Editing Starting Grid

[[File:Maka Wuhu Starting Line.jpg|thumb|The Starting Grid for the [[Maka Wuhu]] race in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'']]
The '''Starting Grid''' is an element that appears throughout the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series. The grid can carry up to twelve characters with a marker for each character on the track. When [[Lakitu (Mario Kart referee|Lakitu]] gives the signal to begin racing, the characters will leave the grid as they race for first place.

==Layout==
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!colspan="1" style="background:gold"|Game
!colspan="1" style="background:gold"|Grid size
!colspan="1" style="background:gold"|Characters
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|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''||rowspan="3" | 4×2||rowspan="5" |8
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|''[[Mario Kart 64]]''
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|''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''
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|''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''||rowspan="2" | 2×4
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|''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
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|''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' / ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'' / ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]''||3×2||6
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|''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''||4×3||12
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|''[[Mario Kart 7]]''||2×4||8
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|''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' / ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''||2×6|||12
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|''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''||2×4<br>4×2 ([[New York Minute 4]])||8
|}

==Gallery==
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SMK Mario Circuit 1 Starting Line.png|''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' ([[SNES Mario Circuit 1|Mario Circuit 1]])
MK64 Race Start.png|''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' ([[N64 Luigi Raceway|Luigi Raceway]])
MKSC Rainbow Road Finish Line.png|''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' ([[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)|Rainbow Road]])
DaisyCruiser1-GP-MKDD.png|''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' ([[GCN Daisy Cruiser|Daisy Cruiser]])
MKDS Starting Line.png|''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' ([[Figure-8 Circuit]])
MushroomGorge-Start-MKWii.png|''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' ([[Wii Mushroom Gorge|Mushroom Gorge]])
B Dasher front (Mario Kart 7).jpg|''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' ([[DS DK Pass|<small>DS</small> DK Pass]])
MK8DeluxeElectrodromeRaceStart.jpg|''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' / ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[Electrodrome]])
MKT Sydney Sprint Scene.jpg|''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[Sydney Sprint]])
MK8-Line-Mario-Start.gif|[[LINE]] sticker with [[Mario]] doing a [[Rocket Start]] on the Starting Grid
MKT 148CB.png|A common [[List of badges in Mario Kart Tour|badge]] in ''Mario Kart Tour'' that depicts the [[B Dasher]] in front of the Starting Grid
MKT 148GB.png|A gold badge in ''Mario Kart Tour'' that depicts the B Dasher in front of the Starting Grid
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