Blazing Fireball

Blazing Fireball before S5

**Blazing Fireball** is a solid maroon colored marble who competes in the Marble Rally. Blazing Fireball has had an unsuccessful career, and is thus considered one of the worst performers in the Marble Rally. They come from the port of Checkum.

## History

### Pre-Sand Marble Rally

The 750-foot Sand Race featured a marble that resembled Blazing Fireball. This marble, referred to as "Dark Red", finished third.

### 2016

Blazing Fireball placed 21st with 32 points in Sand Marble Rally 2016, barely missing out on surviving elimination after Race 6.

### 2017

Blazing Fireball failed to qualify for Sand Marble Rally 2017. They finished 5th in their qualifier.

### 2018

Blazing Fireball did not qualify for Sand Marble Rally 2018. Thus, they competed in the B-League. Their poor performance across all four races left Blazing Fireball in last with 13 points.

### 2019

As a result of their poor performance in the 2018 B-League, Blazing Fireball had to compete in the Wildcard Race of the Qualifiers Round in an attempt to qualify for Marble Rally 2019. In the race, Blazing Fireball had a good start and took the lead, but quickly lost it to Ghost Plasma. They slowed down on the first split section and went into last place, forcing them to put extra efforts to regain positions. Despite all their best efforts, Blazing Fireball finished fifth in the race. This means that, once again, they had to compete in the Showdown.

Blazing Fireball once again performed poorly, except for Race 3 where they got their first career win despite not being in the main tournament, Blazing Fireball finished in 6th and was slated to participate in the upcoming Race-Off.

### 2020

Blazing Fireball was meant to do the Race-Off, but the qualifying was changed to an invite system. Blazing Fireball made it into Marble Rally Season 5.

Blazing Fireball performed poorly in the first half of the season, not placing top half including in Race 6 where, after running in 5th early on, they would slowly fall back before taking the low line in a split mid-race which dropped them to 16th in the end. Blazing Fireball was last place halfway through the season. They would have even been behind the Ghost Marble if the Ghost Marble earned points.

Blazing Fireball managed to recover, doing better in the next four races including a high finish in Race 8 where they managed to get 7th, their best finish since 2016, but they remained in last place despite improving. They went back to performing poorly in the remaining races, finishing in last place, where they had been since the end of Race 4.

## Marble Rally results

### Sand Marble Rally 2017

#### Qualifiers

Blazing Fireball competed in Qualifier 3. They did not qualify for Sand Marble Rally 2017.

### Sand Marble Rally 2018

#### Qualifiers

Blazing Fireball competed in Qualifier 2. They did not qualify for Sand Marble Rally 2018.

#### B-League

*Main article: Sand Marble Rally 2018 B-League*

### Marble Rally 2019

#### Wildcard Race

Blazing Fireball participated in the Wildcard Race during the Qualifiers. They failed to qualify for Marble Rally 2019.

#### Showdown

*Main article: Marble Rally 2019 Showdown*

### Marble Rally Season 5

Blazing Fireball was invited to take part in Marble Rally Season 5.

#### Main Tournament

*Main article: Marble Rally Season 5*After 3 scoreless races to start the season, Blazing Fireball fell to last, and was unable to move up in the standings.

### Marble Rally Season 6

#### Qualifiers

Blazing Fireball competed in Qualification Race 1. They failed to qualify for Marble Rally Season 6.

#### Showdown

*Main article: Marble Rally Season 6 Showdown*

## Trivia

* Blazing Fireball is 1 of only 3 marbles to compete in every Marble Rally Showdown to date. The others are Green Turtle and White Widow.
	+ Out of these marbles, Blazing Fireball is the only marble that has competed in more than 1 A-League season. However, this was through an invitation, in lieu of Season 5's qualifiers.

## References

1. ↑ Stynth (13th September 2020). Who’s Tearing Up the Sand in 2020? – Part 1. Jelle's Marble Runs.