I love the movie Cars with Lightning McQueen in it.  Have you ever seen it?
I actually watched it this morning!  It was awesome!  I originally thought the character was named after Steve McQueen, but it turns out it was named after Glenn McQueen!
Interesting I had no idea.  I knew the voice was done by Owen Wilson who's a great actor. His paint was supposed to look like a Corvette I think.
Glenn McQueen was a Pixar animator.  Sadly, he died in 2002.
He died very young McQueen from melanoma  at the age of 41.  I wonder what he would have thought of the other Cars Movies that Lighting McQueen starred in?
I hope he would have loved them! In one scene, the car was painted like a Corvette C1 from the 1950s - it looked amazing!
McQueens number was originally set to be 57, Lasseter's birth year, but was changed to 95, the release year of Pixar's first film Toy Story.  I wonder how many other references there are in the movie?
That would be interesting to find out!  I do know that the design was inspired by a stock car and a Le Mans endurance racer in a curvaceous way! 
What an honor to have your former colleagues pay homage by naming the main character after you.  Sounds like he was a great guy!
It's interesting that John Lasseter actually met with General Motors when researching the first movie so he could discuss the new design of the Corvette!