The 2012 Karter Contest is the Mario Kart community's fifth Karter Contest, following in the tradition of the highly successful 2004, 2006, 2008 , and 2010 contests.
It features 64 well known karting personalities made up of 31 famous karters chosen by the contests host Zarkov as 'auto-ins', and 33 nominated by the Mariokart community.