Ralph Carlow is a race car who competes in the Piston Cup Racing Series as a member of the Lil' Torquey Pistons team. He is a Brawny Motor Co. Spark GT that is painted blue, with red and white on his doors. He has the number 117 painted in yellow on his doors, red rims, and the Lil' Torquey Pistons logo painted on his hood. On his roof, he has a red stripe. ==History== ===Cars===
Ralph in the crash.
In Cars, Ralph is one of the thirty-six participants in the Dinoco 400 at the Motor Speedway of the South. He is involved in the accident created by Chick Hicks, During which he is seen hitting Winford Bradford Rutherford and Murray Clutchburn, and while he suffers some minor physical damage, he is still able to continue racing. ===Cars 3=== Ralph is still racing for the Lil' Torquey Pistons team as of Cars 3.Marcus Errico (April 27, 2017). "'Cars 3' Exclusive: New Toy Vehicles Put Radiator Springs, Next-Gen Racers in Your Pocket". Yahoo Movies. He competes in the 2016 Piston Cup season, against many new next-generation racers. He can still be seen racing in Los Angeles International Speedway, and then after that, Ralph either retires or gets fired by Lil' Torquey Pistons and gets replaced by a Next-gen racer named Spikey Fillups for the 2017 Florida 500. ==Appearances== *Cars *Cars 3 ==Profiles and statistics== *Bios **"Number 117, Ralph Carlow, is the little brother to famous Hollywood actor Jordon Carlow. The two brothers had little respect for what the other did for a living, but when Jordon got a role playing a race car in the film "Racing Hearts," he was forced by the studio to spend time shadowing his brother Ralph. After two long months of research, Jordon came away with a new respect for how hard racing really is, and after seeing his brother's performance in the film, Ralph gained a new respect for acting. Since then Jordon never misses a race and Ralph never misses a premiere."Car Finder ==Gallery== RalphCarlow.jpg|Car Finder profile RalphCarlowRestart.png|Cars 117 Crash.png|Ralph bashing into Murray Clutchburn Billy, Dale Jr, Ralph.png Ralph.jpg|Cars 3 RalphCarlowCars3.png|Ralph with Bobby Roadtesta, Markus Krankzler, and Jackson Storm in Cars 3 Ralf Klinow C3.png|Cars 3 Ralph, Misty, Dirkson in the crash.png|Ralph, Misti Motorkrass, and Dirkson D'Agostino in the crash RCMovie.jpg IMG_20180104_220629.JPG Dino.jpg Ralphdino.jpg Ralph in dinoco 400.png 117.png Ltpl09.jpg Ltprt09.png Lil torquey pistons radiator springs classic single.jpg Rc17.jpg C3rc.png Screenshot 2018-11-09 at 12.19.25 PM.png ==Names in other languages== {|class="article-table" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 500px;" |- !scope="col" |Language !scope="col" |Name !scope="col" |Meaning |- |French |Ralph Carlow |Ralph Carlow |- |Danish |Rolf Carlow |Rolf Carlow |- |Polish |Ralf Klinow |Ralph Klinow (“klin” means “wedge”) |} ==Trivia== *In the scene where the King and Chick look up at the jumbo Tron, Ralph is seen behind Crusty Rotor but in the scene immediately afterword's Murray Clutchburn is behind Crusty and Ralph is behind him. ==References==