Whirlwind Sport

The Whirlwind Sport^[2] (ホワールウィンド・スポーツ^[3], Howāruu~indo supōtsu^?) is a vehicle that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is Miles "Tails" Prower's personal racing car, specially created by Dodon Pa for Tails to let him participate in his Grand Prix competition.

Description

Personalized specifically for Tails, the Whirlwind Sport has a paint job that resembles Tails' color scheme, particularly yellow with white markings. The body build of the Whirlwind Sport also resembles that of the Whirlwind S7 from Sonic Drift, Tails' previous vehicle from Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, as well as Tails' favorite car, the Lotus Seven.^[4]

Like other cars in Team Sonic Racing, its appearance can be customized with different paint jobs, Performance Parts and decals. Its horn can also be changed.

Game appearances

Team Sonic Racing

In Team Sonic Racing, the Whirlwind Sport appears as Tails' car, specially created by Dodon Pa for Tails. During the events of the game, the Whirlwind Sport was one of the cars Dodon Pa gave Tails and his friends so they could compete in his Grand Prix competition. Tails would afterward used it during the races and challenges he participated it. However, the Whirlwind Sport was eventually destroyed when the heroes had to leave it aboard the crashing Final Fortress. Fortunately, Dodon Pa promised to replace it with a new one.

In this game, the Whirlwind Sport's basic statistics show it has high acceleration and handling, moderate defense, and poor top speed and boost. However, its statistics, as well as its artistic design, can be modified by replacing its parts.

The Whirlwind Sport has the following exclusive Performance Parts that can be used to modify it:

Image	Name	Stat modification
Image	Name	Increase	Decrease
	Hybrid Aero-Engine	Boost Defense	Acceleration Top Speed
	Wheelwind Nose	Top Speed	Acceleration Defense
	Gizmo Scoop	Acceleration Handling	Boost Defense
	Legendary Hybrid Aero-Engine	Boost Defense	Acceleration Top Speed
	Legendary Wheelwind Nose	Top Speed	Acceleration Defense
	Legendary Gizmo Scoop	Acceleration Handling	Boost Defense

Image	Name	Stat modification
Image	Name	Increase	Decrease
	Diffusion Frame	Boost Defense	Acceleration Handling
	Tornado Engine	Boost	Defense
	Crystal Capacitor	Acceleration Defense	Top Speed
	Legendary Diffusion Frame	Boost Defense	Acceleration Handling
	Legendary Tornado Engine	Boost	Defense
	Legendary Crystal Capacitor	Acceleration Defense	Top Speed

Image	Name	Stat modification
Image	Name	Increase	Decrease
	Adaptive Suspension	Defense	Handling
	Whirlwind Wheels	Acceleration Top Speed	Boost Defense
	Pulse Wheels	Handling	Boost
	Legendary Adaptive Suspension	Defense	Handling
	Legendary Whirlwind Wheels	Acceleration Top Speed	Boost Defense
	Legendary Pulse Wheels	Handling	Boost

Sonic Racing

The Whirlwind Sport appears in Sonic Racing as a vehicle for Tails.

Trivia

The Whirlwind Sport shares the "Whirlwind" name of Tails' original vehicle from Sonic Drift and Sonic Drift 2.
Tails is the only member of Team Sonic to not keep his vehicle from the previous racing games in Team Sonic Racing.

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References

↑ Sonic Official - Season 3 Episode 3. YouTube. Sonic the Hedgehog Official Youtube (2 May 2019). Retrieved on 2 May 2019.
↑ Team Sonic Racing official website (Japanese). Characters. Sega. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved on 1 February 2019.
↑ Team Sonic Racing web manual (Japanese). Team Introduction. Sega. Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved on 4 March 2021.
↑ Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Mega Drive) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 42.

Team Sonic Racing

Playable characters	Team Sonic	Sonic \| Tails \| Knuckles
	Team Rose	Amy \| Chao (Dark Chao, Hero Chao, Neutral Chao, Omochao) \| Big
	Team Vector	Blaze \| Silver \| Vector
	Team Dark	Shadow \| Rouge \| Omega
	Team Eggman	Metal Sonic \| Dr. Eggman \| Zavok \| Eggpawn \| Death Egg
Non-playable characters		Boo \| Boom Boo \| Buzzer \| Chopper \| Crabmeat \| Cubot \| Dodon Pa \| Egg Squid \| Froggy \| King Boom Boo \| Mother Wisp \| Orbot \| Orca \| Sandworm
Wisps		Black \| Blue \| Crimson \| Cyan \| Ivory \| Jade \| Magenta \| Orange \| Pink \| Gray \| Red \| Violet \| White \| Yellow
Tracks	Planet Wisp	Wisp Circuit \| Mother's Canyon \| Doctor's Mine
	Seaside Hill	Ocean View \| Lost Palace \| Whale Lagoon
	Glacierland	Ice Mountain \| Frozen Junkyard \| Hidden Volcano
	Casino Park	Roulette Road \| Bingo Party \| Pinball Highway
	Sandopolis	Sand Road \| Boo's House \| Clockwork Pyramid
	Rooftop Run	Market Street \| Sky Road \| Haunted Castle
	Final Fortress	Thunder Deck \| Dark Arsenal \| Turbine Loop
Events		Boost Race \| Daredevil \| Destruction \| Eggpawn Assault \| Grand Prix \| King of the Hill \| Lightning Race \| Ring Challenge \| Rocket Race \| Showdown Race \| Survival Race \| Team Boost Race \| Team Grand Prix \| Team King of the Hill \| Team Lightning Race \| Team Race \| Team Rocket Race \| Team Vampire Race \| Time Trial \| Traffic Attack \| Vampire Race
Enemies		Eggpawn \| Eggsplosive Eggpawn \| Hard-boiled Eggpawn \| Melee Eggpawn \| Standard Eggpawn
Moves/Techniques		Drift \| Item Box Transfer \| Radial Burst \| Rival Takedown \| Skim Boost \| Slingshot \| Start Line Boost \| Stunt \| Team Ultimate
Color Powers		Black Bomb \| Blue Cube \| Crimson Eagle \| Cyan Laser \| Gray Quake \| Ivory Lightning \| Jade Ghost \| Magenta Rhythm \| Orange Rocket \| Pink Spikes \| Red Burst \| Violet Void \| Yellow Drill
Vehicles		Beat Monster \| Chao Pod \| Cross Dozer \| Dark Reaper \| Egg Booster \| Formula M \| Frog Cruiser \| Land Breaker \| Lightron \| Lip Spyder \| Pink Cabriolet \| Road Dragoon \| Royal Chariot \| Speed Star \| Whirlwind Sport
Gimmicks and obstacles		Boost Pad \| Kao \| Spring \| Star Post \| Wide spring
Items		Bonus Box \| Credit \| Item Box (Invincibility) \| Key \| Medal \| Mod (Car Cosmetic (Horn, Paint Kit, Vinyl), Performance Part) \| Mod Pod \| Ring
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic, Wisp announcer) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Kyle Hebert (Big, Dodon Pa) \| Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Tails) \| Dave Mitchell (Knuckles) \| Patrick Seitz (Zavok) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Kirk Thornton (Shadow, Orbot) \| Karen Strassman (Rouge) \| Aaron LaPlante (Omega) \| Bryce Papenbrook (Silver) \| Keith Silverstein (Vector) \| Erica Lindbeck (Blaze, Omochao) \| Wally Wingert (Cubot) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Kotaro Nakamura (Eggman) \| Katsuhisa Hōki (Dodon Pa) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Takashi Nagasako (Big) \| Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Taiten Kusunoki (Omega) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze) \| Jōji Nakata (Zavok) \| Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot) \| Wataru Takagi (Cubot) \| Tomoko Sasaki (Chao) \| Fumihiko Tachiki (Wisp announcer)
Music	Songs	"Green Light Ride"
Music	Albums	Maximum Overdrive - Team Sonic Racing Original Soundtrack \| Team Sonic Racing Trailer Music Selection
Other		Death Egg Robot \| Donpa Kingdom \| Donpa Motors \| Egg Squid \| Orca \| Power-Type \| Sonic Racing \| Speed-Type \| Team Sonic Racing Overdrive ("Dangerous Distractions", "Eyes on the Prize", "The Complete Race") \| Technique-Type \| Ultimate Meter \| Team Sonic Racing One-shot \| Team Sonic Racing Plus Deluxe Turbo Championship Edition one-shot \| Ultimate Energy Engine \| Ultimate Team Energy

[Sonic_Official_S3E3-1] Sonic Official - Season 3 Episode 3. YouTube. Sonic the Hedgehog Official Youtube (2 May 2019). Retrieved on 2 May 2019.

[name-2] Team Sonic Racing official website (Japanese). Characters. Sega. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved on 1 February 2019.

[3] Team Sonic Racing web manual (Japanese). Team Introduction. Sega. Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved on 4 March 2021.

[4] Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Mega Drive) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 42.

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