Open Wheel Racing in Nintendo Wii's MarioKart

We recently purchased MarioKart for Nintendo's Wii gaming system. For those of you not familiar with this game, it's a series of Kart races between some of Nintendo's most famous characters. The game allows you to choose a driver and then either a "kart" or motorcycle. After coming across the "Classic Dragster", my choice was easy.

I'm not sure why they call it a "classic dragster", but it looks like a 40's or 50's vintage sprint or championship car.

It comes complete with a tail, and old style wire wheels.

It features what appears to be a V6 with mighty exhaust pipes flowing from either side.

It even comes with knobby tires, perfect for the many track surfaces found in the game.
The one new feature the car has is four corner independent, modern IndyCar style suspension. One of the cool features in the game is the ability to drift through corners. I'm sure they were thinking of the import drifting scene, but watching this car slide through a corner is total sprint car goodness.