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Round 9: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

"Hello, race fans. We're back on the Zeo LS Racing Network for the ninth race of this fifty race Double Dash tournament. This time we're in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, site of the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix, and things in this tournament are surely getting intense."

"You said it, Burter. Entering this ninth race we have a three way tie for the points lead at 256 points, between Orre heroes Wes and Rui in the 33, Kid proteges Neil and Ella in the 205, and the previous tourney's runners-up, the Zelix Angels Jet and Anise in the 07, with the 51 of Mario Kart mainstays Mario and Luigi three markers back. Any of these four can come out of this race with the points lead."

"True, Jeice, but the 461 of the Hardy Boyz, Matt and Jeff, also has a chance to be that team. Their odds of doing so are much longer, though, as they trail the fourth-place Mario Bros. by forty-two markers."

"Good point there, Burter. Fifteen laps on this thirteen-corner circuit separate the racers from round ten, but the final two corners are pretty notorious on this track. It is in that area where the infamous 'Wall of Champions' sits, named such because over the years multiple racing champions have met this wall."

"Yeah, you never know who might hit that wall. It could be any of our top 5 teams, and only the Mario Bros. and the Zelix Angels count under the 'Racing' part of 'Racing Champions'; Neil and Ella in the 205 are golf champs trying their hand at Mario Kart racing, Wes is a known Orre Colosseum champion who stopped CIpher's Shadow Pokemon plot with help from Rui, and the Hardy Boyz are professional wrestling tag champions."

"Got that right, Burter. The 74 of Dawn and Zoey, sixth in the points at nine markers behind Matt and Jeff, could also be the 'Wall of Champions' victim, as Zoey is a Top Coordinator. Randy and Ted in the twelfth-in-points 45 are also professional wrestling champions, maybe they'll be the victim of that turn 12 wall. Heath and Drew in the 77 kart, seventeenth in points, are in the same boat as Randy and Ted, and they might end up hitting that notorious wall."

"I just hope nobody wrecks entering turn nine, like our guest commentator this race did during the Formula One race here in 2007. Give it up for Robert Kubica!" At that moment a Polish guy walked into the commentary booth and grabbed his headset.

"Hey guys, good to know i'm not behind the wheel of one of these vehicles today. Especially after '07."

"Yeah, what with that contact with another driver's car forcing you into the grass resulting in that devastator of a wreck on lap 26 heading for the turn ten hairpin."

"Hey, i was lucky to get away with the injuries i did sustain considering the severity of the wreck. Hopefully nobody wrecks in that area, or into that notorious turn 12 wall."

"Racers, five seconds until green." Burter yelled out to the racers, and five seconds later the karts took off, with all of the top 5 in the points getting Chrono Starts.

"Excellent jump by the top 5 in the points. Counting the final race of the last tournament, that's the tenth straight race the 07 has gotten a Chrono Start, but all four of their closest points competitors also got the same jump. We have fifteen laps to go before this one's over, and anything can happen in that span."

"Like maybe contact with a groundhog?" Kubica said; on lap 11 the 15 kart had such an incident but they managed to pit before it got out of hand. The same couldn't be said about the 29 kart as they went into a spectacular wreck approaching the turn ten hairpin five laps earlier; the wreck was basically a perfect reenactment of Kubica's '07 crash (after Daisy, anticipating the crash, bailed from the kart). Lap 12 saw the infamous 'Wall of Champions' strike again as the 48 of Wario and Waluigi got sideways trying to steal fourth from Dawn and Zoey and hit the wall hard enough for some damage to their kart, but it wasn't severe enough to interfere with their kart's performance; they eventually managed to come back and finish third in a race won by the 461 kart of the Hardy Boyz, who had a determined Dawn and Zoey burning up their tail. In a very tight pack fourth through eighteenth was determined; none of the other four Chrono Starters were in that pack.

Race results: 461 (Matt and Jeff) 50 points; 74 (Dawn and Zoey) 40 points; 48 (Wario and Waluigi) 35 points; 259 (Carter and Kat) 32 points; 104 (Giselle and Rosa) 30 points; 55 (Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong) 28 points; 03 (Funky Kong and Dixie Kong) 26 points; 45 (Randy and Ted) 25 points; 95 (Volkner and Flint) 24 points; 70 (Toadette and Toad) 20 points; 77 (Heath and Drew) 18 points; 93 (Paratroopa and Koopa Troopa) 17 points; 97 (Misty and May) 16 points; 107 (Marley and Amanita) 15 points; 3 (Bowser and Bowser Jr.) 14 points; 15 (Yoshi and Birdo) 12 points; 79 (King Boo and Petey Piranha) 10 points; 40 (Jessie and James) 8 points; 51 (Luigi and Mario) 6 points; 07 (Jet and Anise) 4 points; 257 (Baby Mario and Baby Luigi) 3 points; 205 (Neil and Ella) 2 points; 33 (Wes and Rui) 1 points; 29 (Peach and Daisy) 0 points.

Points standings: Matt and Jeff - 261 points; Jet and Anise - 260 points; Mario and Luigi - 259 points; Neil and Ella - 258 points; Wes and Rui - 257 points; Dawn and Zoey - 242 points; Giselle and Rosa - 229 points; Misty and May - 211 points; Carter and Kat - 206 points; Funky Kong and Dixie Kong - 204 points; Wario and Waluigi - 183 points; Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong - 160 points; Randy and Ted - 153 points; Marley and Amanita - 129 points; Toadette and Toad - 118 points; Heath and Drew - 109 points; Yoshi and Birdo - 107 points; Paratroopa and Koopa Troopa - 106 points; Volkner and Flint - 106 points; Bowser and Bowser Jr. - 104 points; Jessie and James - 92 points; King Boo and Petey Piranha - 91 points; Baby Mario and Baby Luigi - 79 points; Peach and Daisy - 0 points.

"HOLY TOLEDO! Where did the Hardyz come from?! They've just taken the points lead by doing the near-impossible."

"Not only that, Jeice, but the 74 and 104 karts are now within striking distance of the top spot in the points themselves. Best bet for the 104 to take it next race is a top two finish with the top five in points finishing no better than nineteenth; the 51 and 205 karts can work with eighteenth in that race while the 33 can get seventeenth and the 104 gets the top points position on a second place result. A win by the 104 inproves the highest finishing position to tenth for Wes and Rui, eleventh for the 205 and 51, twelfth for Jet and Anise, and thirteenth for the Hardyz."

"Don't forget, Burter, that a win by the 104 in the next race propelling them into the points lead puts the highest finishing position on sixth-place Dawn and Zoey to third; that best 104-in-the-points-lead result on a second place by Giselle and Rosa is seventh. And speaking of the next race, it'll be at Mario Circuit 1. Until then, this is the Zeo LS Racing Network."

Meanwhile, in the garage area, the forty-eight racers were milling around when a squirrel zoomed past them, followed closely by a dog; they passed almost right on top of Jet, who just stood there as if the squirrel and dog didn't just pass him at such close proximity.

"Hey, Jet, why'd you just simply stand there as if nothing happened when that dog zoomed by you? Normally when a dog passes in your line of vision you get all jumpy." Peach noted.

"To quote Dumbest Stuff on Wheels, you know what that dog's thinking." was Jet's response. Anise, being the Psychic one, decided to read the dog's mind to see if Jet used that quote with good purpose, or simply for the heck of it, by trying to see if the dog's thought matched what always was the last thought bubble from a dog in a Dumbest Stuff on Wheels video that featured one.

It was.

'SQUIRREL!'

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Round 9 is in the books. Things are really heating up now, as seven karts have a chance at the points lead in the next race, at the very first chronological track in the Mario Kart series. Will one of the nine-race frontrunners come out with the lead, or will Giselle and Rosa pull a Hardy Boyz and take it? Where will Peach and Daisy wreck out this time? All that and more will be answered next chapter. Until then, for the Zeo LS Racing Network, this is KhaosOmega. Ciao!