Sebulba ' s Podracer / Legends Sebulba ' s Podracer was a podracer famously piloted by the Dug racing champion Sebulba prior to the Invasion of Naboo . Characteristics . Sebulba ' s Podracer featured two Collar Pondrat Plug - F Mammoth Split - X engines . The frontal split - X radiators utilized a ram - air intake system to ensure effective operation of the racer ' s huge turbines . Although illegal , the engines were fueled by tradium power fluid pressurized with quold runium , activated with ionized injectrine , to give the pod an extra speed boost . Because of these attributes , the pod had a loud , unique , fast - paced , high - pitched engine rumble . The estimated maximum speed was 829 km / h and had a maximum altitude of 85 meters . History . Sebulba piloted the huge Podracer on many tracks throughout the galaxy , from the methane lakes of Malastare to the sandy dunes of Tatooine , cheating his way to be the best of the best . Sebulba always brought his famous orange and black Pod to the sands of Tatooine to attend the Boonta Eve Classic . With his Podracer , he was always a favorite to win in the Boonta , due to his brutal and competitive edge . Sebulba ' s Podracer was an imposing giant , an orange - hued bully of a craft whose pounding , thundering engine roar seemed powerful enough to knock down opponents . He always won , but not because of speed ; he relied on cheating , and the vehicle did not have the highest top speed of Podracers . With a top speed of 829 km / h , the " Mammoth " ' s top speed was dwarfed by Anakin Skywalker ' s Podracer ' s top speed of 941 km / h , the fastest Podracer known . Compared to most racers with speeds of 700 - 800 k / h , the racer was still very fast , behind the " Scatalpen " , the BT310 , and Skywalker ' s Podracer . Sebulba modified his Podracer heavily in time he has owned the pod . At one point , the Podracer was designed to shoot nails into opponent ' s engines . but then Sebulba replaced the nail - shooter with a buzz saw that would sever an unfortunate Podracer ' s steelton cables . Later , Sebulba replaced the buzz saw with an illegal flamethrower hidden inside a compartment on the side of one engine , which would open up and release a high - powered Fire , ready to roast any competitor who came too near . Before a race , Sebulba took measures to make sure he would not be disqualified , because if any race official managed to get a close look at the racer , it would be deemed illegal . When officials do demand inspections , however , his podracer always looks clean , because in an effort not to get caught for murderous cheating , Sebulba always removes his illegal and weaponry from his pod before an inspection , then equips them afterwards . However , when Sebulba does use his illegal flamethrower , nobody says anything about it , either because they love Sebulba too much to see him kicked out of the podracing circuit , or it is simply too hazardous to mess with Sebulba , as he can put bounties on people ' s heads . The Podracer ' s deadly attributes and illegal fuel system was packed in very large package ; the vehicle was one of the largest Podracers ever to be manufactured , and one of the sturdiest . The pod had a high resistance to damage , much to Sebulba ' s advantage ; not only was the large , long , loud , bright - orange - hued Podracer able to intimidate the most fearless racer , it was durable enough to bunk Podracers off of the track and into incoming obstacles with a small tug of its reins , without taking so much as a scratch . Sebulba favored this tactic , and used it to destroy a few pods , such as Mawhonic ' s podracer , which was destroyed when Sebulba rammed the Gran ' s pod into a wall in Mushroom Mesa . Sebulba had other ways of cheating . He made many modifications to his Podracer . The controls in his cockpit was designed to fit especially for the Dug , so if any daring racers try to sabotage the pod , they would not know exactly what they were doing . Sebulba knew how to break off parts of his pod without damaging it . During the Boonta , he broke off a piece of iron from his cockpit , threw it behind him to land into one of Mars Guo ' s engine fans , resulting in the destruction of Guo ' s huge engines and sent the Phuii into the desert sands . Later , Clegg Holdfast , in an attempt to place first , dared to try and pass Sebulba ' s pod , with near lethal results ; his Podracer ' s engines ignited from the Sebulba ' s illegal flamethrower , sending the Nosaurian crashing into the desert flats . That high - stakes race saw Sebulba engage in a perilous face - off with Anakin Skywalker who flew a custom Radon - Ulzer racer . Though Sebulba sabotaged the slave boy ' s pod , Skywalker managed catch up to his rival , side by side . Sebulba attempted to take advantage of his pod ' s size , and rammed the smaller pod continuously . After a few attempts to crush the smaller pod in Hutt Flats , Sebulba inadvertently managed to lock a hook from his cockpit into one of the latches on Skywalker ' s cockpit that a steelton cable was attached to , resulting in the both pod ' s cables intertwining on the inner engines with Skywalker ' s in Hutt Flats . The panicked Dug tried his hardest to pull his Podracer away from Anakin ' s smaller engines , with no avail . Skywalker managed to break free by boosting his engines ; Sebulba pulled one last tug of his reigns . To Sebulba ' s surprise and horror , the resulting forces ultimately detached the Pods steelton cables from the cockpit , and sent both Split - X engines flying . The left engine was sent flying into a rock , went spinning , and then burst into three flaming pieces . His right engine flew opposite , hit the ground and exploded . His Split - X cockpit bounced up , then nose - dived into the desert , spinning and sliding around until it came to a stop , all with Sebulba still in the cockpit . He survived the crash without even a scratch , but the famous Pod met its demise . Sebulba later replaced his ruined Podracer with the pod that won the Boonta : the racer belonging to Anakin Skywalker .