Dash Panel

Boost Pads (also called Dash Panels, Zippers, Rainbow Boosts, Rainbow Ramps or Turbo Tiles) are special zones that appear in the Mario Kart Series. The appearance of these panels have changed throughout the game's history. Boost Pads are used to increase speed of the player's Kart, especially to be used to achieve maximum speed on big jumps and slopes. If the player uses a Mushroom on any of these pads, nothing will happen; however, the player will go faster if the player slipstreams on it.

''Super Mario Kart
Boost Pads appear as a yellow arrow in a few courses.

''Mario Kart 64
Boost Pads appear in almost every level and appear as yellow and red pads.

''Mario Kart Super Circuit
Boost Pads appear as yellow and red pads.

''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Boost Pads appear as flashing rainbow pads.

''Mario Kart DS
Boost Pads continue to appear as flashing rainbow pads.

''Mario Kart Wii
Boost Pads appear again as flashing rainbow pads. All retro tracks have their first game's design, such as the zipper in DK's Jungle Parkway, which appears as it did in its original Mario Kart 64 appearance.

Diddy Kong Racing
Objects that behave similarly to a boost pad in the Mario Kart series appear in Diddy Kong Racing, where they are known as Zippers.