Racing karts

Racing Karts are perhaps the most crucial items within the game of Sugar Rush. Each racer is required to own one of these sweet candy and cookie vehicles if he or she wants to race and become part of the roster.

Racing karts are usually created in the Kart Bakery, which is a mini-game where racers can choose from a variety of ingredients and decorations to bake into their kart. All of the karts in the game appear to be both very fast and durable, as they are capable of taking many hits and driving over all different types of terrain.

The Candy Kart[]

Owner: Vanellope von Schweetz

Vanellope's kart has a messy texture and irregular combination of parts, due to Vanellope and Ralph breaking the minigame that produced the vehicle. The kart's body consists of a yellow cream cake covered in a lot of sprinkles and icing. Her spoiler is a pink wafer covered in chocolate sauce or fudge which is held up by straws. Her exhaust pipes are straws that blow out powdered candy. The seat appears to be a devil dog cake. Her steering wheel is a pretzel. The wheels are cookie biscuits wrapped with candy worms. In the Wreck-It Ralph Storybook Deluxe app, one of the wheels changes to a chocolate cookie wheel, which is also how it appears in toy form. In the film while King Candy was chasing Ralph and Vanellope, Vanellope tells Ralph to get off the road. When he does you can see the chocolate cookie wheel. The back of her kart seem to have pinkish gumdrops as tail lights. The front wheels are smaller than the back wheels. This kart also appears as a functional vehicle in Disney Infinity. The kart represents a GT sports car from the 70's-90's.

Royal Racer[]

Owners: Vanellope von Schweetz, King Candy

Vanellope/King Candy's kart is a yellowish pink-and-white kart that appears to be made completely out of sugar or shortbread cake with a crown on the front bumper. There are two flags on the back of the kart and three horns on the front. Two yellow gumdrops make the headlights and tail lights. The wheels have pinkish white flowers on them, and three golden pipes stick out from each side of the kart. This kart parks between Adorabeezle Winterpop and Jubileena Bing-Bing. It was presumably destroyed when it was eaten by a Cy-Bug along with King Candy. Despite being completely made out of sugar or shortbread cake, it has a typical race car sound suggesting it is a 6-cylinder 4-stroke engine. It is also shown the gear lever can be removed, as King Candy mashed it on the accelerator in his attempt to kill Vanellope. The front wheels are a bit bigger than the back wheels. This kart is also a rideable vehicle in Disney Infinity. In toy form, the two flags do not appear on the back of the kart. The kart represents a fancy roadster from the 30's and 40's.

According to one of King Candy's official bios, the Royal Racer may have the best speed, handling, and candy coating as King Candy is always modifying his kart to make sure "it's the fastest, most stylish kart in all the land".

Pink Lightning[]

Owner: Taffyta Muttonfudge

Taffyta's Pink Lightning is a kart made of strawberry hard candy with a white number 1 on the sides and front hood. The wheels are also made of strawberry hard candy, but with white dots on the outer wheel and a white 4-spoke-like design on the inner wheel. Her mirrors are peppermint-like strawberry lollipops. The front wheels are smaller than the back wheels. She parks near Jubileena. In the film, her kart has no spoiler. In the Wreck-It Ralph Storybook Deluxe app, it does. In toy form, the kart is less detailed. The kart represents a 90's Formula One.

Official Stats[]

Speed: 95%

Handling: 80%

Candy Coating: 75%

Ice Screamer[]

Owner: Candlehead

Candlehead's kart is the Ice Screamer. It is a piece of chocolate birthday cake with pink icing covering the top and a thin layer of chocolate on the bottom. Both sides of the kart have three candles, along with the number 7. The wheels are made out of mint chocolate chip ice cream with chocolate swirls on them. The front wheels are smaller than the back wheels. The kart represents a funny car, a type of drag racing vehicle.

Official Stats

Speed: 50%

Handling: 20%

Candy Coating: 40%

Kernel[]

Owner: Gloyd Orangeboar

Gloyd's kart is the Kernel which is a giant candy corn with a number 13 on it. His front and rear spoilers are made of candy with brown, orange, and white stripes, resembling a chocolate candy corn. The wheels are mellowcreme pumpkins. The front wheels are smaller than the back ones. His kart has chocolate exhaust pipes on both sides and the back of his kart, along with yellow and red candy taillights. According to the Wreck it Ralph art book, the Kernel represents a midget sprint car.

Official Stats

Speed: 60%

Handling: 70%

Candy Coating: 85%

Kit Kart and RV1[]

Owner: Rancis Fluggerbutter

Rancis's kart is the Kit Kart. It's name is a pun on the candy Kit Kat. It is a giant Reese's Peanut Butter Cup with bits taken out of the corners where his front wheels are. His wheels are Reese's Cups with white frosting drizzled on them. They also have a Hershey kiss in the center. His spoiler is a kit kat held up by to halves of Hershey Kisses with white stripes on them. His mirrors are Hershey Kisses. The back of his kart it has two chocolate exhaust pipes along with red and yellow candy taillights. Given the appearance of the wheels, the kart naturally represents an off road kart, typically a dune buggy or 80's pro buggy. The front wheels are smaller than the back. Rancis's RV1 is from the book One Sweet Race. RV1 stands for Rancis and Vanellope (President Vanellope in the book). It was made out of stale cake, burnt cookie wheels, and has an oat cheerio steering wheel. It has a secret weapon that it can leak called Fluggerbutter Oil. Also in One Sweet Race, Rancis used a drumstick kart from the Kart Bakery, but during the race, it veered into a field of jellybeans and crashed into a chocolate-covered cherry.

Official Stats

Speed: 45%

Handling: 80%

Candy Coating: 50%

Fro Cone[]

Owner: Snowanna Rainbeau

Snowanna's kart is the Fro Cone. It is a pink flower-shaped snow cone cup with a bent purple spoon as a seat. The motor appears to be an ice block with red exhaust pipes sticking out the sides and a purple exhaust pipe on top. Her wheels are rainbow shaved ice attached to the kart by purple pipes. The kart also has two red exhaust pipes at the back. The Fro Cone represents a t-bucket hot rod. The front wheels are smaller than the back wheels.

Official Stats

Speed: 60%

Handling: 40%

Candy Coating: 35%

Tongue Twister[]

Owner: Swizzle Malarkey

Swizzle's kart is the Tongue Twister. It is a giant rainbow twist pop with a purple light stand that appears to have orange, yellow, and green citrus candies on them. His wheels are rainbow lollipops. The spoiler appears to be wooden sticks holding up a flat purple jolly rancher. His front wheels are smaller than the back ones. The kart represents a top fuel dragster. In a early version of the Tounge Twister, the front wheels were blue lollipops and his light stand and spoiler were blue instead of purple. The wheels are less detailed in toy form. His steering wheel is a rainbow lollipop. Despite not having official stats, the Tongue Twister's name implies that it focuses more on handling than speed.

Ice Rocket[]

Owner: Adorabeezle Winterpop

Adorabeezle's kart is the Ice Rocket. It is a red, white, and blue Bomb Pop with the number 2 on the sides and a popsicle stick spoiler. The wheels are also made out of Bomb pop, designed to look like peppermints. The back of the kart has red candy taillights and two popsicle sticks. The front wheels are smaller than the back wheels. Based on the concept art and some of the design features on the vehicle, the kart is supposed to represent a pro street drag racer, a racing car similar to a pro stock dragster. She parks between Candlehead and Vanellope. In a early concept of the Ice Rocket, there was no number on the sides and it has a red, white and blue spoiler. Similar to the Cherriot and the Veloci-Wrapper, the Ice Rocket may be a kart that focuses more on speed rather than handling.

Cherriot[]

Owner: Jubileena Bing-Bing

Jubileena's kart is a piece of cherry pie. Her wheels are made out of cherry ice cream, decorated with cherry swirls and a cherry in the center. They are connected to the kart by a white suspension. The front wheels are smaller than the back. Her recolor Citrusella Flugpucker has the same kart but blue. Based on the early concept designs of the Cherriot, the car is intended to look like a front engine dragster. However, the front engine was removed in later designs. These cars also have a similar suspension to the Cherriot, as well as having the natural appearance of 'chariots'. According to early concept art, the kart sports the number 5. According to Jubileena's official bio, the Cherriot may be one of the best performing cars given that she is one of the best drivers; despite not caring about winning. Despite not having official stats, similar to the Pink Lightning, the Cherriot may be very fast in speed, but much lower in handling.

Veloci-Wrapper[]

Owners: Minty Zaki and Minty Sakura

Minty's kart is a green candy wrapper with golden lines at the ends. The wheels are white mints with green candy coating covering the outer wheel and forming a peppermint-like swirl in the center. Also, the front wheels are smaller than the back wheels. She parks between Crumbelina and Swizzle. Minty Sakura has the same kart. In the film, the kart has no mirrors, but in toy form and promotional art it does. The vehicle represents a Formula Ford 1600. Despite not having official stats, the name implies that the kart is pretty fast, but is somewhat low in handling.

Tira-Missile[]

Owner: Crumbelina DiCaramello

Crumbelina's kart is the Tira-Missile. It naturally represents a Group 7 sports prototype. The kart is completely made of tiramisu. The kart has a chocolate drizzle design on the sides. Her wheels are similar to Taffyta's but brown. She sports the number 8. She parks near Minty. Her wheels seem to be made of chocolate with vanilla white candy coating making them look like 5-spoke wheels. The front wheels are smaller than the back wheels.

Official Stats

Speed: 70%

Handling: 60%

Candy Coating: 45%

Kart used by Citrusella Flugpucker (unnamed)[]

Owner: Citrusella Flugpucker

Citrusella's kart is a piece of blueberry pie. Her wheels are blueberry ice cream with blueberry swirls and a blueberry in the center, which are connected by white pipes. Her kart is the same as Jubileena's, but blue. She parks between Snowanna and Torvald. The front wheels are smaller than the back wheels.

Kart used by Torvald Batterbutter (unnamed)[]

Owner: Torvald Batterbutter

Torvald's kart is a yellow candy wrapper with golden lines at the ends. The wheels are yellow peppermints.Her kart is the same as Minty's, but yellow. She parks near Citrusella; she can be seen between Snowanna and Nougetsia by the start of the Random Roster Race. The front wheels are smaller than the back wheels.

Kart used by Nougetsia Brumblestain (unnamed)[]

Owner: Nougetsia Brumblestain

Nougetsia's kart is identical to Adorabeezle's Ice Rocket but is different in color. It's a pink-and-white Rocket Pop with the number 2 on the sides and a popsicle stick spoiler; her wheels are white and pink peppermints. She parks near Sticky. The front wheels are smaller than the back wheels.

Kart used by Sticky Wipplesnit (unnamed)[]

Owner: Sticky Wipplesnit

Sticky's kart is the same as Minty's, but a turquoise color. Her kart is a turquoise candy wrapper with gold lines at the ends. The wheels are teal peppermints. She parks between Nougetsia and Snowanna. The front wheels are smaller than the back wheels.

Trivia[]

All of the karts are made of different sweets. Because of that, the animators and design team treated each kart as its own character, with different physics and movements.
According to the Wreck it Ralph art book, the creators wanted each kart to represent or look like a type of race car depending on what the candy/sweet naturally looked like as as a vehicle. To name a few, Taffyta's kart is supposed to look like a 90's F1 car, Gloyd's kart is supposed look like a midget sprint car, Crumbelina's kart is supposed to be a Group 7 sports car, and Snowanna's kart is supposed to look like a t-bucket hot rod.
Most of the racers' karts resemble of look related to the racers' themes. An example- Taffyta's kart is made of strawberry hard candy just like her theme, Candlehead's kart is made of chocolate cake and ice cream just like her theme of birthday sweets like birthday cake and ice cream, and Rancis' kart is made of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups just like his theme.
Some notable and/or widely-used fan names for the unnamed karts are:
- Citrusella Flugpucker: Blue-Buggy,^{[citation needed]}, (Blue)berriot and Blueberede^{[citation needed]}.
- Torvald Batterbutter: Golden Glider, Golden Stotcher^{[citation needed]} and the Gold go-kart^{[citation needed]}.
- Nougetsia Brumblestain: Frozen Yo-kart.
- Sticky is the only racer without a fanon-named kart.
Not counting the Royal Racer, every racers' kart wheels seem to have smaller wheels at the front and big wheels at the back.
In Sugar Rush Speedway, each kart looks more like their concept art rather than their official design.
Some of the karts in toy form do not have every detail that was shown in the film.
The only karts that have official stats in regards to speed, handling, and candy coating include: Pink Lightning, Kernel, Kit Kart, Tira-Missile, Ice Screamer, and Fro Cone.
The Royal Racer's speed and handling stats are implied to be 100%, based on one of the official bios for King Candy.
Based on Candlehead's, Rancis', and Taffyta's similar performance stats', the Cherriot, Ice Rocket, and Veloci-Wrapper may have a similar performance; all being pretty fast (most likely 80-90%), and a handling stat most likely ranging from 40-60%.
Similar to Gloyd's and Rancis' karts', Swizzle's kart might have more handling than speed. However, it may be higher in speed and handling (most likely 75% and 90%). The racers speed/handling stats' follow a similar pattern in how they are determined.
The max speed for any kart according to the speedometer on the arcade game machine is 140 mph.