Penelope Pitstop Penelope Pitstop Penelope Pitstop is a fictional character who appeared in the Hanna-Barbera animated series "Wacky Races", and starred in the spin-off "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop", voiced by Janet Waldo. In "Wacky Races", Penelope Pitstop drives the Compact Pussycat, a pink, stereotypically feminine car. Consistent with this theme, she has blonde hair tied into a ponytail and wears a bright pink racing uniform with white gloves, maroon tights, and white go-go boots. She is described by the race announcer as the "Glamour Gal of the Gas Pedal". As "Wacky Races" is inspired by "The Great Race", Penelope is inspired
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