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| 08 June 2008: "Euro 2008 begins, but will it be as good as ours?" |
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| New Members No new members this week... New World Records No new World Records this week... Movement PAL Activity: #10 Manuel Babjar set a solid time for MC3 fastlap ith NBT and is defending his rank well. He is cutting his way towards Christophe and then Armin to make that 2nd place spot in Germany. #11 Angelo Di Vano, the Champion of Italy had another nice week with some IB cut on MC2 and 4 other PRs pushing his overall stats a bit further with NBT as he is closing a bit more in towards the Top 10 in the World on PAL. #16 Guillaume Leviach worked only on his favourite Rainbow Road and succeeded with a very fast Non-NBT time for the 5-lap. #35 Alvin van Asselt does another BC3 cut, and another 0.02... We await a big list of PRs when he has a break from his MKWii adventures. #57 Geoffrey Ewbank of Belgium has been busy on 150cc but has worked well on his VL1 fastlap on TT for a nice PR, sub 11 seconds. #68 Gene Tagliabue leads the Australia Team once again with some more strong records overall, incorporating a bit more Non-NBT to improve some weaker tracks. He has made a large average finish cut and is now past Ademir Cortes for #3 in Australia. #73 John Kennedy followed up this week with his first platform jump on GV1, and now needs to work on it on laps 2-5 to cut a furthr amount to pass more players. His other great PRs were also VL2 where he was the first to get near to an Australia record, that were later improved on by his rivals. #83 James Tagliabue continues his strong climbing with some very fast records, including a record of Australia on VL2 fastlap! His other PRs are also looking solid with plenty of potential; we look forward to see his climb into the 70s. #90 Gavin Mace set 6 new PRs, hitting his weaker boards and cutting strong average finish down as per James. Most notable efforts go to his breaking the 1'40" barrier on BC3. He is close to several karters ahead of him, so we will expect a further climb well into the 80s soon. He has also passed Nick for #7 in Australia. #125 Daniel Pabst of Germany made a strong return to SMK this week with an excellent set of PRs. He is on pace for the Top 100s, with more PRs he will reach there and rival the active karters. Keep up the great work! #247 Lindsay Molenaar passes a few more karters in the rankings to shift a bit further into the Top 250 Worldwide. She is again pushing out some solid fastlaps such as DP1 and GV2. NTSC Activity: #15 Ha Nyan of Japan improves some records on Special Cup, almost breaking the 1'25" barrier on RR, with an improved course time on GV3 and a cut on MC2 with Long boost. He defends his rank strong and we look forward to more new records. #22 Tohgo Ariake of Japan has had a great week with SMK; he drives several new records pushing to a stronger level including a record of Japan with IB on MC2 lap and other fast times combining excellent use of NBT. He has passed Masakazu and Toshi for #3 in Japan and is headed straight for the Top 20. #74 Juan Manuel Arteaga, the Champion of Costa Rica set 3 more prs this week, with some more work with MC3, getting tighter on that track to lower his average finish. #137 Samuel Gomez of France, returned to SMK on the NTSC side this week to improve his overall level, re-writing almost his whole course and laps with great new times. His large average finish cut has helped him climb the ladder a fair amount, ahead of an active rival not too far behind. #143 Bryan Cochonour of USA improves several of his times this week, getting the racing lines better with Bowser as he reaches within the Top 150. His consistency on some of the tougher tracks like BC3 is a good reflection of his racing skills. When he cuts his weaker tracks down further he will fly fast towards the Top 100s. #196 Jacob McMillin of USA returned to SMK with some good PRs and is learning some strategies to cut the tracks well. He has so far reached the Top 200 in the World on NTSC with potential for a higher climb soon. Keep on Karting! |