F-Zero 99 - Knight League dueling against god tier Stingrays with Fox

These top tier Stingray players disrupt my front running ability with Fox, MC1 and DW1 are Fox favored but the others can be trouble. I've been trying a come from behind strategy on Silence where I start by going up top to avoid danger and then get the golden snail for a skyway, it kind of works but good front runners will be able to hold the lead. Timestamps 0:00 Knight League intro 0:27 Mute City 1 3:37 Big Blue 6:49 Sand Ocean 10:18 Death Wind 1 13:14 Silence