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| 23 September 2007: "Is it 15:00 already? :S" |
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| New Members Welcome to... Masa Sagawa, Japan (NTSC 177th, Japan 18th, Warrior F) Laura Jones, UK (PAL 243rd, UK 60th, Novice B) New World Records Karel van Duijvenboden drove an unspeakable PAL World Record on VL2 of 0'48"41. Pierre L'Hoest seized some good opportunities with World Records on Choco Island 2 with 1'05"41 and 0'12"74. Movement PAL Activity: PAL World Champion Karel van Duijvenboden fought to get his VL2 WR back and succeeded with a 48"43 WR, but then disaster struck and his snes cut off before he could tape it. So what does a World Champion do...? He plays again and does 5/5 island jumps with the fastest route, gets 48"41 and tapes that one! Video is available on the message board and youtube for those that haven't watched it. #2 Pierre L'Hoest took a pair of tight WRs for Choco Island 2 after some solid work on those times this week, excellent job Pierre. #19 Kalle Videkull, Sweden Champion continues his Non-NBT rampage with a stronger pace including some crazy RR stuff going on. He is making his way towards McCarthy with a nice cut. #20 Manuel Babjar maintains his position well with a new PR for RR, he continues to fight for a 1'27" time. #29 Bjorn Eklund of sweden returned and continues a rivalry with #30 David Bonne and #31 Guillaume Leviach. All 3 karters provided some good PRs. Eklund made a nice cut; Leviach is going strong and is moving up towards Bonne a little more. #46 Mathieu Jaspard has returned with PRs and takes his position as Belgian Time Trial Champion of SMK. We will see if he defends this position from close rivals in the coming weeks and sets new targets to reach within the Top 40. #51 Ben Allen of Team UK fell a little short of reaching the Top 50 this week, but still busted out some excellent PRs before heading to Uni. He is ready for the up and coming challenges in a few weeks... yep those challenges  #59 Alvin van Asselt continues to climb very fast in the rankings with another very strong set of PRs this week. Keep up the great work! #95 Gavin Mace of Australia sticks to GV2 this week with some nice times and a good cut there. #108 Steven Cotton of the UK returns to SMK this week with a few PRs to start off his return. He is not far from the Top 100, we look forward to see if he reaches towards that mark. #119 Angelo Di Vano of Italy recahes the Top 120 with a good selection of PRs this week and is vey close to passing a few more karters. #131 James Jones is attacking the rankings hard with a lot of new PRs of a higher standard as we see Norwich SMK Champion reach #23 in the UK. #154 Samuel Gomez continues to work hard on some tracks to provide a higher level of PRs. #193 Leyla Hasso of the UK has passed her father Karim Hasso to become the new Hasso family Champion with her latest PRs and also Norbury #1 in her local area. NTSC Activity: #2 Guilherme Arantes, the Champion of Brazil returns to SMK with a small PR on KB1. #6 Alencar Faria of Brazil worked solidly on MC1 this week setting a great 56 second PR. #12 Luis Felipe Ferrari is the 3rd active Brazilian to return to SMK this week as we see him set the standard with a few nice PRs to start off the week with. #26 Toshi Miura works on a few different tracks this week and cuts some good points to lower his average finish. #34 Michael Fried of USA set a PR on GV2 5-lap Non-NBT. #64 Pete Crawford sets the lead vs rival karter #66 Emeric Gosselin. Emeric improved BC3 fastlap, and Pete made several cuts this week. #138 Steve Bayliss turned to NTSC to make several good cuts to his times and a strong climb up the NTSC ladder. Gabriel Arantes is just ahead. #168 Jacob Goldfinger of USA made more PRs this week and lands in the Top 170 after passing Canadian Legend Jonathan Bernier. |