As Lighting McQueen drives through the track's garage area, he passes the trailer for the Apple Racing Team.
In 1986, Steve Jobs invested $10 million dollars in the fledgling Pixar Studios. Originally named the Graphics Group, the company had been the computer graphics division of Lucasfim. Since its employees aimed to create a computer animated feature, Lucasfilm sold the company to Jobs for $5 million. The other $5 million was put directly into Pixar, which installed Jobs as the studio's CEO. Pixar wouldn't exist without the Apple founder's help.
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