Mario Kart is a series of kart racing video game developed by Nintendo as a spin-offs of the famous Mario Bros. series. To date, there are eight games Mario Kart, four for the consoles, two on portable consoles, and two arcade games. The series began in 1992 with a successful result. Mario Kart Wii, the eighth and the last episode (for now) released in April 2008, has already sold over 13 million copies worldwide. The Wii version is also the fourth best selling game for the console. All platforms together, the Mario Kart series has sold over 52 million copies.
 
In Mario Kart, players can choose between any characters from the Mario series and are racing in a wide variety of tracks in order to win trophies. In Mario Kart Wii, the player can also choose to compete on motorbikes. All games leave the choice of three engine power: 50cc, 100cc and 150cc. Each game Mario Kart offers several game modes that can be played solo or multiplayer.

Due to the enormous success of the Mario Kart franchise, The Guinness World Records awarded 5 world records to the series among which : "First Console Kart Racing Game", "Best Selling Handheld Racing Game" and a special mention for Mario Kart Arcade GP as the only Mario Kart game to feature guest appearances by non-Nintendo characters Pac-Man, Blinky, and Ms. Pac-Man, available as playable characters .
 
The World Championship of Mario Kart, was held in Sydney Australia in 2005, Davco faced Shae Ryan. Davco was crowned World Champion.