Sand Marble Rally 2016 - Race 3

2016 Sand Marble RallyRace 3
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Date	1 July 2016
Track	Doornse Gat
Weather	Cloudy (after thunderstorm), 21 ˚C
Wind	4 m/s
Link	Sand Marble Rally 2016 Race 3 - Jelle's Marble Runs
Podium
1st	Dragon's Egg
2nd	The Flash
3rd	Wisp of Darkness

The third race of the Sand Marble Rally 2016 was held at Doornse Gat on the 1st July 2016. 33 marbles participated in the race.

Race

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In this race, the competitors moved on to a new track design. The racers go through a few wide turns, in which Dragon's Egg took a comfortable lead over the current second place, Marbly McMarbleface, and Wisp of Darkness in third. Behind them was the championship leader, Ghost Plasma, who used their blocking ability to hold up all the marbles from fourth on back. However, The Flash was able to get past their block, and take fourth. Soon, a possibly faster lane opened up to the racers, but due to the slope of the course, no one took it.

As they came upon a split, Marbly McMarbleface tried to pass up Dragon's Egg, but had a sharp bump on the lane divider and was not successful. Ghost Plasma was able to pass The Flash in the chaos of the split. Almost all the racers took the lower lane, except for Comet and H2 Blue. When the paths fully merged, Wisp of Darkness and Ghost Plasma passed Marbly McMarbleface to take second and third, respectively.

The racers came upon a second set of diverging paths, the leader Dragon's Egg taking the low line, with Wisp of Darkness and Ghost Plasma taking the high line. When the paths converged, Marbly McMarbleface regained second, The Flash came into third, and Pollo Loco passed Ghost Plasma for fifth. The racers entered a hairpin turn, with Dragon's Egg still leading the race. Unfortunately for them, Marbly McMarbleface came into the hairpin too high, and was bumped past by The Flash, Wisp of Darkness, and Pollo Loco.

The racers came into. second hairpin, which Dragon's Egg easily got through. The Flash and Wisp of Darkness kept second and third, but Marbly McMarbleface passed Pollo Loco for a split-second before getting passed again. The racers quickly had to enter a split. Dragon's Egg took the lower line, as well as The Flash, Pollo Loco, and Marbly McMarbleface. On the top line was Wisp of Darkness and Ghost Plasma Luckily for Marbly McMarbleface, Pollo Loco went too high on one of the sides of their lane, and was passed. As the lanes converged, Dragon's Egg kept the lead over The Flash. Marbly McMarbleface and Pollo Loco did not have enough speed coming out of the splits, which allowed Wisp of Darkness and Ghost Plasma to pass them and take third and fourth. A momentary hesitation by Wisp of Darkness when they bounced off a small twig gave Ghost Plasma an opportunity to draft by, but they were unable to.

As they came onto the final stretch, Dragon's Egg held a commanding lead over The Flash. A brief bounce off a twig just before the finish line slowed Dragon's Egg down, but they still finished in first place. The Flash came less than a second behind, having not been able to catch up. Wisp of Darkness and Ghost Plasma crossed in third and fourth, which were helpful points to both these competitors. Marbly McMarbleface had a dangerous bump against the twig, where they almost lost out to Pollo Loco, but was able to remain in control. In fact, Pollo Loco was hung up much longer, and lost two positions to Comet and Glassy right before the finish line, to settle in eighth. Rounding out the top ten were Tarantula and Olympia, both racers who had not yet finished in the top ten. 7 racers failed to finish this race. Cobra, Fantasy, Oddball, Reflektor, Slimer, Snake's Tub, and White Widow were this race's DNFs.

Classification

Pos.	Marble	Time	Delta	Starting Pos.	Points
1st	Dragon's Egg	2:33.53	-	P4	30p
2nd	The Flash	2:34.10	+00.57	P5	25p
3rd	Wisp of Darkness	2:35.95	+02.42	P7	21p
4th	Ghost Plasma	2:36.05	+02.52	P2	18p
5th	Marbly McMarbleface	2:37.21	+03.68	P6	16p
6th	Comet	2:38.04	+04.51	P20	15p
7th	Glassy	2:38.62	+05.09	P11	14p
8th	Pollo Loco	2:39.00	+05.47	P12	13p
9th	Tarantula	2:39.32	+05.79	P16	12p
10th	Olympia	2:39.55	+06.02	P22	11p
11th	Silver Bolt	2:39.74	+06.21	P24	10p
12th	Big Pearl	2:40.07	+06.54	P1	9p
13th	El Capitan	2:40.27	+06.74	P3	8p
14th	Blazing Fireball	2:40.76	+07.23	P14	7p
15th	Super Turtle	2:41.19	+07.66	P9	6p
16th	Starman	2:42.08	+08.55	P26	5p
17th	Mocha Madness	2:42.15	+08.62	P17	4p
18th	Crazy Cat's Eye	2:42.20	+08.67	P19	3p
19th	Quicksilver	2:42.33	+08.80	P21	2p
20th	Rastafarian	2:42.96	+09.43	P18	1p
21st	H2 Blue	2:43.09	+09.56	P30	0p
22nd	Summer Sky	2:43.14	+09.61	P29
23rd	Deep Ocean	2:43.58	+10.05	P23
24th	Black Knight	3:10.22	+36.69	P13
25th	Blue Moon	3:10.34	+36.81	P25
26th	Blue Smoke	3:10.67	+37.14	P8
X	Cobra	DNF		P27
	Fantasy			P10
	Oddball			P31
	Reflektor			P15
	Slimer			P28
	Snake's Tub			P33
	White Widow			P32

• 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
00	1st	Ghost Plasma	0	2	0	2	0	68p
03	2nd	Dragon's Egg	1	0	0	1	0	66p
00	3rd	Pollo Loco	1	0	0	1	0	54p
02	4th	El Capitan	1	0	0	1	0	53p
05	5th	The Flash	0	1	1	2	0	46p
02	6th	Big Pearl	0	0	1	1	0	45p
02	7th	Wisp of Darkness	0	0	1	1	0	44p
03	8th	Marbly McMarbleface	0	0	0	0	0	33p
03	9th	Super Turtle	0	0	0	0	0	32p
04	10th	Fantasy	0	0	0	0	1	26p
05		Glassy	0	0	0	0	0	26p
04	12th	Blue Smoke	0	0	0	0	0	25p
09	13th	Comet	0	0	0	0	0	19p
07		Tarantula	0	0	0	0	0	19p
06	15th	Olympia	0	0	0	0	0	17p
04	16th	H2 Blue	0	0	0	0	0	16p
03		Rastafarian	0	0	0	0	0	16p
01	18th	Starman	0	0	0	0	0	14p
04	19th	Silver Bolt	0	0	0	0	1	13p
05		Slimer	0	0	0	0	1	13p
02	21st	Quicksilver	0	0	0	0	0	10p
05		White Widow	0	0	0	0	1	10p
06	23rd	Black Knight	0	0	0	0	1	9p
01	24th	Blazing Fireball	0	0	0	0	1	7p
00	25th	Mocha Madness	0	0	0	0	1	4p
03	26th	Crazy Cat's Eye	0	0	0	0	1	3p
03	27th	Oddball	0	0	0	0	1	2p
03	28th	Blue Moon	0	0	0	0	2	0p
03		Cobra	0	0	0	0	1	0p
03		Deep Ocean	0	0	0	0	2	0p
03		Reflektor	0	0	0	0	3	0p
03		Snake's Tub	0	0	0	0	3	0p
03		Summer Sky	0	0	0	0	1	0p