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Races were originally broadcast two per episode of Wacky Races.

List of Races[]

No. Title Original air date Prod.code
1a "See-Saw to Arkansas" September 14, 1968 35–1
The Wacky Racers undertake a grueling zig-zag race to Mustard Spread, Arkansas. Also, the Ant Hill Mob escapes a pursuing police officer by donning disguises as the Seven Dwarfs.
1b "Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist" September 14, 1968 35–2
The Wacky Racers encounter ghosts in the abandoned town of Spookane on the way to Lemon Twist, Nevada.
2a "Why Oh Why Wyoming" September 21, 1968 35–3
The Wacky Racers roar across the desert, dashing toward Rock Springs, Wyoming. Meanwhile, Dick Dastardly teams up with Indian chief Crazy Buffalo in an attempt to stop the racers in their tracks.
2b "Beat the Clock to Yellow Rock" September 21, 1968 35–4
At Yellow Rock Park, Dastardly attempts to disguise the Old Faithful geyser as part of the road, and later ensures that Lazy Luke and Blubber Bear do not leave the park together.
3a "Mish Mash Missouri Dash" September 28, 1968 35–6
Dastardly discovers an irate hillbilly determined to protect his land from trespassers—including the Wacky Racers!
3b "Idaho a Go Go" September 28, 1968 35–5
The racers embark on a lap to a little town in Idaho, while Dastardly tries to entrap Penelope Pitstop with a "Little Red Riding Hood" ploy.
4a "The Baja-Ha-Ha Race" October 5, 1968 35–11
In Mexico, Dick Dastardly and Muttley try to slow the other drivers by using a herd of cow-shaped balloons to block the road and later try to keep them stuck in a mudhole.
4b "Real Gone Ape" October 5, 1968 35–8
Dick Dastardly hypnotizes a giant gorilla in an attempt to win the race.
5a "Scout Scatter" October 12, 1968 35–7
The Ant Hill Mob escapes the police by posing as Wood Scouts.
5b "Free Wheeling to Wheeling" October 12, 1968 35–10
Dick Dastardly makes use of heavy machinery to stop the Wacky Racers.
6a "By Rollercoaster to Upsan Downs" October 19, 1968 35–9
The Wacky Racers travel by roller coaster when Dick Dastardly diverts them into a closed amusement park.
6b "The Speedy Arkansas Traveler" October 19, 1968 35–12
Racing to Noah's, Arkansas, Dastardly and Muttley hilariously pose as army officers to harass the Army Surplus Special, but find themselves scrambling from actual army officers!
7a "The Zippy Mississippi Race" October 26, 1968 35–15
Dastardly diverts the rest of the racers onto a Mississippi riverboat. He then tricks a Southern colonel into thinking the other racers are Yankee trespassers.
7b "Traffic Jambalaya" October 26, 1968 35–17
From Ankle Ache, Alabama to Shin Splint, Louisiana. Dastardly uses more tricks to slow down the other racers including switching road signs and laying down a bouncy road. He also sends several racers into searching for a "harmless" gorilla, who is actually Dastardly in disguise, at a wild animal park.
8a "Hot Race at Chillicothe" November 2, 1968 35–16
On the way to Chillicothe, Ohio, Dastardly steals a police car and chases the Ant Hill Mob into a baseball park. Then in order to evade the police officer, they play a game in the Itty-Bitty League. Some of the other racers join in.
8b "The Wrong Lumber Race" November 2, 1968 35–18
From Sawdust, Saskatchewan to Short Stump, Oregon, in the rugged lumber country, Dick Dastardly tries to use falling trees and spinning saw blades to stop the racers.
9a "Rhode Island Road Race" November 9, 1968 35–19
On the way to Rocky Road, Rhode Island, they go into a big city. Dastardly diverts the Boulder Mobile and the others onto a construction site and they end up in the girders of an unfinished skyscraper.
9b "The Great Cold Rush Race" November 9, 1968 35–13
From Frostbite, British Columbia to Cold Cuts, Quebec, on a trans-Canadian race, Dastardly disguises himself as an Abominable Snowman.
10a "Wacky Race to Ripsaw" November 16, 1968 35–20
To prevent Penelope from coming in first place, Dastardly creates a roadside beauty parlor to lure her into stopping and later literally jacks up the Army Surplus Special after diverting them into a garage.
10b "Oils Well That Ends Well" November 16, 1968 35–21
The Wacky Racers are once again beset by Dick Dastardly's deviously dirty tricks as they race across oil drilling country.
11a "Whizzin' to Washington" November 23, 1968 35–22
When the Ant Hill Mob zooms past Dick Dastardly, he directs a police officer to chase them, whereupon the Mob disguise themselves as trapeze artists.
11b "The Dipsy Doodle Desert Derby" November 23, 1968 35–24
Dick Dastardly finds a genie in a bottle and tries to use his powers to win the race.
12a "Eeny, Miny Missouri Go!" November 30, 1968 35–14
Dick Dastardly plots to have an aquarium whale swallow the rest of the contestants!
12b "The Super Silly Swamp Sprint" November 30, 1968 35–23
Dastardly and Muttley unleash a squadron of mechanical mosquitoes to wreak havoc on the other cars.
13a "The Dopey Dakota Derby" December 7, 1968 35–27
Speeding from Cactus City to Gopher Gulch in the Badlands, Dick Dastardly disguises himself as "Deadweed Dick," an outlaw that he sees on a Wanted poster that looks much like him.
13b "Dash to Delaware" December 7, 1968 35–26
Speeding to Wott-Will, Delaware, Dick Dastardly sprays cake icing on the road, sending Penelope Pitstop and Peter Perfect into a bakery, where he turns them into wedding cake toppers.
14a "Speeding for Smogland" December 14, 1968 35–28
During the race, Dick Dastardly lures the other racers toward a castle façade for a King Arthur movie, hoping to drop the portcullis on one of them.
14b "Race Rally to Raleigh" December 14, 1968 35–25
Dick Dastardly lures the other racers onto a farm, where chaos ensues.
15a "Ballpoint, Penn. or Bust!" December 21, 1968 35–30
Speeding toward Ballpoint, Pennsylvania, Dick Dastardly sets up a fake train crossing, but the train comes out of the screen and runs over him.
15b "Fast Track to Hackensack" December 21, 1968 35–29
Speeding to Hackensack, New Jersey, Dick Dastardly changes a speed limit sign so The Ant Hill Mob are arrested by the local sheriff for speeding.
16a "The Ski Resort Road Race" December 28, 1968 35–33
Speeding from Mush-Mush, Michigan to Iceandsnow, Idaho, Dick Dastardly causes an avalanche. He uses a ski jump for his own getaway, but the other cars follow him.
16b "Overseas Hi-Way Race" December 28, 1968 35–34
Speeding across a series of bridges from Key Largo to Key West, Florida, Dick Dastardly tries to blow the other racers off course by using a giant wind machine to create an artificial hurricane.
17a "Race to Racine" January 4, 1969 35–31
Speeding to Racine, Wisconsin, Dick Dastardly uses various tactics such as blinding Penelope Pitstop with a camera flash and using a large mechanical eggbeater to turn the Army Surplus Special the wrong way.
17b "The Carlsbad or Bust Bash" January 4, 1969 35–32
Dick Dastardly digs a pit to trap some drivers, Penelope Pitstop powders her nose and blinds Red Max, and the Turbo Terrific speeds into first place. Dastardly tries to overheat The Arkansas Chug-a-Bug, but it just propels itself into first place from the extra steam. Dastardly has Muttley place a fake "Bridge Out" sign to stop the racers, but Dastardly discovers too late that the bridge really is out. At Carlsbad Caverns, Dastardly attacks them with a caveman and a boulder, but Professor Pat Pending cues it back at him as the other racers make it out.
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