Sterling Burnish Dunn is the overarching antagonist of the 2017 Pixar's 18th full-length animated feature film Cars 3.
He is the owner of the Rust-eze Racing Center, an elite training facility with the latest technology. It appears that he also intended to run Rust-eze out of a personal office at the Racing Center. Sterling made his fortune as the "mudflap king" of the eastern seaboard. While Lightning McQueen didn't know of him, Tow Mater did, stating that he does "make a quality mudflap at an affordable price.
He was voiced by Nathan Fillion, who also played Johnny J. Worthington III from the Monsters Inc. franchise and Preston Northwest from Gravity Falls.
What Makes Him A Hate Sink?[]
- Despite being affable to McQueen initially and not getting upset over him accidentally destroying the XDL-Mark Z simulator, this was never genuine as he soon told him that "his racing days are coming to an end" and wants him to stop racing to served as a business icon, seeing it as a legacy (as a "trick" or "con" to McQueen).
- He agrees to a deal with McQueen; if he cannot win the Florida 500, then Lightning will have to retire and use his fame to sell Lightning McQueen merchandise.
- At the Chick Hicks' RSN news, he mocked Lightning's training at the RRC, because some of McQueen's fans love for him.
- He gives "luck" to McQueen at his final race at the Florida 500 against Jackson Storm and notices Cruz and orders and forces her to leave the place to train the cars to the center and then mocks her for her customized paint reminding her that she isn't a racer.
- He opposes Lightning McQueen, because Lightning wanted to replace him by Cruz to getting ready in the race of the 2017 Piston Cup Season.
- After Cruz wins the race and defeats Storm, he ungratefully "congratulates" her and pathetically asks if she wants to race for him, which Cruz rightfully turns down.
- After Tex Dinoco hires Cruz to be Dinoco's racecar, he calls Lightning to go back to his new job before realizing in the board he was winning the race with Cruz.
- After that, the scoreboard says that McQueen is the other winner of the Florida 500 for starting the race and that Cruz finishes it for Lightning. He tries to said to the reporters, but Sally and Mater interrupt him and later Tex talks "from billionaire to billionaire", he gets defeated and gives Tex a second buy to Rust-eze
- According to Tow Mater, he stats that he does "make a quality mudflap at an affordable price".
Trivia[]
- He is one of the few Cars characters who are Hate Sinks but, like Storm, he is not a villainous character.
- He has a Sir Miles Axlerod's photo on his shelves, which could make it possible he's been working with Axlerod. If this was confirmed, considering Axlerod's nature, it would've likely made Sterling worse.
External links[]
- Sterling on the Antagonists Wiki
- Sterling on the Disney Wiki
- Sterling on the Pixar Wiki
- Sterling on the Pixar Cars Wiki
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Chick Hicks | HTB Team Crew | Ripslinger | Cad Spinner | Jackson Storm | Sterling | Ray Reverham | H.J. Hollis (LEGO Pixar: BrickToons) | ||
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