Molly Mae

Oh, man, I do like that answer. It does totally make sense. I was just too close to food, I guess. At one point, I was putting my hands in the shape of a "peaking wave" (and it totally is the shape of a roof) and wondering to myself what has that shape and would be above something insulated. And I landed on oven hood.

And maybe I'm not dumb. I think this evaluates correctly. I'll stand by my answer.

In that case...maybe...

EDIT:Ninja'd by PG. A little bit of trial and error based on some observations:

Clarification questions: Are points awarded in integers? I'll also assume that the points are 1st>2nd>3rd>0, since this is obvious.

Well I did a little bit of math...

Ah.

A start:

It's just a letter substitution. 1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C, etc.

It is! Nice solve.

Named for the first wherever you go Hundreds of cycles in column and row. Grouped into teams oft coloured the same. Hardly one in each will ever earn fame. The race will begin when ball touches ground Millions of cheers can be heard all around. You expect it to start when northern half cools, But location may often vary the rules. Too fast or too slow, not so much a race, As all are required to maintain one pace.

Clarification question: