Jack Rabbit vs Racer

Vintage is the reversed stat — the older ride wins. Every number here is the same one printed on the card; see /methodology for how Build Cost and Throughput are sourced.

The verdict

Honours end even at 2–2 with 2 stats level, which is the awkward kind of matchup: whoever calls the stat decides the round.

Jack Rabbit is a wooden Terrain out-and-back with double-down coaster at Kennywood, US, built by John A. Miller & Harry C. Baker. Racer is a wooden Wood Racing Coaster coaster at Kennywood, US, built by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters.

Both live at Kennywood, so this is a comparison you can settle on foot in an afternoon — and one the park itself has to answer every time someone asks which to queue for first.

Both are wooden-track, so nothing here is the usual steel-versus-wood argument in disguise.

Stat by stat

• Height goes to Racer at 73 ft against 40 ft — nearly double.
• Speed goes to Jack Rabbit at 45 mph against 40 mph — clearly ahead.
• Inversions splits them not at all: both read 0.
• Throughput goes to Racer at 1,400 rph against 800 rph — nearly double.
• Build Cost splits them not at all: both read 0.1 $m.
• Vintage is reversed, so Jack Rabbit's 1920 takes it from Racer's 1927 — 7 years in it.