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| New Members No new members this week... New World Records Karel van Duijvenboden too his Vanilla Lake 2 lap World Record skills to the next level with a new time on PAL of 0'09"14. On NTSC, Alencar Faria worked very hard on Mario Circuit 2 5-lap breaking the World Record to a new 1'03"31. Tyler Worley improved his Koopa Beach 1 World Record on NTSC further to 0'46"69. Florent Lecoanet landed an NTSC World Record tie on Ghost Valley 2 at 0'11"47*. Movement PAL Activity: PAL World Champion Karel van Duijvenboden hit a few strong PRs on DP2 this week and also took down the Vanilla Lake 2 lap World Record on PAL. #3 Sami Cetin has a great week on Choco Island 1 and 2 on PAL with some good cuts on both. #5 Sebastian Stellmacher, the German Champion has also had another strong week with some good NBT times on fastlaps and course records. #10 Gerard Roodhorst and #11 Christophe Paquin had a small battle this week with some good NBT PRs from both. Gerard took the lead at this time with his 6 new PRs. #14 Michael Jongerius hit a great Non-NBT lap live at the Paris Fun cup last weekend for DP2. #27 Manuel Babjar of Germany hit 5 new PRs including a sub 1'00" NBT time for CI1. He is getting closer to several French karters just ahead. #31 Chris Clark improved a KB2 lap PR during a meet with Karel this weekend. #49 Sean Billingsley improved a few PRs this week and defended his rank. #56 Geoffrey Ewbank is in a battle with Spanish Champion #58 Oleguer Limona and #60 Jean-Francois Schepers. Geoffrey and Jean-Francois are keeping a good pace with some nice Non-NBT PRs. Oleguer however has had a great week with some sharp PRs including a successful run of the IB on Mario Circuit 2 lap. #64 Mathieu Jaspard of Belgium is also moving up fast towards the rivalry above with some good PRs so far including Belgian record for KB1. #72 John Kenny of Australia has had a fantastic week with a large list of PRs all round and a high average finish cut. John has also managed to pass Nick Moncrieff-Hill overall for #3 in Australia. #88 Julien Brangeon of France is picking up the pace very well as he flies into the Top 100s with several good cuts to his times overall. #155 Daniel Caterbow of Germany drove 3 PRs this week and cut some of his average finish. #168 Florian Chollet hit some new PRs on PAL improving his stats and is close to passing Tony Wicker in UK. NTSC Activity: #4 Chris Balch, the Champion of Canada set a good PR for Choco Island 2 5-lap. #6 Alencar Faria of Brazil has had an awesome week again with MC2, a new WR! Accompanied with this he drove other strong NBT PRs with a good pace as he starts his journey towards the US Champion. #7 Pierre L'Hoest continued his work on NTSC and is defending his French Title there well with a few solid PRs. #10 Florent Lecoanet remains at #3 in France on NTSC but is closing in on Julien with a great WR tie on GV2 lap and some other great times. #12 Anderson Barbosa dos Santos has driven 7 new PRs this week including a sub 1'40" on BC2! #14 Tyler Worley of USA improved his Koopa Beach 1 NTSC World Record a little further. #17 Ha Nyan pushed his Ghost Valley 2 times a little further this week and has also cut down a few of his times on MC1 and CI1. #22 Dan Hoernemann of USA hit a good sub 50 secs time on KB1 with a strong lap and a few other PRs. #24 Jonathan Girard of Canada improved a PR on CI2 lap. #27 David Smith took his long boosting on Mario Circuit 2 a little further with a new PR there. #107 Bo Garman of USA set 14 PRs picking up a very strong pace with a large average finish cut to keep his approaching rivals at distance. He is set to hit the Top 100s with ease if he keeps this pace. #110 Emeric Gosselin of France also hit many new times and passed the Champion of Ecuador. #114 Robin Usher continued to PRs and making his climb towards the Top 100 with Non-NBT PRs that improved his stats well. #118 Brian Smith drove a long list of times on several tracks and has improved his average finish well also. He is approaching the rivalry above. |