Gallery:Sponsors in the Mario Kart series

This is a list of companies that sponsor the various Mario Kart races held by Mario and his fellow racers.

Trivia

 * The Japanese version of Mario Kart 64 features several sponsors whose names and logos are puns on real companies. These sponsors are "Luigip" (pun on Agip), "Marioro" (Marlboro), and "Yoshi 1" (Mobil 1). Also, the Japanese version of the "Koopa Air" logo has the color scheme of Goodyear's. All of these were taken out in the English version, presumably to prevent lawsuits of the companies (and tobacco references in the case of "Marioro").
 * The "Shot!" logo, even in the American version, seems to bear some resemblance to that of Shell, largely due to the similarity of the names (it can also be considered a pun that the logo is a Koopa shell, though Shell's logo is a stylized seashell).
 * The "Mario Star" logo appearing in Mario Kart DS also appears on the banner above the finish line of the Mario Circuit stage in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, now reading "Mario Circuit" instead of just "Mario".
 * The "Shy Guy Metals" banner in Mario Kart 8 reads "since 1987", possibly referencing the launch year of Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, the game that introduces Shy Guys.
 * All of the sponsor banners used in Mario Kart: Double Dash! and later games share the same appearances across seas; this has the potential of causing confusion between American and Japanese players, as some logos in Mario Kart 8 ("Bowser Oil", "Toad Toy Store", etc.) use international names even for characters who are named otherwise in Japan, and the bottom of Mario Kart Arcade GP's Diamond City banner reads "made in wario WARIO CAMPANY" (sic), the respective Japanese names for the WarioWare series and its eponymous company.