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Qualifying Results for Koopa Valley Grand Prix:

 

1 - Koopa Troopa, Toad, Sonic, Kirby

2 - Yoshi, Bowser, Pikachu, Mario

3 - Zero, Amy Rose, Pichu, Luigi

4 - Fuzzer, Daisy, Tm3, Zelda

5 - Fox, Krystal, Captain Falcon, Kazooie

6 - Jody Summer, Diddy Kong, Toadette, Baby Mario

7 - Wolf, Dash, Banjo, Palutena

8 - Miles Edgeworth, Phoenix Wright, Pit, Megaman

9 - Donkey Kong, King Dedede, Rosalina, Peach

10 - Louie, Olimar, Akari Hayami, Ryota Hayami

 

Qualifying - With the exception of Bowser who is racing at home, the lightweight drivers more or less dominated qualifying.  This circuit (this is the Double Dash iteration) is a highly technical circuit with very tight turns.  There are only 3 real straightaways,  on one racers have to dodge thwomps, and on another a podoboo cannon shoots flames.  There is also considerable elevation change up and down from the parapet before leading to the straightaway.  Unlike many races this season where getting a big lead equals victory, here in the Valley of the Koopas, no lead is safe.  Of the top contenders, Yoshi and Mario start on row 2, Luigi on row 3, Daisy and Fuzzer on row 4.  Meanwhile, Peach had a hideous qualifying run and is back on row 9. 

 

DNF - Pichu, Krystal, Toadette, Banjo, Donkey Kong, Olimar, Wolf, Palutena, Toad, Peach, Megaman, Kazooie, Wolf, Dash, Miles Edgeworth, King Dedede, Mario

 

Formation Lap 10:30pm - The racers are out on the circuit.  Adding to the danger of the race circuit here, the crowd is raucous and rowdy and the weather is rather frightful, the wind is howling about 25-30 mph out of the northwest, making it a very chilly night in the valley.  The wind is going to make the jump heading back to the start quite tricky.  It's about go time.

 

Lap 1 - Lakitu counts it down and goes green...it's time to bring the action!  The thwomp corridor ends up being a total mess as Pichu and Krystal both crash, and then Toadette and Banjo are unable to avoid the crashed karts and they crash as well.  Safety car is out.

 

Lap 4 - On the restart, there's more trouble as Donkey Kong and Olimar run into each other in the first lava chamber.  Olimar is marooned there while DK ends up dropping into the magma.  The SSBB healing chamber is present for DK once Lakitu pulls him out, which he does quickly.  Both are done for the night and the safety car is out again

 

Lap 7 - The race restarts again, and for the third time we can't seem to get up to green flag racing, this time Wolf and Palutena bump into each other trying to get through the podoboo roundabout, and Palutena gets singed while Wolf avoids the podoboos but ends up taking a terrible line into the later jump and lands in the lava.  Lakitu has been busy early here, we'll see if this continues all night.

 

Lap 10 - We're racing again, and this time everybody is able to make it around the circuit without incident.  Koopa Troopa leads from Toad, with Yoshi and Bowser 3rd and 4th.  Right now Mario is 6th, Luigi 9th, Fuzzer 11th, Daisy 13th, and Peach 25th.

 

Lap 13 - If there's a big story developing outside the top 6, its that both Sonic and Amy Rose are in the top 10.  After watching team Uber, team Electrobras, and team Honda put up big performances in the past 3 weeks, team Petco finds themselves in the relegation zone.  This might be the hedgehogs' best chance to answer back and stay in the MKRA.  Right now everything is going great for them.

 

Lap 15 - Koopa Troopa has been perfect so far, but right behind him Toad has big trouble.  A huge gust of wind comes up as he hits the moat jump and he doesn't make it over the gap.  Splash...

 

Lap 20 - First time into the pits, there's no real drama for anybody involved....Koopa Troopa leads from Yoshi, Bowser third

 

Lap 22 - Following Toad's tumble into the moat the winds outside the castle had increased even more, leading the race to be red flagged on lap 22.  A great large group of boos have been summoned and have been stationed in the area overlooking the jump in order to block the wind to some degree.  We're back on now.

 

Lap 25 - Koopa Troopa drops back and helps to slow down Yoshi a little bit on the few laps following the restart, allowing Bowser to pass both using a DRS on the podoboo straightaway.  Coors Koopa now are 1-2.

 

Lap 28 - It's been a nightmarish night for Princess Peach, and it ends early as she is shot by a podoboo on the straightaway leading to the hairpin.  She goes empty, and that's going to leave her with a very difficult job to do at Rainbow Road.

 

Lap 30 - Megaman ends up taking an awful line through the lava pit zone and he finds magma.  That's the third racer to splash into the molten igneous rock already tonight and the race is only half over.  Thank goodness the injuries only last a few seconds.

 

Lap 33 - Bowser continues to lead, even though it seems Koopa Troopa is having an easier time getting around the circuit.  I get what Coors Koopa's motivation is, heck, it is his home circuit, plus a Bowser win would pull him level with Fuzzer and Peach with 3 wins in the race for the golden kart, but with Yoshi right behind KT, you have to wonder how long the team orders will keep him in front if he can't put down faster laps.

 

Lap 34 - Mario and Luigi have let Sonic and Amy go into 5th and 6th (Kirby is running 4th), and have taken up residence in 7th and 8th, with Fuzzer and Daisy running 9th and 10th.  So far it's team play, which you could expect given how dangerous this circuit has been tonight.  However, you'd figure the Mario brothers will go for broke at some point.  Maybe they are waiting to see if team Delta makes an error.

 

Lap 40 - 2nd time into the pits and Dash Bowman and Wolf Odonnell elect to stay out on the track.  With neither in a scoring position and so many troubles out there, staying out at the 2nd safety car might not be the worst idea in the world.  Meanwhile the previous top 10 come out unchanged between 3rd and 12th. 

 

Lap 43 - Kazooie ends up getting shot by a podoboo on the hairpin.  Her kart is disables and she splashes into the moat.  Wolf and Dash might be bemoaning their bad luck because had she stayed upright on the track the safety car surely would've come out.  Instead, Lakitu (who has been VERY busy tonight) attends to her.

 

Lap 45 - Wolf and Dash's well intentioned gamble comes up snake eyes...they run out of fuel and its a double empty night from the men of Venom.  They'll now have it all to do at Rainbow Road to avoid relegation

 

Lap 48 - Yoshi has had enough and he manages to get around both KT and Bowser to take over the lead of the race.  Bowser saw him coming and considered ramming the dinosaur but thought better of it.  Yoshi could gain a whole bunch of points in the drivers race with a win here.

 

Lap 50 - Now Koopa Troopa comes roaring back and reclaims the lead from Yoshi, making a brilliant pass on the uphill to the parapet. 

 

Lap 53 - Miles Edgeworth and King Dedede crash heading uphill toward the parapet, and neither makes the hairpin turn toward the downhill over the stairs.  Crash.  Safety car is out which is going to set up a mad scramble to the finish.  Koopa Troopa leads from Yoshi, then Kirby is third with Sonic 4th and Luigi 5th.  Bowser has dropped to 6th.  Mario right now is 7th, with Fuzzer and Daisy 8th and 9th. 

 

Lap 55 - On the restart a huge happening as Mario attempts to pass Bowser, and Bowser gives him absolutely no room whatsoever...they bump and Mario goes into a thwomp, ending his race.  Bowser cackles on the race radio and the crowd goes absolutely mad!  The video board says race control is reviewing this incident...oh boy.

 

Lap 56 - Amy Rose makes a daring pass on both Sonic and Kirby, the former moving out of the way and helping her use the DRS to get into the podium places.  What a massive result this would be for team Petco, just have to make it around clean 4 more laps.

 

Lap 57 - The check is complete on the incident between Mario and Bowser and the MKRA is saying it was a normal race maneuver, no penalty to Bowser.  I think if they had black flagged Bowser on his home circuit for a 50/50 incident, the crowd might have rushed the track and forced the race to be abandoned, or worse.   

 

Lap 60 - On the final lap, Yoshi takes another shot at Koopa Troopa, but the turtle blocks him off perfectly.  Yoshi tries again on the uphill to the parapet but again he is denied and nearly crashes in the process.  At that point the dinosaur backs off and KT knows he has the victory in hand.  Massive win for Koopa Troopa, while Yoshi picks up 20 more pts.  And maybe in the unlikeliest of clutch performances this season, Amy Rose finishes third, landing on the podium in what might be a season saving performance for team Petco. 

 

Final Results:

1.Koopa Troopa - 25 pts

2.Yoshi - 20 pts

3.Amy Rose - 18 pts

4.Kirby - 15 pts

5.Luigi - 12 pts

6.Fuzzer - 10 pts

7.Bowser - 9 pts

8.Sonic - 8 pts

9.Zelda - 7 pts

10.Daisy - 6 pts

11.Captain Falcon - 5 pts

12.Pikachu - 4 pts

13.Zero - 3 pts

14.Fox - 2 pts

15.Palutena - 1 pt

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*pre race communication*

 

Team strategist: All right you two, work hard and race each other fairly tonight. Hopefully we can clinch that constructors title once the race is done but we need you two to make sure the Mario Bros aren't ahead of us.

 

Fuzzer and Daisy: 10-4.

 

Early carnage is never fun for those involved because their races are done early.

 

Took ten laps but we're finally able to have a clean lap for once.

 

Good stop guys. Nothing to report from Daisy and I thankfully.

 

Wonder how those boos will help with the wind speeds? Interesting.

 

And Peach is done for. Ouch.

 

And another good stop. Great job guys. Hopefully Wolf and Dash get good luck in their fuel gamble.

 

Oh my gosh. Bowser has FINALLY defeated Mario in his castle after over 30 years of trying.

 

Man, MKRA officials sure had their hands tied this time. Penalizing Bowser on home soil isn't a good idea.

 

Well nothing was decided it seems. Did gain 4 points on Daisy though.

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MKRA Standings as of Koopa Valley Grand Prix (round 32 of 33, 1 race remaining)

 

1.Daisy - 239 pts (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

2.Fuzzer - 235 pts (3 gold, 2 silver)

3.Luigi - 233 pts (3 bronze)

4.Peach - 222 pts (3 gold, 2 silver)

5.Mario - 209 pts (2 silver, 3 bronze)

6.Yoshi - 208 pts (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

7.Triforcemaster - 184 pts (1 gold, 3 silver)

8.Jody Summer - 167 pts (1 gold, 2 silver)

9.Toad - 166 pts (1 gold, 2 silver)

10.Krystal - 166 pts (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

11.Captain Falcon - 155 pts (2 gold, 1 silver)

12.Zelda - 152 pts (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

13.Banjo - 141 pts (1 gold, 1 silver)

14.Bowser - 133 pts (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

15.Koopa Troopa - 132 pts (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

16.Fox - 128 pts (1 gold, 3 bronze)

17.Sonic - 119 pts (2 silver)

18.Dedede - 117 pts (1 gold, 1 bronze)

19.Donkey Kong - 116 pts (2 gold, 2 bronze)

20.Megaman - 115 pts (2 gold)

21.Kirby - 98 pts (1 gold)

22.Wolf - 92 pts (1 silver, 1 bronze)

23.Phoenix Wright - 90 pts (1 bronze)

24.Palutena - 88 pts (1 silver)

25.Rosalina - 79 pts (1 gold, 1 bronze)

26.Pikachu - 77 pts (1 gold, 1 bronze)

27.Ryota Hayami - 76 pts (1gold, 1 bronze)

28.Pichu - 75 pts (1 gold)

29.Akari Hayami - 75 pts (1 silver, 1 bronze)

30.Miles Edgeworth - 74 pts (1 gold, 1 bronze)

31.Pit - 70 pts (1 bronze)

32.Diddy Kong - 61 pts (1 silver)

33.Zero - 57 pts (2 silver)

34.Toadette - 54 pts (1 bronze)

35.Olimar - 54 pts

36.Dash Bowman - 53 pts (1 bronze)

37.Kazooie - 51 pts (1 bronze)

38.Amy Rose - 50 pts (1 bronze)

39.Louie - 36 pts

40.Birdo - 30 pts

 

Current Constructor’s Championship Standings:

✈️1.Delta Sarasaland - 474 pts

🚽2.Amazon Plumber - 442 pts

🎨3.Sherwin Williams Hyrule - 336 pts

🚙4.Chevrolet Top Driver - 322 pts

👑5.Tesco Princess - 301 pts

💊6.CVS Fox - 294 pts

🐢7.Coors Koopa - 267 pts

🌴8.Corona Islander - 238 pts

🍄9.Friday’s Fun Guys – 220 pts

🍅10.Krogefour Popstar - 215 pts

🚗11.Ford Performance - 192 pts

🍌12.Dole Banana - 177 pts

💣13.BMW Bomber - 172 pts

💍14.Petco Hedgehog - 169 pts

⚖️15.Uber Lawyer - 164 pts

☁️16.American Skyworld - 158 pts

🐁17.Electrobras Mouse - 152 pts

🌊18.Honda Hayami - 151 pts

⚙️19.Stihl Venom - 145 pts

🚀20.Roscosmos Cosmonaut - 90 pts

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2019 MKRA Grand Prix Final @ Rainbow Road

 

Qualifying Result:

1 - Mario, Yoshi, Peach, Luigi

2 - Daisy, Toad, Fuzzer, Toadette

3 - Rosalina, Triforcemaster, Captain Falcon, Jody Summer

4 - Banjo, Dedede, Bowser, Koopa Troopa

5 - Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Fox, Sonic

6 - Krystal, Amy Rose, Pit, Palutena

7 - Megaman, Zero, Pikachu, Pichu

8 - Baby Mario, Kirby, Kazooie, Miles Edgeworth

9 - Wolf, Dash Bowman, Baby Mario, Zelda

10 - Ryota Hayami, Akari Hayami, Louie, Olimar

 

The Rainbow Road circuit features antigravity, obviously, as the circuit is in space high above Mushroom World.  There are quite a few tricky features on the circuit, including several hairpins, a section of track that moves either with or against you, a flying jump, and an S-curve with bumpers.  This race won't be for the faint of heart, and with so much on the line including points being doubled...there's bound to be drama.

 

DNF - Jody Summer, Zero, Amy Rose, Olimar, Dash Bowman, Fox, Pikachu, Ryota Hayami

 

Lap 1 - Lakitu is on the track...it's time to settle everything.  The light goes green and its time to bring the action!  No real drama on the early hairpin at turn 1 but Jody Summer gets bumped trying to avoid the bumpers on the S-curve, and she gets knocked from the track as does Zero.  They are retrieved from space by Lakitu but their race is over.  Sector yellow flag is out as the marshals come out to pick up the debris.

 

Lap 3 - Didn't take long as we have our first lead change, Yoshi going past Mario on turn 1.  Mario and Yoshi qualified 1 and 2 and they are the ones who need to win and get help to win the driver championship, so you'd figure they are going balls out from the start.

 

Lap 5 - Well maybe I'm wrong.  Mario lets Peach by on Lap 5, perhaps to link up with Luigi who is in 3rd place.  Peach also needs a tiny bit of help in order to win the title tonight so she'll take this gift gladly.

 

Lap 10 - Pretty stable at the moment, you've got Yoshi, Peach, Mario, Luigi, Daisy, and Fuzzer as the top 6 at the moment.  Toad, Toadette, Rosalina, and Triforcemaster round out the top 10.  Interesting that the teams from the futuristic worlds aren't doing better...team CVS, Chevy, and Stihl generally make their hay on the antigravity tracks but right now only Captain Falcon and Fox are in a scoring position.

 

Lap 12 - Amy Rose gets bumped by Krystal going into the S-curve and gets thrown off her line, slamming right into a bumper and off the track.  Her night is done.  That might put some pressure on Sonic but with no teams behind team Petco in a scoring position right now, they're safe as of now.

 

 Lap 15 - Yoshi gets stuck on the wrong side of the moving floor section, and this allows Peach to make the pass and take over the lead.  She's in first place in the live standings right now with that...meaning that she will win the title if it all stays like this.  Long way to go though. 

 

Lap 20 - First time into the pits, no real drama here as all are in and out as you were.  It's Peach leading from Yoshi, followed by Mario, Luigi, Daisy, and Fuzzer.  Again, as it stands, Peach will win the driver's championship, while team Delta will win the constructor's title.  Mario and Luigi will have to try to run down the leaders to win tonight.  The big question right now is what do Daisy and Fuzzer do?  Right now they continue to race as a unit.

 

Lap 24 - It seems that things are just a little boring right now given what is on the line. 

 

Lap 27 - Still racers just going around the circuit with very little drama.  Teams Amazon and Delta continue to race as a unit behind Peach and Yoshi.  Given the difficulty of the circuit, maybe everybody is biding their time still. 

 

Lap 29 - Near the back of the field, Olimar's engine overheats, and blows.  He's out.  Safety car comes out as he's marooned on the track.  This officially means that team Roscosmos is relegated from the MKRA. 

 

Lap 31 - On the restart, Yoshi gets a better jump down the straightaway than Peach, and takes back the lead.  This means that Daisy is back in 1st on the live table...her and Luigi are actually tied in points but Daisy holds the tiebreaker due to having more wins. 

 

Lap 34 - Further back now Dash Bowman has a problem with his transmission.  He's done, and the safety car is out again.  This really is a unique part about Rainbow Road...on other tracks, the cars if they have a problem are able to pull off the road into the infield and out of harm's way, but here they are pretty much forced to stop on the track, which forces the safety car out.  We're going to have another restart coming up here.

 

Lap 36 - On the restart, Luigi gets a great draft behind Mario and slingshots around him and by Princess Peach, who was run to the outside by Yoshi.  Luigi now runs 2nd ahead of Peach.  This means Luigi is now in 1st place on the live table.  Team Amazon is now only 4 points down on the live table for the constructor's championship.  It's getting very dicey for team Delta now, and with Toad right behind Daisy and Fuzzer in 7th, they cannot afford any further loss of position.

 

Lap 38 - Mario goes for a pass on Peach to try to link back up with Luigi but Peach defends vigorously and they touch...both narrowly avoid drifting into bumpers too.  Daisy takes advantage and goes past them both into third.  That means she's back into first place on the live table.  this 2nd pit stop has the potential to be absolutely epic.  Who's going to blink, and who's going to gamble on fuel?

 

Lap 40 - 2nd pit stop and this is bananas.  The top teams all go through without incident, but 5 racers, Wolf, Pikachu, Pichu, Ryota, and Akari, all stay out and do not come in.  Obviously this is the last throw of the dice for team Stihl and team Honda, while team Electrobras is staying out to cover the move.  This drops Yoshi down into 6th and given the faster pace of the top teams tonight, this could lead to congested racing over the next 5 laps.

 

Lap 42 - Wolf Odonnell leads from Pikachu, Pichu third, Ryota and Akari in third.  They've got about a 20 second edge on the top teams but Wolf, Ryota, and Akari know that if a safety car doesn't come, its going to be relegation for them.  Team Electrobras has prepared for the eventuality by staying out...but interestingly enough teams American and Uber have not.  If a safety car does come then that's going to be extremely bad news for Wright/Edgeworth and Pit/Palutena.

 

Lap 44 - The leading teams from earlier are starting to close the gap on the 5 that stayed out at the pit stop.  Time is running out for any track mayhem to save team Stihl and Honda.  Meanwhile team Uber and American are crossing their fingers mayhem doesn't happen.

 

Lap 45 - Oh my...going through the bumpers, Fox McCloud appears to take an awful line through the S-curve and knocks out his entire front wing and front right tire.  He's marooned and the safety car is coming out!  He didn't appear to be obstructed by anybody that we could tell either.  Very odd, he just crashed.  Now the question is can the top 5 get back to the pit in time?

 

Lap 46 - Wolf, Pichu, and Akari end up making it back to the pit lane but Pikachu and Ryota end up running out of gas before they reach the pit lane.  Evidently they didn't drive as efficiently as their partners.  Wolf, Pichu, and Akari exit the pit lane 1-2-3, but they will be under immediate attack from the previous top 6 on the restart. 

 

Lap 47 - On the restart, Ryota and Pichu are passed by Yoshi and Luigi, and later in the lap Daisy and Mario go past the two.  Wolf though, is doggedly holding onto his position in the front.  This would be incredible if he's able to save his team right at the death with a win at the MKRA's crown jewel. 

 

Lap 49 - Yoshi tries to pass Wolf, and he is nearly rammed from the track, the dino just hitting the breaks just in time to avoid the swerving Wolf.  Wolf is driving about as recklessly as one possibly can.  Further back Peach and Fuzzer are moving up through the field and go past Pichu and Akari.  With Wolf holding up, Pichu and Akari are racing against one another to avoid being relegated.  Right now its team American Skyworld also getting dropped...team Uber Lawyer might survive if Pichu and Akari both don't finish in the top 9.

 

Lap 51 - Yoshi tries again to pass Wolf and this time Wolf does cede the position.  Meanwhile, Mario tries doggedly to get past Daisy but is unable to do so...Daisy remains 4th between the Mario brothers. 

 

Lap 52 - Luigi instead of passing Wolf decides to slow down and try to block Daisy to allow Mario to get around her, but Daisy outsmarts Luigi and uses the closeness of his kart as a DRS to slingshot around him.  Wow.  Luigi was in first on the live table for the drivers championship and yet he was still thinking constructors title.  This adherence to team play might cost him the driver's title!

 

Lap 54 - Daisy gets up close to Wolf and looks to pass but Wolf has no interest whatsoever.  He and Daisy touch on the moving tiles turn and they both slow down, allowing Luigi and Mario a huge break and they both pass into 2nd and 3rd.  This could be a driver's title and a constructor's title for the Mario brothers now!

 

Lap 55 - Wolf nearly takes out Daisy again.  Perhaps enraged by this, Peach and Fuzzer come on both sides of Wolf and go for a 2-sided pincers pass.  It's a perfect maneuver and this knocks Wolf down to 5th.  Fuzzer ends up in 4th following this maneuver, Peach 5th.  Yoshi is still in front and Luigi and Mario are 2nd and 3rd.  Further back Pichu is 8th and Ryota is 9th.  As of now team Uber and team American are going down but Pichu and Ryota are under pressure from the other drivers further back, including Triforcemaster. 

 

Lap 56 - Mario and Luigi are trying to work together to catch Yoshi, but Fuzzer is now right on their wheel, not really allowing either of them to pull away.  Yoshi meanwhile isn't conceding any ground.  Daisy continues to be slowed by Wolf but Fuzzer can't afford to drop back and help otherwise the contstructor's title could be lost with only 4 laps left.  Triforcemaster passes both Pichu and Akari, which means team Uber are now back above the relegation line, team Honda have dropped in but that could change if Akari can pass Pichu, that would put team Electrobras down.  This is going to go down to the final lap everywhere!

 

Lap 57 - Captain Falcon is out of the race!  His power unit fails with just 4 laps to go.  Utterly crushing as his team was just 14 points behind team Sherwin for the constructor's podium.

 

Lap 58 - Triforcemaster catches up to Wolf and Daisy.  He uses DRS brilliantly to slingshot around Daisy and then makes an odd hand motion as he goes past.  On the next curve he pulls even to Wolf and then swerves and nails him right into the bumper.  His cart flips completely out of the track and into space.  Unbelievable!  Wolf screams into the race radio while the safety car is signaled as this is relegation confirmed for team Stihl.  Tm3 gets out of his stranded kart and bows.  What bravado from the NBL creator.

 

Lap 60 - A rare rule in the MKRA comes into effect here, in that the race cannot end on a safety car, meaning we have quite literally a Nascar-style green/white/checkered finish coming

 

Lap 62 - On the restart, Fuzzer gets a great jump and manages to pass Mario.  Luigi meanwhile throws everything he has toward catching Yoshi but is unable to do so.  Fuzzer's pass on Mario is the only change of position on the final two laps.  Yoshi crosses the line in first place, winning the crown jewel of Rainbow Road.  Luigi comes home in 2nd and with that, he takes home the 2019 Driver Championship!  Fuzzer comes home third to finish 2nd in the driver standings.  Mario finishes 4th, Peach is 5th, and Daisy is 6th.  Daisy manages to hold off Yoshi by 1 point to take 3rd place in the driver's standings, and in doing so, clinches a 2nd straight constructor's championship for team Delta Sarasaland!  Team Amazon finishes in 2nd, and thanks to Zelda's late surge to finish 12th, team Sherwin finishes 3rd on the constructor's podium, beating out team Tesco by 3 points.  Akari doesn't have the acceleration of Pichu and isn't able to get by the mouse following the restart but with Wolf out of the race, it doesn't matter as teams Electrobras and Honda both manage to stay in the MKRA, as does team Uber, who was in considerable danger for much of the night.  It's teams Roscosmos, Stihl, and American suffering the drop.   

 

Final Result:

1.Yoshi - 50 pts

2.Luigi - 40 pts

3.Fuzzer - 36 pts

4.Mario - 30 pts

5.Peach - 24 pts

6.Daisy - 20 pts

7.Toad - 18 pts

8.Rosalina - 16 pts

9.Toadette - 14 pts

10.Pichu - 12 pts

11.Akari Hayami - 10 pts

12.Zelda - 8 pts

13.Banjo - 6 pts

14.Dedede - 4 pts

15.Bowser - 2 pts

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All right. Top two rows has all the championship contenders.

 

Let's do this.

 

Still early. Nothing too crazy has happened yet.

 

Last 20 laps will be crazy. But Delta Sarasaland needs a flawless pit stop soon. This title fight rests on your shoulders guys.

 

Bit behind others right now but the racing gods need to determine the dates of those leading right now first.

 

This restart will be fun.

 

Man, Luigi being a team player cost him dearly. Gotta focus on Daisy though. She has her second title unless something stupid happens.

 

Yeah, I was NOT going to let Wolf get away with harming my girl once again. Final five laps could be a doozy.

 

Not gonna let the Mario Bros get a chance to beat Yoshi. Gonna be crazy.

 

Gutsy move there TM3.

 

Green white checked racing to determine the championship. This is how we do it in NASCAR folks.

 

Well Delta Sarasaland can't win all the titles. Crazy finish though.

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Final 2019 MKRA Driver Standings

 

1.Luigi - 273 pts (1 silver, 3 bronze)

2.Fuzzer - 271 pts (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

3.Daisy - 259 pts (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

4.Yoshi - 258 pts (2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

5.Peach - 246 pts (3 gold, 2 silver)

6.Mario - 239 pts (2 silver, 3 bronze)

7.Triforcemaster - 184 pts (1 gold, 3 silver)

8.Toad - 184 pts (1 gold, 2 silver)

9.Jody Summer - 167 pts (1 gold, 2 silver)

10.Krystal - 166 pts (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

11.Zelda - 160 pts (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

12.Captain Falcon - 155 pts (2 gold, 1 silver)

13.Banjo - 149 pts (1 gold, 1 silver)

14.Bowser - 133 pts (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

15.Koopa Troopa - 132 pts (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

16.Fox - 128 pts (1 gold, 3 bronze)

17.Dedede - 121 pts (1 gold, 1 bronze)

18.Sonic - 119 pts (2 silver)

19.Donkey Kong - 116 pts (2 gold, 2 bronze)

20.Megaman - 115 pts (2 gold)

21.Kirby - 98 pts (1 gold)

22.Rosalina - 95 pts (1 gold, 1 bronze)

23.Wolf - 92 pts (1 silver, 1 bronze)

24.Phoenix Wright - 90 pts (1 bronze)

25.Palutena - 88 pts (1 silver)

26.Pichu - 87 pts (1 gold)

27.Akari Hayami - 85 pts (1 silver, 1 bronze)

28.Pikachu - 77 pts (1 gold, 1 bronze)

29.Ryota Hayami - 76 pts (1gold, 1 bronze)

30.Miles Edgeworth - 74 pts (1 gold, 1 bronze)

31.Pit - 70 pts (1 bronze)

32.Toadette - 68 pts (1 bronze)

33.Diddy Kong - 61 pts (1 silver)

34.Zero - 57 pts (2 silver)

35.Olimar - 54 pts

36.Dash Bowman - 53 pts (1 bronze)

37.Kazooie - 51 pts (1 bronze)

38.Amy Rose - 50 pts (1 bronze)

39.Louie - 36 pts

40.Birdo - 30 pts

 

Final 2019 MKRA Constructor's Standings:

 

✈️1.Delta Sarasaland - 530 pts

🚽2.Amazon Plumber - 512 pts

🎨3.Sherwin Williams Hyrule - 344 pts

👑4.Tesco Princess - 341 pts

🚙5.Chevrolet Top Driver - 322 pts

💊6.CVS Fox - 294 pts

🌴7.Corona Islander - 288 pts

🐢8.Coors Koopa - 269 pts

🍄9.Friday’s Fun Guys – 252 pts

🍅10.Krogefour Popstar - 219 pts

🚗11.Ford Performance - 200 pts

🍌12.Dole Banana - 177 pts

💣13.BMW Bomber - 172 pts

💍14.Petco Hedgehog - 169 pts

⚖️15.Uber Lawyer - 164 pts

🐁16.Electrobras Mouse - 164 pts

🌊17.Honda Hayami - 161 pts

☁️18.American Skyworld - 158 pts

⚙️19.Stihl Venom - 145 pts

🚀20.Roscosmos Cosmonaut - 90 pts

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While Fuzzer may be happy with another second place finish in the MKRA standings, some fans in Sarasaland and the US aren't all that happy about it.

 

Why?

 

Because of what Luigi doesn't have that Fuzzer does this season regarding overall wins as the latter has 3 victories compared to none for Luigi.

 

One fan said on social media that quote, "the MKRA should disqualify Luigi from the title as he didn't even have one victory. Why he can win a title without a single win is stupid and will make the league look bad as their second ever champion is winless."

 

Another fan suggested this for the future:

 

"Entering the final race of any future MKRA season, you must have at least one victory to be eligible to compete for the overall title. Plain and simple."

 

Others are saying that the league is out to get Fuzzer and deny him the overall title for seemingly no reason, though that idea got shot down rather quickly.

 

"This is a bad look for the series going forward because it has to explain how a driver who didn't win one race wound up with the title because he raced well enough to earn several podium finishes and that doesn't sit well for many fans," another fan wrote.

 

No one has commented on this yet.

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8 minutes ago, Fuzzer1 said:

While Fuzzer may be happy with another second place finish in the MKRA standings, some fans in Sarasaland and the US aren't all that happy about it.

 

Why?

 

Because of what Luigi doesn't have that Fuzzer does this season regarding overall wins as the latter has 3 victories compared to none for Luigi.

 

One fan said on social media that quote, "the MKRA should disqualify Luigi from the title as he didn't even have one victory. Why he can win a title without a single win is stupid and will make the league look bad as their second ever champion is winless."

 

Another fan suggested this for the future:

 

"Entering the final race of any future MKRA season, you must have at least one victory to be eligible to compete for the overall title. Plain and simple."

 

Others are saying that the league is out to get Fuzzer and deny him the overall title for seemingly no reason, though that idea got shot down rather quickly.

 

"This is a bad look for the series going forward because it has to explain how a driver who didn't win one race wound up with the title because he raced well enough to earn several podium finishes and that doesn't sit well for many fans."

 

No one has commented on this yet.

 

But he got three bronze medals. Even if he wasn’t first, that means he did well enough to be at the top. Plus, he has been “mostly” consistent. Also, Mario Kart Cups function similar due to a random factor. Even though someone might lose a track or so, that doesn’t mean they’ll be the same or worse the next one. Still, the doubled amount of points seemed to be a total copout. However... would you like to be the whole thing to be predictable as usual? 

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8 hours ago, XLW said:

 

But he got three bronze medals. Even if he wasn’t first, that means he did well enough to be at the top. Plus, he has been “mostly” consistent. Also, Mario Kart Cups function similar due to a random factor. Even though someone might lose a track or so, that doesn’t mean they’ll be the same or worse the next one. Still, the doubled amount of points seemed to be a total copout. However... would you like to be the whole thing to be predictable as usual? 

For the record, I'm not the one who's complaining here. It's from the perspective of the fans who didn't like what transpired yesterday I was speaking from that's all.

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Luigi’s Drivers Championship title is a watershed moment for him and many of his fans.  Often seen as plumber #2 in the shadow of his brother Mario, Luigi nevertheless has his flocks of adoring fans and they are celebrating today.  Luigi said today that his season championship was inspired by his former fiancée Daisy’s win in 2018, and all year he wanted to win to even the score.  He did just that thanks to some remarkably consistent driving through most of the year, and having a timely final race at Rainbow Road, finishing a season best 2nd place.

 

But it’s that last point that has drawn the ire of many race fans in Mushroom Kingdom and beyond.  The graduated point scale used by the MKRA is somewhat of a hybrid of those used by NASCAR and Formula 1, and had not ever come under criticism until now.  Indeed, Luigi did not win a single race in 2019...in fact prior to Rainbow Road he hadn’t had a runner-up finish either.  

 

This has left fans bewildered, and they are asking legitimate questions of the MKRA’s upper management today.  Should there be a restriction that drivers who haven’t won any races (or battle arenas) cannot win the overall title?  Could or should the MKRA come up with a playoff system of sorts similar to NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup?  It’s going to be a very interesting offseason for sure, and while these issues are being debated, the promotion series to determine the promoted teams will be contested, with the first race taking place in Moleville this weekend.

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Asked about the whole debacle of Luigi winning the title without a single win, Fuzzer was able to mention that such a situation has happened in NASCAR before. Twice in fact.

 

"In 2013, Austin Dillon, grandson of NASCAR team owner Richard Childress, won what is now the Xfinity Series Championship without a single victory, which was the first time such a thing happened in the top three NASCAR touring series. It happened a second time last month when Matt Crafton won the Truck Series title with no wins. While this hasn't happened in the Cup Series, though it's possible given its happened twice, it wouldn't be popular on social media with fans who didn't like it when it happened."

 

Does Luigi deserve the title though?

 

"Yes. Although, and this is my opinion only, Yoshi should've been told that since it wasn't looking like he would win the title, he should've let Luigi and I go by him at the restart to have a proper battle for the title. Mind you, he needed Daisy, Luigi and I to not finish in the top 6 so he should've realized his chances were near impossible to clinch the title with the win. Granted, it wouldn't have been too much of a problem if Birdo didn't take him out in Mexico City so there's that angle to consider too."

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While most of the post-season talk from Rainbow Road has centered on the outcome of the driver championship, there is another very prominent angle in the media today and this is far uglier.  Triforcemaster has been reportedly been receiving death threats from people in Venom ever since his seemingly intentional move to crash Wolf Odonnell out of the race with 3 laps left, a move that secured relegation for Wolf and his partner Dash Bowman, who had previously retired from the race.  Tm3 in his media address following the race said that he felt the need to act after seeing Wolf driving super aggressively and nearly taking out several racers including Peach, Fuzzer, and Daisy.  Tm3 said that this type of driving didn’t belong in the MKRA, and he was in a position to do something about it, so he did.  Tm3 also added in a shot at Fox McCloud, saying that his crash on lap 45 was too easy and way too conveniently timed.  Tm3 speculated that Fox must have been trying to help out his frenemy from suffering relegation, which ultimately also caused team Honda Hayami to stay in the MKRA at the expense of team American Skyworld.

 

Dash Bowman said on Tuesday that while he cannot support some of the threats coming from the Venomian citizenry in response to Tm3s actions, what Tm3 did was reckless, dangerous, and downright dispicable.  Dash went on to say that Tm3 is banned from entry to planet Venom, effective immediately.

 

Wolf didn’t say much other than to say that Tm3 is dead meat, and that revenge will be served in time, served very cold.  Ominous words indeed, but with team Stihl Venom suffering relegation they will have to wait until at least 2021 to get their payback.

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Asked about TM3's actions against Wolf, Fuzzer had this to say:

 

"What Wolf was doing to Daisy, Peach and I was very aggressive and intimidating driving that was making us very uncomfortable knowing what he was doing to save his own hide from relegation. Of course, it's great that he got taken out by TM3 but it earned him infamy in Venom has he has a Target on his back now, which isn't a good thing mind you."

 

The head of the Sarasaland Security Task Force said this in a statement:

 

"Effective immediately, all of our trained officers will be trained on how to deal with any Venomian terrorists that come to our country that plan to cause such harm to others, especially TM3, whether by arresting them or killing them in self defense. We do not tolerate such action against the founder of the NBL and it's many spinoffs and are committed to protecting him should he be in Sarasaland in the near future."

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The MKRA announced today that the opening race of 2020 actually won’t be a race...the opening event will be held at the Luigi’s Mansion Battle Arena on March 7th.

 

The first actual Grand Prix will be the Grand Prix of California at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca on March 14th.

 

The MKRA will release the full schedule on New Years Day immediately following the conclusion of the promotion series.  Insiders expect that the first 3 races after Laguna Seca will be traditional mainstays in warm weather locations, probably Dry Dry Desert, Yoshi Circuit, and DKs Jungle Parkway.

 

There is considerable support developing for the MKRA to go back on their 2-race limit in the US and return to Michigan’s Belle Isle Circuit in 2020 (a street race is also on the calendar in Atlanta).  The thinking is that it would be ridiculous that the 2nd place driver of 2019 and one half of the champion constructor’s team wouldn’t have a home event.  Daisy indicated that she would be open to sacrificing one of Sarasaland’s 2 home races if necessary to accommodate Fuzzer having a home race in 2020.  We’ll see how it all plays out.

 

Edit - With team Stihl Venom and team Roscosmos Cosmonaut getting relegated, the MKRA has confirmed that the series will not be racing in Hockenheim, Germany or Sochi, Russia in 2019.  It is expected that the international races in England, Brazil, Japan, France, Mexico will remain as those events have team sponsorships backing them.  Canada is the wild card at this point, currently no Canadian firms sponsor teams in the MKRA, but with Canada being such a huge market for Nintendo, it would be surprising if the MKRA elected not to return.  CTV is also stating that several Canadian firms including Molson, Air Canada, and Scotiabank could be looking to sponsor one of the promoted teams from the promotion series.  

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