Student Union Activities put on the first Kansas Kart event in the Visitor’s Center parking lot Thursday. The event was based on the classic “Mario Kart” video game.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Nolan Fike, a freshman from Manhattan, is excited as he takes the lead in his race heat. The Kansas Student Union Activities hosted the first ever Kansas Kart races Thursday in the Visitor's Center parking lot on Daisy Hill. The event is based on the "Mario Kart" classic video game.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Wearing her Luigi helmet and crooked mustache, Jestina Matulka, a freshman from Silver Lake, tries to keep the lead during a heat of the Kansas Kart race. The Kansas Student Union Activities hosted the first ever Kansas Kart races Thursday at the Visitor's Center parking lot on Daisy Hill. The event is based on the "Mario Kart" classic video game.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

The Kansas Student Union Activities hosted the first ever Kansas Kart races Thursday at the Visitor's Center parking lot on Daisy Hill. The event is based on the "Mario Kart" classic video game. Racers rode over-sized tricycles through an obstacle course and received items such as balls, water balloons and banana peels. Heather Kaplin, a volunteer with SUA, handed out banana peels to racers as they came by.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Joe Solar, left, a freshman from Shawnee, had the outside corner in one race heat. The Kansas Student Union Activities hosted the first ever Kansas Kart races Thursday at the Viistor's Center parking lot on Daisy Hill. The event is based on the "Mario Kart" classic video game.