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| 12 October 2008: "Paris has so many Pharmacies" |
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| New Members Welcome to... Jesse Couch, Canada (NTSC 213th, Canada 44th, Contender B) Kevin McAteer, USA (NTSC 222nd, USA 109th, Contender D) New World Records Karel van Duijvenboden pushed his PAL WR tie into a full WR on Bowser Castle 2 fastlap on PAL of 0'19"86. Guilherme Arantes managed a tie World Record 5-lap on Choco Island 1 5-lap with 0'53"36*! Movement PAL Activity: #2 Karel van Duijvenboden broke out of the lap WR tie with Pierre on BC2 and now regains his former World Record lap with a stronger time. #8 Angelo Di Vano drove some nice PRs on Koopa Beach 1 cutting down a decent amount of time, taking the lead in the rivalry a step further. #9 Manuel Babjar defended his position well this week with a few well placed PRs on the Choco Island tracks. #17 Michael Jongerius of the Dutch Team made a quick return this week for a little NBT cut to KB2 fastlap. #30 Alvin van Asselt moves on to a new track following his DP2 missions, and now VL1 looks like a good target as he makes a small fastlap improvement. #32 Gene Tagliabue, the Champion of Australia has had his main highlight really on Bowser Castle 1, as he has been working toward's Eric's strong records there with nice results so far. #34 Ben Allen of Team UK has made fantastic progress this week with his potential coming out. He made a lot of new times, and has bridged the large average finish gap and passed a few karters on the way too. There are several closer ranked karters on the way up the rankings. Expect him to reach to the Top 30 soon and more of his targets. #55 Florian Chollet has had another awesome NBT week as he is picking up the next level techniques to a strong level. His latest PRs have cut him a large amount of average finish and he is rivalling amongst strong Belgian karters. NTSC Activity: #2 Guilherme Arantes, the Brazilian Time Trial Champion cuts off some very good average finish this week, with some great work on MC3 and a WR tie on Choco Island 1. #9 Oliver Segarra Gonzalez of Brazil worked on a few tracks this week but was able to gain good points with the results he made on MC1 and RR. He will rival USA TT Champion Bernier next week. #15 Tyler Worley of USA returned to SMK as a surprise yesterday and has already hit a pair of great MC1 PRs. #30 Jonathan Girard of Canada improves his Koopa Beach 1 course time within the 50 second barrier. #121 Bryan Cochonour focused on Mario Circuit 1 with a good sub 1'01" PR and fastlap to go together with it, helping him to pass Adam Wilkinson overall. #199 Eric Tapani who joined us revently has been able to reach the Top 200 despite being a little busy. His latest PRs are looking good and we look forward to see more records and advancements from Eric soon. Keep up the great karting! |