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Did Dick Dastardly EVER win a race?


out of all the episodes did dick dastardly EVER win a race? i know he came close on a few occasions, but did it ever happen? i myself as a big fan of the show used to always root for ol dick and muttley and was dissapointed that they didnt! (even though i knew they had no chance)
i heard a rumour from a freind who thinks he remembers seeing an episode where he wins by some kind of default, but i cant recall this ever happening!
anybody have info on whethere he did actaully ever win?

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I know his team, the "Really Rottens" won a time or two on Laff-A-Lympics.

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I recall the bad guys winning one time.

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victoriasilverwolf: "I recall the bad guys winning one time."
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Dred Baron and Mumbly on Laff-A-Lympics (from the mid to late 1970s), as two members of the Really Rottens team, did indeed win a couple of races. In one race, all three teams tied.

Dick Dastradly and Muttley, however, on the Wacky Races (1968), never won a single solitary race in their cartoon. In fact, of the eleven racers (best known among them must be Penelope Pitstop and the Anthill Mob), Dastradly and Muttley were always last.

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james-thornsberry: "I know his team, the "Really Rottens" won a time or two on Laff-A-Lympics."
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Dick Dastradly, voiced by the late, great Paul Winchell (best known as the voice for Gargamel from The Smurfs and Tigger from Winnie the Pooh) and his dog, Muttley, were in the Wacky Races, and later would appear in Yogi's Treasure Hunt in the 1980s.

In the mid 1970s, Mumbly was a blue dog who wore a trenchcoat, like Peter Falk, and had a little, sort of detective cartoon. He had a bad guy in the cartoon. Can't recall the character's name, but his look was essentially the same as the Dred Baron, from Laff-A-Lympics.

Paul Winchell didnt do the voice of the bad guy in the Mumbly cartoons.

When Laff-A-Lympics came about, if there had been any intention to make the bad guy leaders Dick Dastradly and Muttley, this could only be if Paul Winchell did Dastradly's voice.

For whatever reason (no doubt because of Winchell's unavailability), LAA went with Mumbly. His bad guy from his own cartoon was renamed Dred Baron and became his ally on the Really Rottens.

The last issue of the Laff-A-Lympics comic book, from Marvel comics, late 1970s, is about the only time that all four characters, Dick Dastradly, Muttley, Mumbly and Dred Baron, appeared together. It was declared that Dastradly and Dred Baron were brothers, and no doubt, Muttley and Mumbly were from the same litter as well.

Seeing them together, I could distinguish Muttley and Mumbly much better. Mumbly was solid blue and Muttley was tan with black ears.

As to each character's place in their respective cartoons, Dred Baron and Mumbly on the Really Rottens did indeed win a couple of races. There is even one where all three teams tied.

As to Dastradly and Muttley's role in the Wacky Races, they never won a single solitary race. In fact, of the eleven racers, Dastradly and Muttley were always last.

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Aside from the 'Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist' race where they were disqualified - for doing what other racers have got away with! - the Mean Machine won NONE (and no podiums either) of the cartoon races. However in the 1976 Brown Watson UK annual 'Wacky Races featuring The Harlem Globetrotters' D&M won 'The Scavenger Scramble' where they 'literally' win 'A Big Purse' and in 1996 Archie Comics #2 'Hannah-Barbera Presents - Wacky Races' They win 'Trekking to Tanzania' helped by 'secret agent' Penelope Pitstop -so she can hide in their trophy, trojan horse style,and get into King Rascalnacon's castle to free General Malaise.

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I recorded all the Wacky Races off Cartoon Network before they moved all these wonderful old cartoons to Boomerang. Thank goodness I did, because I dont get Boomerang in my area.

Dick Dastradly and Muttley NEVER won a race. Go to Big Cartoon Database, or bcdb.com, and check out the reviews for all the races.

I wrote down who the winner was in each race and why Dick lost each race.

The best one has to be that the narrator said the winner would be declared by a photo-finish and Dastradly stops and poses for the camera.

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You know, that strikes me as funny that you would bring Dastardly's "photo finish" up, as I'm watching the series on DVD as I speak (type) and saw that episode a few minutes ago.

This show is just as great, if not better, than I remember it being when I watched it as a kid.

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He did win one race but was disqualified in the stewards room .....

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He did "win" one race, but was eventually disqualified because the nose of his car extended to cross the line first, although the rest of the car didn't.

Of course, if he'd just driven as fast as his car would go, rather than setting up elaborate traps...

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sim75: "He did "win" one race, but was eventually disqualified because the nose of his car extended to cross the line first, although the rest of the car didn't."
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The funny thing about that is Rufus Roughcut did the same thing in another race, extending his own neck like a giraffe, and won his race, but wasnt disqualified.

But what's funnier to me is that Dick didn't just lose, he came in LAST!

Every time.

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I'm just watching the dvd set, to me it seems yes dick dastardly pulled some dirty tricks but watching the series the other drivers in the race seem to pull deceptive tricks on each other as well - professor pendings car with all its gadgets, buzz saw cutting other in half etc.

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He did "win" one race, but was eventually disqualified because the nose of his car extended to cross the line first, although the rest of the car didn't.
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Which is funny because somebody else won a later race doing exactly that same thing and wasn't disqualified.

But Dick didn't do it. They doctored the footage. The instant replay shows him extending his car but if you freeze frame the original footage, you can see that he really didn't. So he legitimately won that race even though he didn't get credit for it.

Otherwise though, he never won, placed, or even showed. In fact, he rarely crossed the finish line at all, even in last place.


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Of course, if he'd just driven as fast as his car would go, rather than setting up elaborate traps...
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He's based on Professor Fate, from The Great Race, who didn't want to win at all unless he could win his way.

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According to wikipedia they didn't even make it to the podium in neither of the 34 episodes.

(From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_Races)
Race results

The show gave the results of each race at the end of each episode, but never indicated a particular scoring system or way to determine who won the Wacky Races as a whole. The cumulative totals for first, second and third place finishes for each contestant are presented below:Contestant Results
The Boulder Mobile 3-8-3
The Buzzwagon 3-6-4
The Creepy Coupe 3-3-6
The Bulletproof Bomb 4-5-2
The Compact Pussycat 4-2-5
The Crimson Haybailer 3-4-3
The Convert-A-Car 3-2-5
The Arkansas Chugabug 4-1-4
The Turbo Terrific 4-2-2
The Army Surplus Special 3-1-0
The Mean Machine 0-0-0

It is understandable, since bad guys aren't supposed to win. But everybody cheated on those races, which is confussing.

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I started watching these again when my daughter figured out what channel Boomerang is.

What I keep thinking as I watch is: Dastardly has to really race ahead to set up his elaborate traps. If only he'd just keep going, he'd win. Idiot!

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LOL.. beauty of stupidility..! no wonder they never won a race..

Check out this 1-2-3 guide to the 34 epsiodes per btinternet.com
http://www.btinternet.com/~m.d.pratesi/mp/Wackyraces.html

The contestants No. ...... Drivers Car Vocal talent: Dave Willock (Narrator)
1 ..... The Slag Brothers: Rock and Gravel Bouldermobile Daws Butler (Rock)/Don Messick (Gravel)
2 ..... Gruesome Twosome Creepy Coupe Daws Butler (Big)/Don Messick (Little)
3 ..... Professor Pat Pending Convert-a-car Don Messick
4 ..... Red Max The Crimson Haybailer Daws Butler
5 ..... Penelope Pitstop Compact Pussycat Janet Waldo
6 ..... Sarge Blast and Pvt. Meekley Army Surplus Special Daws Butler (Sarge)/Paul Winchell (Meekley)
7 ..... Ant Hill Mob Bullet Proof Bomb
(Chug-a-Boom) Mel Blanc (Chug-a-Boom)/Paul Winchell (Clyde)/
Don Messick
(Ring A Ding, Dum Dum, Snoozy, Zippy, Pockets, Yak Yak)
8 ..... Lazy Luke and Blubber Bear Arkansas Chug-a-bug John Stephenson (Luke and Blubber Bear)
9 ..... Peter Perfect Turbo Terrific Daws Butler
10 ..... Rufus Ruffcut and Sawtooth Buzzwagon Daws Butler (Rufus)
00 ..... Dick Dastardly and Mutley Mean Machine Paul Winchell (Dastardly)/Don Messick (Mutley)


The episodes (not in any production order)



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See-saw to Arkansas 1st 4; 2nd 2; 3rd 10; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
Dastardly stopped his car before the finish line in a photo finish to pose for the picture
Note: This was the first Wacky Races episode to be broadcast.


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Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist 1st 5; 2nd 2; 3rd 10; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
00 actually won the race as you slow down the picture - legally.
But the episode showed it's own replay which showed Dastardly disqualified for extending the nose cone of the Mean Machine


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Why Oh Why Wyoming 1st 2; 2nd 1; 3rd 8; 4th 10; 5th 6; 6th 5; 7th 4; 8th 3; 9th 9; 10th 7; 11th 00

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
Dastardly and Mutley were tied to a cactus and crossed the finish line on foot and in last place


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Beat the Clock to Yellow Rock 1st 8; 2nd 10; 3rd 2; 4th 7; 5th 1; 6th 6; 7th 3; 8th 9; 9th 5; 10th 4;

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
00 was seen being juggled by two geysers


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Mish Mash Missouri Dash 1st 3; 2nd 5; 3rd 2; 4th 4; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
Luke's cousin, Elmer, shot at 00 and filled it full of holes when he discovered he was lied to by Dastardly about being his cousin.
The 'Double Zero' fell to pieces just before the finish line.
Note: Peter Perfect would have won the race. He screeched to a halt to avoid running over a little kitten who had wandered onto the finish line.


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Idaho A Go Go 1st 1; 2nd 10; 3rd 3; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
Dastardly was in a cow costume and was being chased by an angry longhorn


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The Baja-Ha-Ha Race 1st 1; 2nd 7; 3rd 4; 4th 3; 5th 2; 6th 6; 7th 5; 8th 9; 9th 8; 10th 10; 11th 00

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
Dastardly and Mutley crossed the line riding a donkey


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Real Gone Ape 1st 6; 2nd 4; 3rd 10; 4th 7; 5th 2; 6th 5; 7th 3; 8th 9; 9th 1; 10th 8;

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
00 got sat on by a gorilla just before the finishing line


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Free Wheeling to Wheeling 1st 7; 2nd 9; 3rd 5; 4th 2; 5th 1; 6th 4; 7th 6; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
A train caught the hook of a giant crane Dastardly was operating and was towed away


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The Speedy Arkansas Traveller 1st 1; 2nd 7; 3rd 9; 4th 5; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
00 got stuck in slimy glue


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By Roller Coaster to Upsan Downs 1st 4; 2nd 1; 3rd 10; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
00 got buried in concrete



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Scout Scatter 1st 10; 2nd 1; 3rd 3; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
00's plunger failed to get Dastardly across the line and was left bouncing either side of it.
Note: Five cars were shown crossing the line together and if you slow the picture down the finishing order is 10. 2, 9, 1, 3


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The Zippy Mississippi Race 1st 9; 2nd 7; 3rd 5; 4th 10; 5th 3; 6th 2; 7th 1; 8th 4; 9th 8; 10th 6;

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
00's gas tank was shot at and the double zero lost all of its fuel


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Traffic Jambalaya 1st 5; 2nd 9; 3rd 2; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
Dastardly went through a haybaler and came out as a square hay bale and Mutley led him home on a lead


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Hotrace at Chillicothe 1st 6; 2nd 5; 3rd 1; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
Dastardly got stuck in a hole of a bridge, which was attached to a blimp, which floated away


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The Wrong Lumber Race 1st 10 2nd 7; 3rd 2; 4th 6; 5th 9; 6th 3; 7th 5; 8th 4; 9th 1; 10th 8;

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
00 was sawn in half by a giant buzzsaw just before the finishing line


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Rhode Island Road Race 1st 2; 2nd 1; 3rd 8; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
00 failed to cross the line when Mutley got left behind


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The Great Cold Rush Race 1st 4; 2nd 8; 3rd 7; 4th 1; 5th 2; 6th 9; 7th 6; 8th 10; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
00 crossed the finishing line in last place as an inflated balloon


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Wacky Race to Ripsaw 1st 10; 2nd 4; 3rd 1; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
00 had a car wash and failed to finish


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Oils Well That Ends Well 1st 3; 2nd 6; 3rd 10; 4th 4; 5th 5; 6th 2; 7th 8; 8th 9; 9th 7; 10th 1; 11th 00

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
00 led the race having heightened its wheels to overtake everybody when it hit the finishing line banner and eventually crossed the line all squashed up


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Whizzin' to Washington 1st 9; 2nd 3; 3rd 8; 4th 6; 5th 2; 6th 5; 7th 1; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
Dastardly stopped the 00 to give Mutley his autograph before the finishing line


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The Dipsy Doodie Desert Derby 1st 9; 2nd 10; 3rd 2; 4th 1; 5th 6; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
Dastardly hit a cactus whilst on a flying carpet


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Eeny, Miny Missouri Go 1st 3; 2nd 7; 3rd 5; 4th 10; 5th 1; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
The 'Double Zero' was blown up by fireworks leaving Dastardly and Mutley hanging from a rope attached to a hovering rotor blade


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The Super Silly Swamp Sprint 1st 8; 2nd 10; 3rd 5; 4th 4; 5th 1; 6th 9; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
Dastardly, disguised as an alligator, was chased by a female alligator which took a fancy to him


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Dopey Dakota Derby 1st 7; 2nd 3; 3rd 4; 4th 5; 5th 8; 6th 6; 7th 9; 8th 2; 9th 1; other finisher not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
Dastardly posing as wanted criminal Deadweed Dick was arrested, roped and handcuffed by local sheriff before the finish line


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Dash to Delaware 1st 8; 2nd 10; 3rd 3; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
Dastardly took a wrong turn and ended up in some mud


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Speeding Smogland 1st 8; 2nd 2; 3rd 4; 4th 10; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
The 'Double Zero' was involved in a multiple collision before the line which caused the swapping of drivers to other cars.
The consequent arrival of the Army Surplus Special which collided with the mayhem returned the drivers to their original cars.
The finishing order of the cars involved in the pile up were 5th 00; 6th 6; 7th 7; 8th 3; 9th 5; 10th 1; 11th 9


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Race to Raleigh 1st 7; 2nd 1; 3rd 9; 4th 2; 5th 3; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
00 fell into a crater before the finish line


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Ball Point, Penn. or Bust 1st 5; 2nd 4; 3rd 7; 4th 1; 5th 9; 6th 10; 7th 8; 8th 6; 9th 2; other finisher not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
Using a police siren Dastardly causes the 00 to miss a bend and hit a boulder and then gets cautioned by a motorcycle cop


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Fast Track to Hackensack 1st 7; 2nd 1; 3rd 2; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
The sheriff of Law 'n' Order caught the 00 using an anchor before they crossed the finish line and arrested Dastardly for firing gun shots


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Race to Racine 1st 2; 2nd 1; 3rd 3; 4th 5; 5th 9; 6th 6; 7th 8; 8th 10; 9th 7; 10th 4;

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
Dastardly used slow motion gas to slow the racers down including himself


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The Carlsbad or Bust Bash 1st 5; 2nd 4; 3rd 1; 4th 6; 5th 8; 6th 3; other finishers not shown

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
Dastardly was being chased by a giant boulder in the Carlsbad Caves


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The Ski Resort Road Race 1st 6; 2nd 10; 3rd 3; 4th 9; 5th 4; 6th 8; 7th 5; 8th 1; 9th 2; 10th 7;

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
Mutley pushed Dastardly into the lead as Dastardly was encased in a block of ice.
Dastardly sneezes and cracks open the ice just short of the finish line


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Overseas Hi-way Race 1st 9; 2nd 1; 3rd 5; 4th 7; 5th 4; 6th 3; 7th 10; 8th 2; 9th 6; 10th 8;

What happened to Dick Dastardly?
Using wind power the 00 streaked into the lead only to hit the finishing banner above the finish line.
The windmill section detaches itself and slices the 'Double Zero' before it crossed the finish line


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I seem to remember him winning one race for a really big purse. That's right, it was just a big purse with nothing in it. I only saw it once, when I was six or seven years old, but it stuck in my memory for some reason.

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Fender Bender 500 mate

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Yea he should have won the secound race the was aired I have it on DVD and I slow it down during the finish so Dastardly should have won but he was robed of the win

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i've never seen it but i heard of it's existance:

don't know episode name but this is all i know:

dastardly's first plan works perfecly...
other racers team up on him only to have the their plan/'s go as badly as his usually go...
dastardly wins the race being the only one to cross the finish line without additional cheating...
he faints...
mutley does his trademark hissing/ laugh

the end.

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must b a new 1

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yeah right i found this out about ten years ago maybe more maybe less, it also has to be real due to the number of people who claim to have seen it aswell and trust me they don't all know each other.

Plus any episode guide i found didn't look complete as any of the ones i can find for shows that are either still on or finished within the last 10-15 maybe 20 years.

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I remember the disqualification, and so no, he never won a race.

But I am sure he was third place at least ONCE - no disqualification - and the announcer was shocked, but that was it, he was third, and Dastardly had this smug look.

In truth, he should have won EVERY SINGLE RACE. Remember, in each episode, he would race ahead and plan booby traps which backfired - so, if he actually was fast enough to take a big lead, then why didn't he just go ahead full speed to the finish line?!

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Yeah, I defiantely remember him finishing third at least once as well, it must've happened then. And surely the 'nose extension' thing isnt cheating!? Ah well, I guess he gets what he deserves. ;)

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No matter what scoring system is used the final championship winner is always the same, 2nd is always the same but 3rd changes depending on the system. Of course it's not totaly accurate as most if not all scoring systems go beyond 3rd place and a lot of the episodes don't show more than 3rd place so it would be unfair to include those that do.

Final Chamionship Standings (F1/BTTC);
1st. The Boulder Mobile (112/171)
2nd. The Buzzwagon (102/157)
3rd. The Bullet Proof Bomb (92/140) - depending on scoring system
4th. The Creepy Coupe (90/141) - depending on scoring system
5th. The Compact Pussycat (86/134)
6th. The Crimson Haybailer (80/123)
7th. The Convert-A-Car (76/119)
8th. The Arkansas Chugabug (72/112)
9th. The Turbo Terrific (68/104)
10th.The Army Surplus Special (38/57)
11th.The Mean Machine (0/0)

Using F1, A1GP (sprint race), Moto GP and British Superbikes scoring systems 3rd place goes to The Bulletproof Bomb

Using BTTC, A1GP (feature race), Aus V8, Nascar and IRL scoring systems 3rd place goes to The Creepy Coupe.

The Mean Machine is always last with 0 points

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Hey
I'm sure I remember that he "won" a few times but wound up winning stupid/worthless prizes - or was it from a new version of Wacky Races I remember in the 80's?
In one episode set in Russia they had to race to the Red Square, and Dastardly just won a red paper square. In another one he won a lot of money in the local currency but found it was worthless when changing it to US $.

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Not on this show, but on Fender Bender 500 in the episode Russian Around 500. He wins the race (no disqualification) but the prize is crappy (a literal red square).

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And there was another one where it was a cash prize, but he lost a chunk of it due to having to pay for the damage he caused to some rain forest property and when he tried to cash in the rest, he only got a few coins in return. (Due to the poor rate of exchange.)

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Nope

came 3rd twice I believe

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