[NES] Super Mario Bros 3 - W2 - Desert Challenge

Game started at a mini card flipping game, I was distracted by some family stuff, made a couple of mistakes, but pull it through with save and restore game. Following that was the desert challenge. First thing that makes me feel the pain was the cyclone that keeps on spinning Mario away. After that was the sun that keeps on trying to attack Mario. Can't remember how many times I've restored a save game. Nevertheless, a very lengthy "speed" challenge.