Sand Marble Rally 2017 - Race 8

Sand Marble Rally 2017Race 8
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The junction near the start of the track.
Date	9 September 2017
Track	Doornse Gat
Weather	Sunny, 21˚ C
Wind	3 Bft, 9 Knots (gentle breeze)
Sand Condition	Wet sand after a rainshower
Podium
1st	Red Number 3
2nd	Quicksilver
3rd	Big Pearl

For the eight race of 2017 the competitors stayed in the Doornse Gat. The sand was wet after a rainshower.

Race

Report

The race was won by Red Number 3 who drifted away from the pack. Rival Quicksilver was able to make his way up to second after starting on the back row. Big Pearl finished third infront of Nemo. Pollo Loco came in fifth with Crazy Cat's Eye in sixth. El Capitan finished seventh infront of Summer Sky, Glassy, Fantasy, Blizzard Blaster, H2 Blue, Slimer and championship leader Dragon's Egg. Lollipop finished fifteenth to take the final available point ahead of Ghost Plasma, Black Knight, Comet and Wisp of Darkness. Deep Ocean was the only marble to not finish.

Classification

Pos.	Marble	Time	Starting Pos.	Points
1st	Red Number 3	1:43.64	P7	20p
2nd	Quicksilver	1:46.41	P17	17p
3rd	Big Pearl	1:47.21	P6	14p
4th	Nemo	1:47.31	P5	12p
5th	Pollo Loco	1:48.22	P15	11p
6th	Crazy Cat's Eye	1:48.70	P18	10p
7th	El Capitan	1:48.80	P11	9p
8th	Summer Sky	1:48.82	P20	8p
9th	Glassy	1:48.85	P12	7p
10th	Fantasy	1:49.01	P19	6p
11th	Blizzard Blaster	1:49.82	P13	5p
12th	H2 Blue	1:49.97	P4	4p
13th	Slimer	1:50.45	P8	3p
14th	Dragon's Egg	1:50.46	P14	2p
15th	Lollipop	1:50.61	P2	1p
16th	Ghost Plasma	1:50.67	P16
17th	Black Knight	1:50.80	P10
18th	Comet	1:51.76	P1
19th	Wisp of Darkness	1:52.00	P9
----	GHOST	1:52.86
DNF	Deep Ocean	Did not finish	P3

• 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	Points
1	1st	Quicksilver	92p
1	2nd	Red Number 3	90p
2	3rd	Dragon's Egg	80p
5	4th	Pollo Loco	60p
2	4th	Crazy Cat's Eye	60p

Trivia

• During the race Red Number 3 went so far ahead that the cameraman ingored him and focused on the race for second place. Jelle had to write that Red Number 3 was ahead on the screen.