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as the 2020 glass car season progresses into now our seventh race it brings us to perhaps the most
unique track that's on the course or at least the most unique we've seen so far that is the first
circuit of the sacred hill city grand prix if you look at the qualifying results on the left side
of your screen dragon's tail will be your pole sitter followed by nitro rattlesnake rainforest
and penguin the top five all the way down to canarium and volcano who both finished over two
seconds off the pace and with that we welcome you to today's race glad to be here with your friends
i'm keanu benedict as we continue into our seventh race now of the 2020 glass car season as i said
very interesting course which is gonna go from lower on the course there up to the top and then
through a zigzag portion of the course which is there in the black with the red and white stripes
there is a chicane a couple of chicanes actually in the middle of this course which will force
our uh drivers to make a decision on where they want to go championship standings on your screen
right now one point lead between canarium and rattlesnake ivory nitro and rainforest are the
top five so it'll be interesting to see and a good idea to keep an eye on all five of those drivers
in addition to those who are in the lead and up toward the front whether they are
at the top of our championship standings or not it's a 19 lap race and with that we are
ready to go they are underway as the green is displayed on the top of the starting post
and almost as always it looked like for a second there dragon's tail was gonna
have a hard time keeping the lead that's not the case though now oh up and over a couple
of different collisions there as they will kind of settle out there it is rattlesnake
right on the tail of dragon's tail followed by canarium the one two three are right there
angel is in fourth penguin rounds out the top five trying to make a move did canarium did not
work went to the inside and will remain in third place at a pass for the lead rattlesnake and now
canarium both gonna go by dragon's tail who has a hard time with that chicane and getting out of
the zigzag portion of the course and the lead is 1.6 seconds now between rattlesnake and canarium
all the way back now to ivory and volcano again volcanoes struggling and now
it is a battle for second and back from there as nitro gonna make a pass for fourth on angel
trying to come up on canarium and dragon's tail canary i'm still in second and the lead
as now dragon's tail is going to take second canarium drops back to third it is still a lead of
over a corner right now pretty good size advantage for the leader as you can see coming through
although it was a nice turn there coming out of the chicane for dragon's tail trying to gain
some ground on rattlesnake followed by canarium nitro and angel lead is down to seven tenths of
a second and canarium being pushed by nitro now it is tight there volcano has made up some spots
and making up some ground oh over the chicane it looked like went nitro as we have a battle now
for the lead rattlesnake still in the lead here comes nitro with a little contact to dragon's tail
it is close as they cross the start finish line entering lap six here it is still a
lead for rattlesnake over dragon's tail dragonstail makes contact and makes the lead
makes the pass to take the lead here comes nitro and rainforest are in third and fourth
as rainforest moves up the leaderboard ivory continues to struggle top five in the standings
12th on the track right now as dragon's tail just ran the fastest lap of this race a 22-8-7-1 to
take the lead but look at the pressure being put on and the lead goes back to rattlesnake
it is now third place for rockslide who's made some moves
pacifica has dropped back to last rattlesnake who has been in the lead for a good portion is
still in the lead right now it is really tight though between first and second and right here
is where there have been passes made not this time though gonna continue to lead will be rattlesnake
nitro gonna make a pass was in fifth gets up to third as dragon's tail now takes the lead back
nitro rockslide and rainforest canarium angel all in it back to penguin rattles uh excuse me penguin
black shadow volcano ivory and pacifica dragon's tail has gotten out to a lead of almost a second
just over nine tenths of a second nitro gonna make a pass to get right back into third again and
everybody back to penguin is right there with each other they are spreading out just a little bit
not necessarily banging each other through every corner like you might have seen
in previous races you can see it's a pretty big lead between those first two
and it is still dragon's tail in the lead and another pass is made this time it's rainforest
getting past nitro for a moment and yep still in front of nitro as they make some contact
rockslide an angel making contact that now was the fastest lap of the race dragon's tail at 21.942
on the 10th lap it's the fastest lap and when you're in the lead you'd love to get the fastest
lap it'll allow you to continue to uh extend your lead nitro has been making moves all over
the place kind of going back and forth but able to make some passes past multiple marbles out
of time right now running in fourth it is still dragon's tail rainforest has now taken over second
side by side with rattlesnake who retakes second place for a moment but when you are facing another
marble going side by side and you're not in first and second it allows that lead marvel to extend
their lead it's now two and a half seconds from dragon's tail back to rainforest who currently
runs in second has gotten away a little bit from rattlesnake as we are now into lap 13
and maybe rainforest top five in the standings can make a run at dragon's tail 11th in the point
standings is dragon's tail trying to pick up a win and what a huge win it would be as this is
another pass rattlesnake retakes second and we'll again try to focus in on that lead marble it's a
little shorter now was two and a half seconds it's down to nine tenths of a second not much
in the back of the pack once you get past eight it's been pretty steady volcano has pla as uh
past black shadow for nine but then black shadow ivory and pacifica all running in the back of the
pack here it's a pretty significant uh disadvantage for them it's getting
closer at the top of the leaderboard it is still dragon's tail in the lead as we enter lap 15 now
five to go rattlesnake trying to do something might get a lap marble there as you can see
at the outset of going over the portion of the course where you have the self-propelling system
you can see pacifica in view there dragon's tail in the lead rainforest is retaken
second place rainforest has a run rainforest gonna make a pass for the lead how about that
move from rainforest and now here comes dragon's tail trying to take that lead back they are tight
it is dragon's tail back in front nitro is gonna take third away from rattlesnake
a couple of great moves there and the lead back up to seven tenths of a second was that the run
that had a chance to take out dragon's tail we're on lap 17 now just three to go
a couple of really good runs there one from rain forest to take the lead and then that
good decision made and now it is going to be a good use of the chicane rainforest takes the
lead trying to stretch it out after all of that leading we are gonna go down to two to go and
it's gonna be rainforest who will take that move two laps left rainforest is the leader
and by over a second 1.2 back to the leader or the former leader dragon's tail here comes a chance to
maybe pass pacifica who could potentially cause a problem they're going to wave the blue flag there
tell pacifica to make sure to get out of the way that's not the case though pacific is staying
right in front of the leaders oh my goodness pacifica throws a block and we go into the final
lap and it's going to come right down to it some contact goes between dragon's tail and rain forest
they get by pacifica dragon's tail re takes the lead out of the chicane now you've gotta
advance and avoid ivory they are gonna make more contact dragon's tail is gonna go into the final
turn with the lead around the corner and across the line it is dragon's tail that gets the win
back to reign for a second rattlesnake will take third wow what a wild finish
as the locked cars are about to be lap marbles cause some issues nitro will finish
fourth give fifth to angel rock slide penguin and canarium then black shadow
who re-passed volcano who will end up 10th ivory is 11 and a full 26 seconds behind is pacifica
who will finish 12th the winner is dragon's tail what a run a pretty dominant effort
led the majority of the race it was really between the top three dragon's tail rainforest and
rattlesnake they were the ones who really led laps nitro continued to make good moves but could never
really get up there to have a chance to win it so dragon's tail wins from the pole second time we've
seen that now canarium did it as well biggest gainer was rockslide gained four positions overall
there were three that lost three that was black shadow ivory and pacifica all lost three spots
during the race fastest lap was lap 10 by dragon's tail at 21 9 4 2 winning it by 1.4 seconds
and the updated championship standings rattlesnake is still the leader or is the leader again i
should say by four points it's a three-way tie between nitro canarium and rainforest
and then angel and ivory in fifth and sixth dragon's tail moves all the way up to seventh
penguin is eighth and on back from there as we will have our finale to the season
next week and the championship is far from over here are some of the highlights you saw
dragon cell you knew it could be a good day for dragon's tail when you get out
of turn one or even for that matter into turn one with the lead as the pole sitter
able to use the chicane chicane became a very uh big part of this course you can see here on lap
five there was some contact between rattlesnake who had taken the lead and dragon's tail and
that's where you see nitro get in on the action this was a race that had a lot of touching not
a lot of there was not really any dirty moves that was where the main action came into that
zigzag portion of the course where the course turned from the normal gray to that black color
that was maybe the biggest contact of this race racing for second between rainforest
and rattlesnake and they continued to battle for the majority of this race
dragon's tail had built a lead over two seconds at one point
but as we've seen throughout these races here that is not always going to result
in a continued dominant run there have been a lot of large leads that have been cut very quickly
and you saw right there going into the final lap there was issues with pacifica going into lap 19
and coming all the way through the lap it actually i think cost the opportunity for a win
for rainforest and so that's something that has to be taken into account the blue flagless wave
which i believe meant that they were supposed to surrender their position that didn't happen
and it ultimately provided an open door for dragon's tail who led the majority of the race
to make that last lap pass on rainforest who will finish second third place to rattlesnake but again
they all aspire to be dragon's tail today who gets the win here in our first trip to the sacred hills
grand prix not necessarily in the championship contending area as they were 11th in the points
coming in but definitely something that's going to allow them to build through the final race of
this season and then into next year as glass car will continue on and we will continue on to our
final race of the season a championship is gonna be decided and it is anybody's guess as to who's
gonna win it rattlesnake will take the advantage of four point lead into the final race of the
season and so until then i'm keanu biterziki and you've been watching glass car on marble fubica