lightning McQueen is a video game character because the game was released 2 days earlier

26.may.2006 (Lowes motor speedway)
09.june.2006 (United states)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cars_(film)

PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable,

NA: June 6, 2006
AU: June 8, 2006
EU: July 14, 2006

Xbox 360

NA: October 23, 2006
EU: November 17, 2006
AU: November 23, 2006

Wii

NA: November 19, 2006
EU: December 8, 2006
AU: December 14, 2006    

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cars_(video_game)