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| 03 January 2010: "2010" |
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| 2009 into 2010 One year ends and another begins as we reflect on the past 10 years looking back in amazement as to how far we have all come. 2009 has stayed well active with many karters pursuing new World Records on both PAL and NTSC to improve the benchmarks each time. More players from around the World are getting involved and the community continues to grow alongside our partner sites for the other Mario Kart games. Gaming meets are becoming more of a highlight including the yearly World Championships where we had 8 countries and near 40 competitors in the recent years. Some of the cheers that happen during these events are loud enough to even rival World Cup Finals in various professional sports! The next 10 years will see a lot of changes for all of us as we find the time to continue our SMK activity but we will be there and will find the time to drive those PRs, World Records and hopefully have a chance to attend a Kart Meet / Tournament at some stage or year. I Hope you have all had good Holidays and a great New Year Celebration; we always look forward to seeing new times pouring in and hearing of any SMK related events that are happening around the World. If you are reading this, you are a part of this community, and we all hope you will stay active in Time Trials to keep the greatest game ever alive. This is Sami Cetin – Your Godfather of SMK New Members Welcome to... Stephane Renault, France (PAL 111th, France 39th, Veteran D) Brian German, USA (NTSC 172nd, USA 75th, Knight D) Christophe Charignon, Spain (NTSC 259th, Spain 2nd, Contender C) Jorge Antonio Delgado, Colombia (NTSC 281st, Colombia 2nd, Apprentice B) New World Records Karel van Duijvenboden made several World Records including Donut Plains 2 at 1'23"00 and a fastlap tie of 0'16"35*, Donut Plains 3 fastlap at 0'14"36 and a new World Record on Ghost Valley 3 5-lap with 1'12"75. Guillaume Leviach hit a new NTSC World Record for Choco Island 1 5-lap at 0'52"97*. Florent Lecoanet pushed the PAL course World Record for Vanilla Lake 1 with 0'49"53. Movement PAL Activity: #3 Florent Lecoanet defended his Vanilla Lake 1 5-lap World Record on PAL this week with a new time there and also a PR for his fastlap record. #4 Matthias Boucher provided 4 new PRs, mostly on NBT with some Non-NBT work also for Ghost Valley 3 and cut some more average finish. #131 Lars Volkers of Netherlands drives 7 new PRs and gains some good average finish including a climb up the Dutch Ranking ahead of Tieman. #203 Gary Thompson has made another large average finish improvement with new times for Star Cup and Special Cup tracks. He is moving very fast near the Top 200 on PAL and gaining on Scotland's 4th fastest, Graham Wallace. NTSC Activity: NTSC Time Trial World Champion Karel van Duijvenboden was well on top of things towards the end of the month and into the new year far as World Records were concerned. He just missed breaking the 1'23" barrier for DP2 but did reach a new World Record there and a fastlap tie. He also did some action on Special Cup with some records on DP3 and GV3 that are looking solid. #3 Guilherme Arantes defends his rank this week after a PR for Mario Circuit 3 fastlap. #4 Guillaume Leviach had a good week after breaking the 53 second barrier on Choco Island 1 NTSC with a new World Record there. He also hit a couple of more PRs in the process. #12 Sami Cetin made a nice return to NTSC Time Trials during the last few days of the holidays with 6 new PRs and passing a few more karters on the ranking. #20 Raul Henrique also defends his rank this week with a new PR for Mario Circuit 2 fastlap with IB. #53 Chris Morton submits 7 new times and gains a rank ahead of the Oklahoma State Champion. His Non-NBT MC4 is getting sharper, a sub 1'40" should happen very soon. #157 Jose Karica improved 4 PRs; for Choco Island 2 and Ghost Valley 3 this week with over a point cut on average finish. |