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| 07 June 2009: "The 5th Graphics Card" |
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| New Members Arnaud Guepey, France (PAL 274th, France 68th, Apprentice E) Justin Riley, Canada (NTSC 203rd, Canada 43rd, Warrior C) Elizabeth Steimel, USA (NTSC 240th, USA 113th, Contender C) Jose Martinez, Chile (NTSC 250th, Chile 2nd, Contender E) New World Records Oliver Segarra Gonzalez succeeded in a Ghost Valley 1 5-lap World Record on NTSC with 0'59"37. Movement PAL Activity: #8 Angelo Di Vano, the Champion of Italy pushed out two PRs; for DP3 5-lap and KB2 lap, and is cutting his way towards German Time Trial Champion, Sebastian Stellmacher. Perhaps this could encourage him to return for some more PR action.. #9 Guillaume Leviach has worked hard on the CI1 battle recently, with a few strong PRs there and a similarly good cut with his rivals on average finish to keep on top of things. #10 Manuel Babjar of Germany came close to Guillaume's efforts on CI1 this week with a pair of strong NBT times, and has also set a few water trick PRs for KB1. #96 Freek van der Steen has extended his lead from his recent rival a little by some strong record cuts on key tracks and also climbed through the Top 100 on PAL. On route he has also passed GV1 specialist Ron Roodhorst and also Aron Langerak who has recently signed up for the World Championship. #106 Job Plessius set quite a few nice PRs this week and is making good progress on the average finish rankings as he closes in towards the Top 100. He has passed the recently active Champion of Finland and some rival karters in France this week. #143 Arno van den Barselaar drove 6 new PRs with main work on the DPs, and MC1 heading towards the 1'03"00 barrier. #201 Shane Quinlan, the Champion of Ireland sets new times on Vanilla Lake 1 and Mario Circuit 4 for Star Cup. He is also very close to the Top 200 with plenty of potential across many tracks. #215 Nicolas Chomette of France made 4 new PRs, working on CI1 and GV2 to help pass some rivals, including an active Dutch karter. #216 Emily van den Barselaar made 6 new PRs, improving a few tracks that Arno did also and picking up good techniques with Bowser as the times are getting sharper. Nicolas Chomette is just ahead so we are likely to see the competition continue there. NTSC Activity: #3 Guilherme Arantes, the Time Trial Champion of Brazil drove a pair of NBT improvements for Koopa Beach 1, including a pleasing sub 9 seconds fastlap. #4 Oliver Segarra Gonzalez of Brazil trained hard on Ghost Valley 1 and succeeded in a 5-lap World Record and a pair of Koopa Beach 1 PRs following in Guilherme's path very well. He is continuing to gain ground on Arantes. #15 Tyler Worley set 3 new PRs for GV1, BC2 and GV3. Ghost Valley 1 has gone very well with a sub minute time not far off Oliver strong maneuver; and BC2 still has potential but is moving along nicely along with GV3 lap. #29 Raul Henrique of Brazil made a lot of new PRs in the last two weeks and advanced to within the Top 30 of NTSC. #106 Dean Barnhart is battling his way through a row of USA rivals with his 8 latest PRs that included some NBT in a few places. #144 Chuck Foster set 2 new PRs for Donut Plains 3 on his return to SMK and defends his rank. #174 Tommy Steimel has improved a lot since the last week with new PRs across most of the tracks. He is climbing well since passing under the Top 200 and is well on the road to the higher rankings as he continues to set new times. |