Krunk

Krunk is one of Velo's champions and he is the champion of Terra, the first planet in Crash Nitro Kart. When you race him, he'll lay down Sticky Fruit to try to stop you from winning. Defeating him gets you the first of the four keys in the game. Just before he's challenged, he claims that Earth is a copy of Terra. When he is defeated, he admits that Terra actually copied Earth, and after hearing this, Crash shows a bit of compassion for Krunk and gives him his yo-yo which Krunk sees as a gift from Crash's world. Afterwards Velo warps up and see's Krunk tangled up in Crash's yo-yo, and is disgusted and angrily tells him to leave his sight. You can unlock him from the GameBoy version by beating him the first time from the level called Jungle Boogie.

Trivia

 * It is quite ironic how Krunk's home planet is named Terra and is a copy of Earth, for the word "Terra" is Latin for Earth.
 * Krunk was originally called Kongo.
 * Krunk makes a cameo appearance in Crash Tag Team Racing where a statue of him is found in Deep Sea Driving.
 * Krunk is the only champion that Velo doesn't get angry at in the meeting with the teams (He gets angry at Nash for insisting to start the race now, Norm for being reluctant to race the teams and Geary for cleaning the ledge he stands on).
 * Since it seems like Krunk becomes friends with the Bandicoots after they beat him, it's unknown why he's protected by Uka Uka when he gets the invincibility mask in the Game Boy Advance version.