Wacky Races (1968 TV series) The series is sometimes mistakenly known as "Stop the Pigeon", after the show's working title and theme song. Both series ran for two seasons. In 2006, the pilot for a spin-off series titled "Wacky Races Forever" was produced for Cartoon Network. The series depicted a roster of both new and returning racers competing against each other. Penelope Pitstop and Peter Perfect had married and created Perfect Industries, the corporate sponsor of the new Wacky Races, whereas their children Parker and Piper competed in the race. Other characters included the Slag Brothers, Professor Pat Pending, a teenage version of the Gruesome
Pussycat (robot) Pussycat. It won despite its blade having broken off in the fight before, and the team managed to restore it in time for the final. Despite the problems, their form remained unhindered. This was the final series in which David Gribble drove Pussycat before his death in a motorbike accident in 2001. Pussycat, for the second time, won its respective heat and advanced to the Semi-Finals, but lost to Firestorm 3. After David Gribble died at the age of 17 in October 2001 in a motorbike accident between filming for series 5 and 6, the driving was taken over by