The BEST episodes of Wacky Races season 1
Every episode of Wacky Races season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Wacky Races season 1!
"Wacky Races" was a Hanna-Barbera cartoon that aired on CBS as part of its Saturday-morning schedule from September 14, 1968, to January 4, 1969, and then reruns the next season. This series revolves around several racers with various themes who are each allowed to use strange gimmicks to compete against other racers in many races across North America as the race announcer (voiced by Dave Willock) talks about the race while interacting with the racers.
#1 - Race to Racine
Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 1/4/1969
There they go on another wild and wacky race to Racine. Early race favourites include Professor Pat Pending, the Gruesome Twosome, and Rock and Gravel.
#2 - The Carlsbad or Bust Bash
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 1/4/1969
And here they are, folks, warming up their cars for the hottest race ever to Carlsbad. Early race favourites include Penelope Pitstop and the Red Max.
#3 - Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1968
On their way to Lemon Twist Nevada, the Wacky Racers run into a deserted town and wander into a bar where they find ghosts.
#4 - See-Saw to Arkansas
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1968
On their way to Mustard Spread Arkansas, all the racers get caught up. Penelope Pitstop & Ant Hill Mob get lost. Dick Dastardly falls and sinks into mud. Everyone else gets caught up in traffic.
#5 - Free Wheeling to Wheeling
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/12/1968
On their way to Wheeling, WV, Dick Dastardly uses construction cars (bulldozer, steamroller, a crane) to stop the racers.
#6 - Wacky Race to Ripsaw
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/16/1968
Today, the Wacky Racers are zooming up the track from Elbowgrease, Ohio to Ripsaw, Arkansas.
#7 - The Great Cold Rush Race
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/9/1968
Dick Dastardly dresses up as a snow monster to scare everyone away.
#8 - Rhode Island Road Race
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/9/1968
Dick Dastardly desperatedly tries to win this race and almost does. He tries a construction site detour, Subway station, Hot sauce, and expanding his wheels.
#9 - Hot Race at Chillicothe
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/2/1968
Heading to Chillicothe, OH, Dick Dastardly steals a Police car. The Anthill Mob disguises themselves as a little league baseball team and play Baseball against Dick Dastardly and Muttley.
#10 - Traffic Jambalaya
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/26/1968
While headed towards Shinsplint, Louisiana, Dick Dastardly convinces the racers there is a tame gorilla on the loose and a $50,000 reward for his safe return. But the racer finds an untamed bear instead of a gorilla.
#11 - The Zippy Mississippi Race
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/26/1968
On their way to Zippy, MS, the racers run into an angry plantation owner, with a shotgun.
#12 - Real Gone Ape
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/5/1968
Dick Dastardly hypnotizes a gorilla to stop the other racers. The other racers find a way around him and again Dick Dastardly finishes last.
#13 - The Baja-Ha-Ha Race
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/5/1968
Dick Dastardly uses a mud hole to try and stop everyone.
#14 - Idaho a Go Go
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/28/1968
The cars have a chain reaction car crash. Penelope Pitstop falls for Dick Dastardly's little red riding hood scheme.
#15 - Mish Mash Missouri Dash
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/28/1968
Dick Dastardly dresses up as a Southener. Luke finds his cousin Elmer.
#16 - Beat the Clock to Yellow Rock
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/1968
On their way to Yellow Rock, the racers are stopped by a ranger to search for missing bears hiding in their trunks. Blubber Bear is mistaken for a runaway so Luke tries hiding him until he gets past the ranger. A bunch of bears take over the Ant Hill Mob and Dick Dastardly's cars.
#17 - Why Oh Why Wyoming
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1968
On their way to Handsprings, Wyoming, the racers come across Native Americans.
#18 - Scout Scatter
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/12/1968
The Anthill Mob disguises themselves as Wood Scouts to evade the police.
#19 - Overseas Hi-Way Race
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 12/28/1968
Today, our Wacky Race takes place over water, as our Wacky Racers are island-hopping in Florida on their way from Key Largo to Key West.
#20 - The Ski Resort Road Race
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 12/28/1968
Today's Wacky Racers are slipping and sliding through ski resort country from Mush-Mush, Michigan to Iceandsnow, Idaho.
#21 - Fast Track to Hackensack
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 12/21/1968
The racers hurtle toward their next destination in Hackensack.
#22 - Ballpoint, Penn. or Bust!
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 12/21/1968
The cars are strung out on the first lap of today's Wacky Race, with the finish line in far-off Ballpoint, Pennsylvania.
#23 - Race Rally to Raleigh
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 12/14/1968
Roaring down the highway, the Wacky Racers relentlessly roll along to the finish line at Raleigh.
#24 - Speeding for Smogland
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 12/14/1968
Today, we find the Wacky Racers speeding through the mountains toward Jollywood, California.
#25 - Dash to Delaware
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 12/7/1968
Through the valley and over the dale, the Wacky Racers hit the trail to far off Wott-Will, Delaware. Dick Dastardly sprays cake icing on the road in front of a bakery. Penelope Pitstop and Peter Perfect's cars slide into the bakery, and Penelope and Peter end up dressed as a bride and groom on top of a big wedding cake.