Sand Marble Rally 2017 - Race 11

Sand Marble Rally 2017Race 11
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Quicksilver getting challenged by Slimer
Date	22 November 2017
Track	't Peeske Montferland
Weather	Sunny, 7˚ C
Wind	4 Bft, 13 Knots (moderate breeze)
Sand Condition	Wet sand after some rainy days
Podium
1st	Slimer
2nd	Quicksilver
3rd	Ghost Plasma

The eleventh race of 2017 was raced in 't Peeske Montferland, the first time ever that a race was held there.

Race

Report

The race saw championship leader Quicksilver and the second in the standings Red Number 3 start next to each other on the front row in the starting blocks. After the start there was a Plinko Board which Red Number 3, Lollipop, Wisp of Darkness and Dragon's Egg got stuck on right at the start. The wind however blew them off which meant they could continue and finish the race. Pollo Loco immediately crashed off the track. Meanwhile Ghost Plasma and Black Knight took the lead of the race with a lot of marbles close behind, including Summer Sky, Comet and championship leader Quicksilver.

But when the race started to progress Black Knight dropped back from the lead to fifth while Summer Sky started to challenge Ghost Plasma for the lead and briefly took 1st but lost it back to them, with Comet close behind in 3rd. Midway through the course there was a split with the low line having a boom barrier. The top three: Ghost Plasma, Summer Sky and Comet and Black Knight who was running in fifth took the low line and it made the boom barrier close, while Quicksilver who was running in fourth and the other marbles went with the high line. The low line was the slower route with Comet getting caught up, unable to finish the race, and Quicksilver inherited the lead. Slimer moved up to second, Nemo to third and Glassy to fourth. Ghost Plasma fell to 5th.

After taking the lead Quicksilver got a challenge from Slimer, but they maintained their lead and started to stretch that lead. Ghost Plasma after falling back by taking the low line moved back up to third. On the final long straight Slimer got past Quicksilver who bumped against a spinner and lost momentum which gave the others the opportunity to catch up quickly.

Slimer won the race and Quicksilver finished second after barely holding off Ghost Plasma. Deep Ocean finished fourth, Glassy fifth, Fantasy sixth, Nemo seventh, H2 Blue eight. Summer Sky and Black Knight weren't able to come back as well as Ghost Plasma and finished ninth and tenth respectively. Blizzard Blaster ended in eleventh and El Capitan in twelfth. Red Number 3 and Wisp of Darkness after getting stuck at the start could only get thirteenth and fourteenth respectively. Crazy Cat's Eye, who was up there at the time, finished fifteenth. Big Pearl was sixteenth in front of Dragon's Egg and Lollipop, who both got stuck at the start. Comet, who was running up there in 3rd for a while, but took the low line, didn't finish. Pollo Loco didn't finish either, as they immediately crashed off the track and spun out.

Classification

Pos.	Marble	Time	Delta	Starting Pos.	Points
1st	Slimer	1:48.01	-	P20	20p
2nd	Quicksilver	1:48.19	+0.18	P5	17p
3rd	Ghost Plasma	1:48.24	+0.23	P11	14p
4th	Deep Ocean	1:48.32	+0.31	P8	12p
5th	Glassy	1:48.44	+0.43	P19	11p
6th	Fantasy	1:48.76	+0.75	P16	10p
7th	Nemo	1:49.19	+1.18	P7	9p
8th	H2 Blue	1:49.38	+1.37	P12	8p
9th	Summer Sky	1:49.42	+1.41	P9	7p
10th	Black Knight	1:50.32	+2.31	P2	6p
11th	Blizzard Blaster	1:50.48	+2.47	P14	5p
12th	El Capitan	1:50.82	+2.81	P15	4p
13th	Red Number 3	1:51.27	+3.26	P4	3p
14th	Wisp of Darkness	1:51.57	+3.56	P10	2p
15th	Crazy Cat's Eye	1:51.68	+3.67	P3	1p
16th	Big Pearl	1:52.36	+4.35	P1	0p
17th	Dragon's Egg	1:53.40	+5.39	P18
-	GHOST	1:53.45	+5.44	N/A
18th	Lollipop	1:54.24	+6.23	P13	0p
DNF	Comet	Did not finish		P17
DNF	Pollo Loco	Did not finish		P6

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

Championship standings after the race

	Pos.	Marble	G	S	B	Total	DNFs	Points
00	1st	Quicksilver	2	2	2	6	0	123p
00	2nd	Red Number 3	2	1	0	3	1	98p
00	3rd	Dragon's Egg	1	0	1	2	0	89p
08	4th	Slimer	2	0	0	2	2	85p
01	5th	Crazy Cat's Eye	1	0	1	2	1	83p
00	6th	Glassy	0	1	1	2	0	80p
02	7th	El Capitan	0	0	1	1	2	79p
03	8th	Fantasy	0	1	0	1	2	76p
02	9th	Black Knight	0	1	0	1	0	75p
01	10th	Blizzard Blaster	0	1	1	2	2	73p
02	11th	Summer Sky	0	0	1	1	1	69p
04	12th	Pollo Loco	1	1	0	2	2	68p
03	13th	Lollipop	0	1	0	1	2	67p
00	14th	Nemo	0	1	0	1	4	64p
02	15th	Deep Ocean	0	0	0	0	1	58p
00	16th	Wisp of Darkness	1	0	0	1	1	53p
01	17th	H2 Blue	0	1	1	2	2	53p
03	18th	Big Pearl	1	0	1	2	4	52p
00	19th	Ghost Plasma	0	0	1	1	4	46p
00	20th	Comet	0	0	0	0	2	29p

Orange: Not able to win Sand Marble Rally 2017, but top 3 still possible.