Three races down, and already this marble Rally Championship has thrown quite a bit at us.
Hey everybody, I'm Greg Woods. A change in the championship last time,
with red number three being dethroned at the top of the standings.
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Decent sand conditions and over 400 feet await our competitors
as they drop down this hill, and down they come.
Comet takes the early lead, had a couple of early challenges in the first turn,
and now loses out to Crazy Cat's Eye.
Slimer back behind in third, Reflektor now gets by, and wants to challenge for third place as well.
Drafting and gets by Slimer, and now moves to the inside, can't get there.
Nice little block - subtle fade, if you will, from Crazy Cat's Eye,
Comet stays up in front.
A little bit farther back, Dragon's Egg, now Red Number 3 who crashed out of the last race,
mired in a big pack of marbles farther back behind.
As they work through the esses, everybody bunches up, and Reflektor takes the lead.
Nice little over-under move to get up in front,
this from a marble that sits ninth in the standings right now.
Comet tracking them down, Slimer also tries to stay in that draft as they work through the helices,
It seems like only one line that they can take.
Now they go down to the bottom, last time that upper line worked really well and it will again.
Slimer gets by, H2 Blue gets by,
ooh, also a little bit of mountaineering there gets El Capitan into third.
In that little battle, joining right in front of that pack, really slowed them up and created a train effect.
That's letting Slimer stretch out into the distance.
H2 Blue also falling back a little bit and watching,
as you can see they prepare for that little speed boost, the green chevron,
but if you hit the red one, well then that might skew you to the side, we'll have to see there.
Oh, who's that? That's Black Knight! Black Knight just got stuck.
Is anybody else gonna fall victim? And it looks like they will - two of them.
That might be H2 Blue, and I think Pollo Loco is the one that's farther back,
Quicksilver might have also been stuck right in the middle of the track.
And apparently we're hearing from timing & scoring that the ghost marble has been stuck too.
That happened the last race.
Well it seemed like 5/5 sand conditions,
I'm not sure the competitors would agree with that right now,
because this has suddenly turned into a very difficult race.
Slimer out in front though, trying to avoid all of that.
Calm and measured, and hits the middle!
Hits the middle of the braid and falls back to third place.
Just like that, the lead is gone. El Capitan in front,
A change of leader, Reflektor in second,
uses the speed boost, tries to get up there a little bit.
Didn't quite help.
Ghost Plasma up into fourth, Phoenix in fifth.
So many marbles were DNFs in the last race, trying to look for redemption in this one.
El Capitan, this could be a victory,
just got to keep it going and keep off the walls.
That gap narrowing ever so slightly, and I think the gap between second, third, and fourth also coming down,
but El Capitan just trying to keep it into the middle, bounces once off the wall,
finish line around the curve and El Capitan will win the race.
Slider gets second, Reflektor third, Ghost Plasma, Dragon's Egg,
and good recovery for Red Number 3.
Comet also in the top eight, had crashed out in the last race,
Superball up there as well in the top ten.
And what seemed like it was gonna be a fairly steady race,
suddenly became a lot like the last one.
In a span of just a few feet, there you see, three marbles crashing out.
The ghost marble was also caught up in there, watch Quicksilver,
right there, went high up on the wall and just bumped right up against H2 Blue,
and that killed all of his momentum.
Look at all of the marbles spread in the sand.
This was a difficult race, and I think that just makes it all the sweeter,
for those who actually made it down, and especially those three who made it to the podium.
El Capitan, Slimer, and Reflektor, our top three.
Taking a look at the standings,
five DNFs if you count the ghost marble, Blizzard Blaster still holds on to the top spot.
Tied now with El Capitan and Superball, after El Capitan jumps five.
Where will the season take us? Stay tuned for more.
