The Piston Cup Is Changed To The Hudson Hornet Memorial Piston Cup In His Honor Sadly, Paul Newman passed away on September 26, 2008 , at his home in Connecticut at the age of 83 due to cancer.

As the gravelly voice of Doc Hudson, the weathered former Piston Cup champion, Paul Newman ennobles the picture. My favorite quote occurs near the movie's end, ...

The Doc Hudson character was referred to in the past tense in 2011’s “Cars 2,” but he made a comeback in the series’ most recent entry, 2017’s “Cars 3.” ...

Doc Hudson vs. Che Guevara Paul Newman's crusty, kid-friendly, oddly classic final role ... (aka Fabulous Hudson Hornet, the three-time Piston Cup winner) was his final role.

In 2011’s Cars 2, his character is referred to in the past tense — "Doc would have been real proud of you," Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) sadly tells Lightning — with the Piston Cup renamed in ...

When Paul Newman’s Doc Hudson appears in Cars 3 this summer, it will be in flashback — and all of his lines will be spoken by Newman. That’s according to Jay Ward, the Creative Director of ...

"Cars 3" is in theaters this weekend, and if you head out to the see Pixar's latest you'll get plenty of flashbacks to a familiar face. As Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) comes to terms with his ...