Penelope Pitstop Also in the background helping her out of her perils are the minuscule Ant Hill Mob and trusty old classic car Chuggaboom (which is actually based on another team from "Wacky Races"). In the series, Penelope's car is called the "Compact Pussycat". Bearing the numeral 5 on the sides, it is a pink racecar, with front bumpers that look like a pair of red lips with lipstick on them. It has an umbrella on the top and is equipped with an assortment of beauty supplies, making it essentially a beauty parlor on wheels. Penelope Pitstop Penelope Pitstop is a fictional
Wacky Races (1968 TV series) Twosome, and Dick Dastardly and Muttley (working for a new villain named Mr. Viceroy, who sought to steal Perfect Industries). The series was not picked up by Cartoon Network for the reasons that the traditional humor the pilot had was not what the newer generation of kids wanted. In 2016, DC Comics launched a comic series called "Wacky Raceland". It is a dark and gritty re-imagining of the series set after the apocalypse in a similar vein to the "Mad Max" franchise. The comic ran for six issues from May to December 2016. A remake – also produced by Hanna-Barbera