
Trivia[]
- Harvey Rodcap is incorrectly listed on several Cars 3 die-cast cardbacks as the name of the N2O Cola stock car racer, whose actual name is Parker Brakeston.
- During the Los Angeles 500, the first shot of the race shows that he qualified in 2nd but in the next shot it is implied that he qualified in last place. The next shot shows that he did qualify in 2nd place but when the race starts he is seen in the back.
- Competition number 15 was also used by: Carl Clutchen, Gordon, Jan Kowalski, Lexi Lowdown, Jan Nilsson, Lightning McQueen and Max Sharpwork.
- Other racers sponsored by Easy Idle were: Ruby Oaks and Carl Clutchen.
- While he and Carl Clutchen used the number 15 in Cars 3, the Easy Idle racer in Cars, Ruby Oaks, used the number 51.
- Harvey is a high-tech Next-Generation race car, specifically a Next-Gen 2017 Race Car SA-3
- This character's name was revealed on the box of a Dot.com diecast 10-pack.
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