Place of Origin: Born in the Jungles of China. Raised in the San Diego Zoo

Racing Record: 4/0

Weapon of Choice: Rocket-powered nun chucks.

Being raised in the most high profile Zoo in the world brought fame and privilege to Dwight Panda. He wanted for nothing as a cub and received the best when it came to education and training.

After his mother sustained an injury during a flaming-hoop demonstration on the Tonight Show, Dwight became bitter with the commercial home he was raised in. He vowed to escape the zoo and return with help so that he and his mother could live peacefully in a small estate outside of Beverly Hills far from the dangers of ignited hoola-hoops.

Before turning to the racing circuit after his escape, Dwight found some success in competitive eating challenges and special effects work through Industrial Light and Magic. (He worked on the wave in The Perfect Storm) But money was tight and he was going nowhere fast. Dwight realized with every passing day that his mother was in more and more danger.

Dwight decided to seek out his father, a man he’d never met but knew through reputation as the greatest animal racer China had ever produced. Boqin “Pandastruction” Panda wasn’t as good as coming up with race names, but had certainly earned his place amongst the world’s finest animal athletes.

Knowing his father would be the only one that could help him Dwight decided to enter the racing circuit and find him. In his racing career since, Dwight has applied his wealth of knowledge into creating unique traps as well as state of the art weaponry. He is truly a force to be reckoned with.

The Tiger

Place of Origin: ??

Racing Record: 0/0

Weapon of Choice: Land mines

Little is know about this young warrior but rumors have been running wild since his application to race first arrived. It’s been said that he can run 90 miles per hour, that his arm is detachable with an assortment of clip-on weapons and that he plays a weekly game of Scrabolous with Patrick Swayze. None of this can be confirmed but his quiet demeanor since arriving in town is leaving everyone guessing. With all the questions surrounding him may race fans are calling for The Tiger to be ineligible, but his check cleared and he showed up so he’s in the running.

Benjamin Penguin

Place of Origin: Antarctica

Racing Record: 7/0/1

Weapon of Choice: Anything with a silencer

Though Benjamin Penguin is a relative newcomer to the racing community he’s got a lifetime’s worth of experience backing him up. In the 1930’s, as a secret operative in the Antarctica Secret Service, Penguin quickly rose through the ranks becoming a deadly and capable weapon for the coldest continent. In 1940 Penguin was honored as one of the first penguin soldiers to march secretly with the U.S into German territory.

Penguins were considered disposable, used mostly to set off land mines or draw attention away from human soldiers, but Penguin new he was meant for more than a clear path. He would go on to kill Hitler and become cryogenically frozen in a bizarre zeppelin accident.

That’s when his life got interesting.

After global warming thawed him out Penguin made his way back to Antarctica where he found a once thriving nation struggling for survival. Gone were the ice cube and waterslide industries, replaced by overpopulation on a quickly melting land mass.

Penguin decided to use his skills and training in the world of professional animal racing with hopes of drawing attention to his great land and restoring its former glory. He comes equipped with a warrior’s heart and Penguin pride! And grenades. He brought a lot of grenades.