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| 16 November 2008: "Just draw up a plan" |
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| New Members No new members this week... New World Records Pierre L'Hoest hit 4 NTSC World Records; Donut Plains 1 1'08"80 and 0'13"39, Ghost Valley 1 0'59"44 and Koopa Beach 1 fastlap 0'08"87. Karel van Duivenboden set a new NTSC World Record for Choco Island 1 of 0'53"26. Florent Lecoanet made a PAL World Record tie on Bowser Castle 1 fastlap 0'17"43*. Movement PAL Activity: #3 Florent Lecoanet drove a pair of nice PRs for BC1 this week, and defends his rank well. #8 Angelo Di Vano, the Champion of Italy drove some more on the Ghost Valley tracks this week with success again and some more average finish chops. #9 Guillaume Leviach did his Special Cup improvements focusing on DP3 and VL2 lap with some nice results so far. #10 Manuel Babjar managed to break the BC1 barrier that he was after this week and took down another nice PR on KB1 along with it. #14 Pierre Coste made a little comeback this week to repass Roodhorst with a few GV2 PRs. #23 Ben Allen has worked hard all this time and has made a major breakthrough following his latest PR list. He has managed to pass McCarthy on the PAL rankings for UK #3 on Time Trial, and will continue to work towards UK #2. Kalle and Harold are also in close range. #145 Alex Hantson of the Swiss Power team made a return to SMK this week with a bunch of great new times that have improved his stats by a large amount. He has also passed Damien Blanc to reach #6 in Switzerland. #242 Lindsay Molenaar improved some more Toad records on weaker tracks and is on approach to two more Dutch rivals. NTSC Activity: NTSC Time Trial World Champion Karel van Duijvenboden defended a little with his CI1 World Record on NTSC to keep things moving this week. #2 Pierre L'Hoest went on a further strong assault on NTSC this week, taking many PRs down, and also succeeding with 4 new World Records. He has earned a POW for his great efforts. #6 Oliver Segarra Gonzalez continued on his journey, providing us with 4 more PRs to add to his list, and has passed Canada's #1 Chris Balch. Another rival is just ahead. #28 Frederic Duarte-Leite has hit some nice new times since making his debut on the NTSC rankings and has already gained another rank with some solid NBT cuts on several tracks. #163 Eric Tapani and #167 Chuck Foster have been in fairly close competition this week. Eric defending with 3 PRs and a stronger attack from Chuck with some more weaker tracks in a stage of renewal. They are both moving along nicely towards the Top 150 mark, with further large PR cuts they can reach there soon. |