At one point I was 25 feet away from winning the Grand Prix, but then a downright infuriating series of events occured that put me in last place in literally 10 seconds. It happened on DK Mountain
First I was hit by a Blue Shell on the end of the bridge. No biggie, I dropped to second place but I still had a substantial lead in the overall standings. Then however, the third place racer crashed into me with a mushroom as soon as I got back on my feet, and made me fall off the bridge. Now I was fifth, and once again, as soon as I got back on my feet, the sixth place racer knocked me off the bridge again with a star. Now I'm ninth, and I just want to finish the damn race! The tenth place guy AGAIN knocked me off the bridge with a Bullet Bill. I ended up dead last. Unfortunately for me, I did not make this up. I wanted to cremate my Wii at the moment