The Hickory Daily Record has chosen Doug ‘Mater’ Keever as one of its “people of the year.” Discovered by Pixar Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter, who was visiting Lowe’s Motor Speedway to research the racing culture, Keever’s “life-of-the-party” racing enthusiasm made him the inspiration for the comic sidekick Mater in Disney/Pixar’s Cars.
Doug ‘Mater’ Keever, a person of the year