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| 02 February 2008: "POY POY POY" |
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| POY It's Player Of The Year time again. The big vote. The one Obama wishes he was even in the running for. So, the question is... who was the coolest dude during 2007? Oh, right. Sorry, but no, I'm not in this one. I mean, who was the coolest karter of 2007? The guy you were cheering for the loudest while you were eating popcorn from the sidelines? Or, if you were actively karting yourself, the guy who kept annoying you with his awesome PRs and you wished you could outplay him? Who deserves those precious 10 points in the Award pages? The poll is open. Go vote. Movement 60Hz #4 Aron Langerak scored 12 new 60Hz times, including a handful of records. He moved up from 6th to 4th. Andrew Math moved up from 7th to 5th, passing Bo Garman and Richard Karlsson. #11 Marijn Jongbloed, Aron's partner in crime, also scored a handful of 60Hz WRs. Last week he was only 0.03 behind #12 Olivier Lavenant, and he made a 4.5 AF cut from 15 PRs. All that work just to pass a player that he needed only 0.04 to pass? Well, another way to look at it is that Marijn dropped his AF below 10, and the next three players might be in trouble. In the Combined ladder, #12 Andrew Math become US champ by passing #13 Bo Garman. Bo's been champ since forever, but hasn't been as active lately. Bo's reaction was congratulatory, although he is certain he can do better himself if he makes a comeback. Meanwhile, #15 Alex Hantson passed two retired players -- Jonathan Steel and Paul Maes -- and Andrew looks to be within his grasp. #50 Scott Dufault finally reached 50th place. Perhaps not very surprisingly, since he makes PRs all the time. He moved up 5 places this week, and his country's top player, #44 Benoit Boudreau, doesn't look so far away now. #100 Andrew Johnson squeezed ahead of rival #101 Andrew Manning, but missed out on a double-digit rank. Slightly ahead of him, #95 Sebastien Legay became a Hero A and passed two French rivals in Kevin Sirman and Florian Vaz. #173 Kevin Smith had no problems clearing the top-200 barrier. Apart from passing thiry players, he also became Expert A. His nearby rival #188 Josh House was quiet this week. #245 Alvaro Fababu beat #252 Sam Keene to reaching the top-250 first, scoring 13 PRs and gaining 8 places. Sam's 23pt AF cut was only a point shy from giving him a top-250 place, so it should happen next week. In the mean time, Sam became a Expert C. #285 Mark Engelsman isn't new to kart, but he's only recently starter planning to get serious in MKDD. He says he's aiming for top-100. Being Dutchie, he might end up, oh, around #10 by next week. Anyone taking bets? Honourable mentions: #343 Alencar Faria (reached Adv A), #614 Ian Broom (Int C), #626 Pete Crawford (Int D). New Records Lots of records. All of them in 60Hz, with Aron and Marijn both being very active. Aron's 1'15"177 Luigi Circuit G+2 time was 0"04 faster than Andrew Math's score from earlier this month. However, Andrew improved the lap record to 24"393 G+2. Konsta and Marijn were both active on this course recently, but not yet threatening the records. Aron and Marijn both raced for the Peach Beach record as well, with Marijn taking it down to 1'07"877 compared to Aron's "922. The old record was Andrew's 1'07"94 from October. Aron's 1'30"184 G+2 on Dry Dry Desert was a good lead on the old record, Marius's 1'30"41 from 1.5 years ago. Aron's final record was on Yoshi Circuit, with a 1'40"911 beating Hendrik's 1'41"17 from a year ago. Marijn also joined in, with a 1'40"94. Marijn's other two records were Waluigi Stadium 1'37"191 (almost a second ahead of second place!), and a 32"415 lap in Yoshi Circuit to lead Aron and Hendrik by 0"06. The 60Hz WR tally is now Olivier Peruch 10, Marius 5, Aron/Marijn on 4, Andreas/Hendrik on 2, and Andrew/Bo/Konsta/Matt/Richard on 1. New Players Welcome to... Xenio Chan, France (221st, Exp B). |