Sand Marble Rally 2016 - Race 2

2016 Sand Marble RallyRace 2
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The starting grid
Date	24 June 2016
Track	Doornse Gat
Weather	Sunny (after thunderstorm), 19 ˚C
Wind	5 m/s
Link	Sand Marble Rally 2016 Race 2 - Jelle's Marble Runs
Podium
1st	El Capitan
2nd	Ghost Plasma
3rd	The Flash

The second race of the Sand Marble Rally 2016 was held at Doornse Gat on the 24th June 2016. 33 marbles participated in the race.

Race

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As in last race, the racers came right into a split. Dragon's Egg was in the lead on the lower lane over Big Pearl, and Ghost Plasma led on the higher lane over El Capitan. At the crossroads, Ghost Plasma and El Capitan ended up taking the faster, lower lane, while Dragon's Egg took the higher lane, which seemed slower. Additionally, Wisp of Darkness passed Dragon's Egg, adding insult to injury. However, Dragon's Egg made up many spots as they jumped over the bridge that was on their lane. They managed to jump into third with this move. However, Wisp of Darkness quickly passed into third, even though they had taken a slower line.

Through a set of slaloms, Ghost Plasma stretched their lead, and the gap from third through seventh grew smaller. Through another set of turns, the top seven started to separate more, as they paired off into distinct groups. As the racers left the turns, El Capitan had a burst of speed which allowed them to take the lead from Ghost Plasma.

The racers entered another split, where El Capitan kept their lead over Ghost Plasma. Super Turtle came off the splits fast enough to overtake Ghost Plasma, who was already struggling to get back into first. Through a braided section, Ghost Plasma managed to recover their second place position over Super Turtle. Wisp of Darkness, who had been running in fourth at this time, having also come through the braided section well, and was closing in on Super Turtle. Unfortunately for these racers, they got caught up on the upper lane of the teardrop, and came to a stop. They were able to get rolling again thanks to some bumps by their fellow racers, but they had lost their top spots.

Meanwhile, El Capitan and Ghost Plasma, with their closest competitors stopped, managed to finish first and second, respectively. This was Ghost Plasma's second silver medal in a row. The Flash, who had been running around sixth to seventh place, took advantage of Wisp of Darkness and Super Turtle's momentary stoppage, and passed them into third place. Their last minute charge secured them a bronze in this race. Dragon's Egg also benefited from the halting of those competitors, and managed to overtake Wisp of Darkness after running behind them for most of the race, and just missed out on a podium with a fourth place finish. This would also be Dragon's Egg's second fourth place finish. Marbly McMarbleface, who had been staying quietly in the upper half of the pack for most of the race, was able to take advantage of their opponent's mistakes to get fifth place. Big Pearl finished in a comfortable sixth, after playing it safe that race. Finally, Wisp of Darkness crossed the line in seventh, leading a train of other racers. Their one mistake cost them four valuable positions just before the end of the race. Blue Smoke came in eighth, just before Super Turtle, the other racer who had gotten caught up at the teardrop. Super Turtle had been even more affected by the stoppage than Wisp of Darkness, as they lost six spots. Rounding out the top ten was Pollo Loco, the previous race's winner. It was a big drop from first, but they were still able to finish in the top ten. Many racers failed to finish this race as well. Snake's Tub, Mocha Madness, Reflektor, Blue Moon, and Deep Ocean were this race's DNFs.

Classification

Pos.	Marble	Time	Delta	Starting Pos.	Points
1st	El Capitan	2:13.13	-	P5	30p
2nd	Ghost Plasma	2:13.64	+00.51	P6	25p
3rd	The Flash	2:15.97	+02.84	P14	21p
4th	Dragon's Egg	2:16.64	+03.51	P4	18p
5th	Marbly McMarbleface	2:17.34	+04.21	P17	16p
6th	Big Pearl	2:19.05	+05.92	P2	15p
7th	Wisp of Darkness	2:20.14	+07.01	P12	14p
8th	Blue Smoke	2:20.26	+07.13	P9	13p
9th	Super Turtle	2:20.60	+07.47	P3	12p
10th	Pollo Loco	2:20.74	+07.61	P7	11p
11th	Fantasy	2:20.84	+07.71	P1	10p
12th	Black Knight	2:21.12	+07.99	P27	9p
13th	Glassy	2:21.20	+08.07	P24	8p
14th	Rastafarian	2:21.38	+08.25	P13	7p
15th	Quicksilver	2:21.44	+08.31	P15	6p
16th	H2 Blue	2:22.07	+08.94	P10	5p
17th	Starman	2:22.30	+09.17	P32	4p
18th	Silver Bolt	2:22.62	+09.49	P19	3p
19th	Oddball	2:23.01	+09.88	P13	2p
20th	Comet	2:23.05	+09.92	P16	1p
21st	Slimer	2:23.61	+10.48	P8	0p
22nd	Blazing Fireball	2:23.73	+10.60	P25
23rd	Cobra	2:24.10	+10.97	P20
24th	Summer Sky	2:24.32	+11.19	P33
25th	Olympia	2:24.63	+11.50	P22
26th	Tarantula	2:24.83	+11.70	P23
27th	White Widow	2:25.68	+12.55	P11
28th	Crazy Cat's Eye	2:25.77	+12.64	P26
X	Snake's Tub	DNF		P21
	Mocha Madness			P28
	Reflektor			P29
	Blue Moon			P30
	Deep Ocean			P31

• 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 back row

Championship standings after the race

	Pos.	Marble	G	S	B	Total	DNFs	Points
01	1st	Ghost Plasma	0	2	0	2	0	50p
04	2nd	El Capitan	1	0	0	1	0	45p
02	3rd	Pollo Loco	1	0	0	1	0	41p
01	4th	Big Pearl	0	0	1	1	0	36p
01	5th	Dragon's Egg	0	0	0	0	0	36p
01	6th	Fantasy	0	0	0	0	0	26p
01		Super Turtle	0	0	0	0	0	26p
01	8th	Blue Smoke	0	0	0	0	0	25p
03	9th	Wisp of Darkness	0	0	0	0	0	23p
11	10th	The Flash	0	0	1	1	0	21p
09	11th	Marbly McMarbleface	0	0	0	0	0	17p
02	12th	H2 Blue	0	0	0	0	0	16p
00	13th	Rastafarian	0	0	0	0	0	15p
06	14th	Slimer	0	0	0	0	0	13p
02	15th	Glassy	0	0	0	0	0	12p
05	16th	White Widow	0	0	0	0	0	10p
04	17th	Black Knight	0	0	0	0	1	9p
01		Starman	0	0	0	0	0	9p
00	19th	Quicksilver	0	0	0	0	0	8p
06	20th	Tarantula	0	0	0	0	0	7p
06	21st	Olympia	0	0	0	0	0	6p
04	22nd	Comet	0	0	0	0	0	4p
02	23rd	Silver Bolt	0	0	0	0	1	3p
03	24th	Oddball	0	0	0	0	0	2p
04	25th	Blazing Fireball	0	0	0	0	1	0p
04		Blue Moon	0	0	0	0	2	0p
04		Cobra	0	0	0	0	0	0p
04		Crazy Cat's Eye	0	0	0	0	1	0p
04		Deep Ocean	0	0	0	0	2	0p
04		Mocha Madness	0	0	0	0	1	0p
04		Reflektor	0	0	0	0	2	0p
04		Snake's Tub	0	0	0	0	2	0p
04		Summer Sky	0	0	0	0	1	0p