Sand Marble Rally 2016 - Race 1

Sand Marble Rally 2016Race 1
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The starting grid
Date	18 June 2016
Track	Doornse Gat
Weather	Sunny (after thunderstorm), 19 ˚C
Wind	4 m/s
Link	Sand Marble Rally 2016 Race 1 - Jelle's Marble Runs
Podium
1st	Pollo Loco
2nd	Ghost Plasma
3rd	Big Pearl

The first race of the Sand Marble Rally 2016 was held at Doornse Gat on the 18th June 2016. 33 marbles participated in the race.

Race

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At the start, the marbles go into a split. Big Pearl took an early lead over Pollo Loco on the lower lane, with Ghost Plasma leading in the upper lane. At the first crossroads of the split, Big Pearl bumped into the divider, losing the lead to Ghost Plasma. Big Pearl moved into the upper lane, as Ghost Plasma moved into the lower lane, to roll ahead of Pollo Loco. Blazing Fireball jumped over the divider, becoming the first DNF of the race.

After the paths merged again, Ghost Plasma held a small lead over Pollo Loco, who was followed by Slimer in third. Big Pearl managed to come into fourth, fending off El Capitan. The racers entered a set of slaloms, where Pollo Loco managed to take the lead from Ghost Plasma as they came out onto a straightaway. The racers headed into another set of splits. Ghost Plasma took the slower, lower lane, while Pollo Loco took the quicker, upper lane. This allowed Pollo Loco to stretch their lead over Ghost Plasma. As the lanes merged, Super Turtle slingshotted into second ahead of Ghost Plasma.

Coming through another set of turns, Ghost Plasma took back second place from Super Turtle, as El Capitan took fourth place from Big Pearl. After the turns, they entered a long braided section. Pollo Loco and Ghost Plasma both kept first and second respectively. However, Super Turtle, who had been running in third, had a bump against a lane divider, and they held up a few other racers before coming back into the race. This allowed both Big Pearl and El Capitan to pass them, Big Pearl coming into third and El Capitan in fourth.

The racers entered a teardrop section, where Pollo Loco and Ghost Plasma both kept their positions. However, El Capitan, who had been in fourth, hit the lane divider, and lost their position to Dragon's Egg. Super Turtle held up a train of racers as they went down the lower lane. Coming out of the teardrop, El Capitan had a bump by Dragon's Egg, which allowed Fantasy to get past them as well.

Pollo Loco took first place comfortably, followed by Ghost Plasma and Big Pearl. The next racers held their positions as Dragon's Egg took fourth, Fantasy fifth, El Capitan sixth, and Super Turtle in seventh. Slimer finished eighth, a big drop from the third place they had been holding at the beginning. Blue Smoke and H2 Blue rounded out the top ten. There were, in fact, nine DNFs; eight of which were offscreen. It was a poor start to the season for Silver Bolt, Snake's Tub, Blazing Fireball, Crazy Cat's Eye, Black Knight, Reflektor, Blue Moon, Deep Ocean, and Summer Sky, as they were unable to finish the first race.

Classification

Pos.	Marble	Time	Delta	Starting Pos.	Points
1st	Pollo Loco	2:09.89	-	P6	30p
2nd	Ghost Plasma	2:12.08	+02.19	P12	25p
3rd	Big Pearl	2:13.18	+03.29	P4	21p
4th	Dragon's Egg	2:13.87	+03.98	P8	18p
5th	Fantasy	2:14.41	+04.52	P21	16p
6th	El Capitan	2:14.66	+04.77	P3	15p
7th	Super Turtle	2:14.76	+04.87	P9	14p
8th	Slimer	2:14.79	+04.90	P19	13p
9th	Blue Smoke	2:15.18	+05.29	P5	12p
10th	H2 Blue	2:15.55	+05.66	P7	11p
11th	White Widow	2:15.86	+05.97	P14	10p
12th	Wisp of Darkness	2:16.18	+06.29	P26	9p
13th	Rastafarian	2:16.64	+06.75	P13	8p
14th	Tarantula	2:17.71	+07.82	P1	7p
15th	Olympia	2:18.59	+08.70	P10	6p
16th	Starman	2:18.77	+08.88	P11	5p
17th	Glassy	2:18.99	+09.10	P17	4p
18th	Comet	2:19.59	+09.70	P15	3p
19th	Quicksilver	2:20.17	+10.28	P18	2p
20th	Marbly McMarbleface	2:16.64	+11.08	P2	1p
21st	Mocha Madness	2:21.28	+11.39	P16	0p
22nd	Oddball	2:21.62	+11.73	P30
23rd	The Flash	2:21.92	+12.03	P31
24th	Cobra	2:22.98	+13.09	P27
X	Silver Bolt	DNF		P23
	Snake's Tub			P32
	Blazing Fireball			P20
	Crazy Cat's Eye			P28
	Black Knight			P33
	Reflektor			P29
	Blue Moon			P25
	Deep Ocean			P24
	Summer Sky			P22

• Note:
  • P1–P7 is on the front row
  • P8–P13 is on the second row
  • P14-P20 is on the third row
  • P21-P26 is on the fourth row
  • P27-P33 is on the fifth row

Championship standings after the race

Pos.	Marble	G	S	B	Total	DNFs	Points
1st	Pollo Loco	1	0	0	1	0	30p
2nd	Ghost Plasma	0	1	0	1	0	25p
3rd	Big Pearl	0	0	1	1	0	21p
4th	Dragon's Egg	0	0	0	0	0	18p
5th	Fantasy	0	0	0	0	0	16p
6th	El Capitan	0	0	0	0	0	15p
7th	Super Turtle	0	0	0	0	0	14p
8th	Slimer	0	0	0	0	0	13p
9th	Blue Smoke	0	0	0	0	0	12p
10th	H2 Blue	0	0	0	0	0	11p
11th	White Widow	0	0	0	0	0	10p
12th	Wisp of Darkness	0	0	0	0	0	9p
13th	Rastafarian	0	0	0	0	0	8p
14th	Tarantula	0	0	0	0	0	7p
15th	Olympia	0	0	0	0	0	6p
16th	Starman	0	0	0	0	0	5p
17th	Glassy	0	0	0	0	0	4p
18th	Comet	0	0	0	0	0	3p
19th	Quicksilver	0	0	0	0	0	2p
20th	Marbly McMarbleface	0	0	0	0	0	1p
21st	Mocha Madness	0	0	0	0	0	0p
	Oddball	0	0	0	0	0	0p
	The Flash	0	0	0	0	0	0p
	Cobra	0	0	0	0	0	0p
	Silver Bolt	0	0	0	0	1	0p
	Snake's Tub	0	0	0	0	1	0p
	Blazing Fireball	0	0	0	0	1	0p
	Crazy Cat's Eye	0	0	0	0	1	0p
	Black Knight	0	0	0	0	1	0p
	Reflektor	0	0	0	0	1	0p
	Blue Moon	0	0	0	0	1	0p
	Deep Ocean	0	0	0	0	1	0p
	Summer Sky	0	0	0	0	1	0p