Sand Marble Rally 2016 - Race 9

2016 Sand Marble RallyRace 9
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Date	4 October 2016
Track	Doornse Gat
Weather	Cloudy, 23 ˚C
Wind	4 m/s
Link	Sand Marble Rally 2016 Race 9 - Jelle's Marble Runs
Podium
1st	Starman
2nd	Ghost Plasma
3rd	Blue Smoke

The ninth race of the Sand Marble Rally 2016 was held at Doornse Gat on the 4th October 2016. 20 marbles participated in the race.

Race

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Right out of the gate, the racers entered a wide right hander, which allowed Silver Bolt to take an early lead over H2 Blue in second and Starman in third. As the turn leveled out into a straight, H2 Blue took a lunge past Silver Bolt to take the lead. Soon after, Starman managed to pass Silver Bolt as well, and even draft by H2 Blue. Silver Bolt's misfortune continued as they were passed by Blue Smoke, Slimer, and moments later, by Tarantula.

The top four racers started to grow their lead on the rest of the pack. H2 Blue made an attempt to pass Starman, and they. raced side by side for a moment, before H2 Blue bumped into a stick on the path, letting Starman take a huge lead. H2 Blue was then shunted to the side by another stick, which led to them being passed by multiple racers, and dropping out of the top five. Soon after, Slimer was able to overtake Blue Smoke for second place.

The racers proceeded to enter a split, where, due to a bump on a stick, Rastafarian was able to pass both Slimer and Blue Smoke for second place. Out of the split, the racers entered a set of diverging sections, with three paths for the racers to take. Starman, almost offscreen, took the low lane, Blue Smoke took the middle lane, and both Rastafarian and Slimer took the high lane. The middle lane, which had by far the least amount of turns, converged into the low lane, and finally the high line, bringing all the racers back together. Blue Smoke and Ghost Plasma, who took the middle line, found great success, as they were able to catch right to to Starman. Just as the paths merged, Blue Smoke shot out in front of Starman, to take the lead.

As the racers entered a set of slalom turns, Blue Smoke managed to hold the lead over Starman for a few turns, but soon went back to second place. As the racers entered another split, Starman and Ghost Plasma took the high line, and Blue Smoke took the low line. Ghost Plasma went very high on one of the walls of their lane, but managed to stay on the course. However, they had allowed the top two competitors to stretch their lead over them. When the lanes converged, Starman kept their lead over Blue Smoke, with Ghost Plasma a few moments behind. The racers proceeded to enter a set of extremely tight slalom turns, which was immediately followed up by a bridge. Here, Ghost Plasma was able to get closer to Blue Smoke, but was not able to pass.

The racers entered a set of gradual turns, where Ghost Plasma closed right in on Blue Smoke. As the turns leveled out into a straight, Ghost Plasma passed into second, just as they entered a set of helices. However, due to a fast run through the helices, Blue Smoke managed to emerge from them in the lead, passing both Ghost Plasma and Starman. The racers entered another split, where Starman was able to regain their lead over Blue Smoke, both of whom took the high line. As the racers entered the final straight, Ghost Plasma put on a burst of speed which allowed them to pass Blue Smoke just moments before they crossed the finish line.

Starman took their maiden win and first ever podium. Championship leader Ghost Plasma finished second for the third time this season, returning to the podium for the first time since Race 4. Blue Smoke held off Slimer for the final podium spot. Blue Smoke crossed the line in third, after being in the lead multiple times this race. Slimer, who had once been running in second place, managed to get fourth, just ahead of The Flash, who had been a bit of a non-factor this race, but still managed fifth. Similarly, Pollo Loco, who was offscreen for most of the race, came across the line sixth. Silver Bolt, after their drop in the first ten seconds of the race, was able to salvage seventh, just before Fantasy slotted into eighth. Tarantula took ninth, leaving Wisp of Darkness to round out the top ten. Only one racer DNF'd this race: Glassy.

Classification

Pos.	Marble	Time	Delta	Starting Pos.	Points
1st	Starman	2:10.39	-	P7	30p
2nd	Ghost Plasma	2:10.70	+0.31	P3	25p
3rd	Blue Smoke	2:11.53	+1.14	P5	21p
4th	Slimer	2:11.68	+1.29	P4	18p
5th	The Flash	2:12.56	+2.17	P16	16p
6th	Pollo Loco	2:13.17	+2.78	P2	15p
7th	Silver Bolt	2:13.94	+3.55	P6	14p
8th	Fantasy	2:14.45	+4.06	P1	13p
9th	Tarantula	2:14.84	+4.45	P20	12p
10th	Wisp of Darkness	2:16.12	+5.73	P12	11p
11th	Dragon's Egg	2:16.33	+5.94	P10	10p
12th	H2 Blue	2:16.74	+6.35	P13	9p
13th	Summer Sky	2:16.97	+6.58	P18	8p
14th	Super Turtle	2:17.04	+6.65	P19	7p
15th	Big Pearl	2:17.09	+6.70	P14	6p
16th	Rastafarian	2:17.42	+7.03	P17	5p
17th	Comet	2:18.29	+7.90	P15	4p
18th	Marbly McMarbleface	2:20.02	+9.63	P9	3p
19th	El Capitan	2:20.05	+9.66	P11	2p
20th	Glassy	DNF		P8	0p

• Note:
  • P1–P7 is on the front row
  • P8–P13 is on the second row
  • P14–P20 is on the third row

Championship standings after the race

	Pos.	Marble	G	S	B	Total	DNFs	Points
00	1st	Ghost Plasma	1	3	0	4	0	161p
00	2nd	Dragon's Egg	1	0	1	2	0	139p
01	3rd	Pollo Loco	1	1	1	3	0	135p
01	4th	Big Pearl	1	1	1	3	1	131p
00	5th	Marbly McMarbleface	1	0	0	1	0	104p
05		Starman	1	0	0	1	1	104p
01	7th	Slimer	1	0	1	2	1	99p
01	8th	The Flash	0	1	1	2	0	93p
01	9th	Tarantula	0	2	0	2	0	87p
01	10th	Wisp of Darkness	0	0	1	1	0	82p
02	11th	Super Turtle	0	0	0	0	1	82p
00	12th	Summer Sky	1	0	0	1	1	78p
04	13th	Fantasy	0	0	0	0	2	74p
02	14th	El Capitan	1	0	0	1	1	72p
01	15th	H2 Blue	0	0	1	1	0	70p
01	16th	Rastafarian	0	0	0	0	1	68p
02	17th	Blue Smoke	0	0	1	1	1	66p
01		Silver Bolt	0	0	1	1	3	66p
05	19th	Glassy	0	0	0	0	1	66p
00	20th	Comet	0	0	0	0	1	41p

Orange: Not able to win Sand Marble Rally 2016, but top 3 still possible.
Red: Not able to finish in the top 3.