Lightning McQueen, typically referred to by his surname McQueen, and occasionally called "Stickers" by Sally, is the main protagonist of Cars and the deuteragonist of Cars 2 and is voiced by actor Owen Wilson in the films and the third season of Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales and by Keith Ferguson on other occasions. He is named after Glenn McQueen, a Pixar Animator who died of melanoma on October 29, 2002, although the car shares certain traits with actor and race car driver Steve McQueen. His overall profile was inspired by stock cars and a "more curvaceous Le Mans endurance racer", e.g., Lola and Ford GT40. His number, 95, is a reference to the year Pixar released its first feature-length movie, Toy Story.