In Hanna-Barbera's cartoon series The Wacky Races, 11 teams competed for the title of the 'World's Wackiest Racer' – no doubt inspired by Blake Edwards' 1966 film The Great Race. The wacky vehicles and drivers were:

No.	Vehicle	Drivers
00	The Mean Machine	Dick Dastardly, and Muttley
01	The Bouldermobile	The Slag Brothers: Rock & Gravel
02	The Creepy Coupe	The Gruesome Twosome
03	The Ring-a-Ding Convert-a-Car	Professor Pat Pending
04	The Crimson Haybailer	The Red Max
05	The Compact Pussycat	Penelope Pitstop
06	The Army Surplus Special	The Sarge, and Private Meekly
07	The Bullet Proof Bomb	The Ant Hill Mob*
08	The Arkansas Chug-a-Bug	Luke & Blubber Bear
09	The Turbo Terrific	Peter Perfect
10	The Buzzwagon	Rufus Ruffcut, and Sawtooth

*The Ant Hill Mob (voiced entirely by Mel Blanc) was comprised of Clyde, Zippy, Softy, Ding-a-Ling, Pockets, Snoozy, and Yak-Yak. A somewhat reconfigured Ant Hill Mob appeared in a spin-off cartoon series, The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, driving Chugga-Boom.

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