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It went by too quickly...
Sami @ Sunday, July 27th [link]
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New Members
No new members this week...
New World Records
No new World Records this week...
Movement
PAL Activity:
#6 Matthias Boucher took some more NBT PRs down increasing his strength a little further as he chips his way towards Julien.
#8 Angelo Di Vano drove another 4 PRs with strong marks including CI2 fastlap and some others. He defends his rank well and continues his path towards the next rank.
#9 Manuel Babjar goes for a few heavier PRs in order to make the cut he needed. He has passed Armin Huber to become the 2nd fastest PAL SMK karter in Germany.
#36 Ben Allen focused on some weaker tracks of Flower and Star cups this week and is making significant cuts, almost reaching Alvin van Asselt with more rivals further ahead.
#37 Sean Billingsley improved 3 PRs this week, extending his lead from Mazieres a little further.
#39 Gene Tagliabue, the Champion of Australia has had a great week combining his Non-NBT and NBT skills well with several PRs and a very strong cut. He has managed to pass Spanish Champion, Limona and land in the Top 40 Worldwide. Two active British karters are not too far ahead.
#62 James Tagliabue returned with 5 new PRs, an IB improvement on MC2 and some solid times on some Flower and Star cup PRs. He is heading to hit the Top 60 very soon.
#74 John Kennedy decided to push his GV3 5-lap Country Record down a little further with excellent results.
#242 Lindsay Molenaar improved a few of her MC4 PRs with nice results.
NTSC Activity:
#2 Guilherme Arantes, the Champion of Brazil returned to SMK to answer the challenge of a friend on DP1, succeeding with a nice PR. We look forward to see more results soon.
#7 Pierre L'Hoest sets a PR for CI1 NBT on NTSC this week.
#8 Joe Bernier, USA Time Trial Champion continues his work on DP1 5-lap, close in rivalry with Arantes.
#29 David Smith made some solid PRs for CI2 and RR lap this week as he keeps active and shows potential to reach further ranks soon.
#96 Raul Henrique of Brazil made a few more PRs this week to solidify his rank within the Top 100. These included DP1, CI1 and KB1 marks that are holding up well. |
I flew that A380!
Sami @ Sunday, July 20th [link]
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Next update
Hello all, as you all know this week the update was a little earlier; if your PRs didn't make it in don't worry, they will be safe for the next update and I will add them in then. Just to let you know that the next update (27th July) will be a little later in the day (by a few hours). I will still collect new records and PRs up until end of day Saturday as normal. After that it should return to normal. Many thanks and keep up the great Karting!
New Members
Welcome to...
Charlie Gosse, France (PAL 93rd, France 32nd, Veteran B)
Mike Oram, Canada (NTSC 190th, Canada 40th, Warrior D)
Jose Karica, Panama (NTSC 216th, Panama 1st, Contender C)
New World Records
Florent Lecoanet drives a pair of great WRs, Ghost Valley 2 5-lap PAL 1'01"35 and KB1 5-lap 0'48"45.
Pierre L'Hoest made a cut on Bowser Castle 3 lap hitting a tie with the PAL WR 0'17"63*.
Movement
PAL Activity:
PAL Time Trial Champion Pierre L'Hoest made a small comeback to PAL this week with a Non-NBT PR that tied the WR, on BC3 fastlap!
#4 Florent Lecoanet of France returned with a pair of great WRs on PAL, some platform jumping on GV2 and more crazyness on KB1.
#6 Matthias Boucher has again been active setting some new times to push his standards up and extend the lead from Stellmacher further.
#8 Angelo Di Vano, the Champion of Italy made a stron set of new PRs that have helped him to pass Armin Huber for the next rank. He is now beginning his journey towards the German Champion.
#10 Manuel Babjar continues to cut his PRs as he approaches Huber, this week with a cut to his GV2 lap with a platform jump.
#12 Guillaume Leviach of France improves 3 great PRs, a strong Non-NBT lap on RR followed up with a pair of fast DP1 NBT times.
#20 James Jones has had an incredible week, focusing his skills on other tracks and has made a large cut to reach #2 in the UK and the Top 20. His pace will keep him going as it gets tougher to shave time off his records.
#36 Ben Allen put more depth into some PRs of his and is making a volume of cut on average finish. He is extending his lead from Sean and picking up the pace towards Alvin.
#41 Gene Tagliabue, the Champion of Australia, works on his weaker GV3 times and is turning them into strong Non-NBT times. He has potential with the lap and see his way to a sub 1'17" soon.
#74 John Kennedy of Australia sets a few GV2 PRs and maintains his rank.
#123 Daniel Pabst of Germany made a little return to SMK this week with a new PR for GV3 fastlap.
#165 Daniel Caterbow also followed closely behind with a few PR cuts on his return and maintains his position well.
NTSC Activity:
#6 Chris Balch, the Champion of Canada continues his work on MC1 and manages to reach 56 second llevel along with a new lap PR.
#8 Joe Bernier, USA Time Trial Champion also returns?? Could it be? He has made a suprise PR on DP1 and rumours are he's not done with it yet... Very good to hear Joe has made a mini return.
#13 Tohgo Ariake of Japan drives one PR this week, for Rainbow Road 5-lap and is approaching the 1'25" barrier fast.
#29 David Smith has a PR from last week on DP1 that has helped him cut a few points down and maintain his rank.
#96 Raul Henrique of Brazil has done a great achievement this week with several PR cuts on a lot of tracks and a fast climb into the Top 100. He still has great potential, we look forward to see more of his records.
#124 Kristopher Lamp is sending a final batch of PRs, cuts to his full set and a good climb on average finish. |
Campaigning and Raining
Sami @ Sunday, July 13th [link]
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Update on Sunday 20th July a little earlier
Just a note to all, I will have to do next Sunday's (20th July) update early in the morning as I have a few important things to do during the day. So please send all your PRs by Saturday latest to be safe if you want to be in that update. Many thanks, and keep up the great karting!
Karter Voting Contest Round 2 over
The Kart contest continues and Round 2 has been completed, we are awaiting the preparations for Round 3. At the moment there are 32 players left standing, and it will be 1 on 1 votes from here on. A number of players of SMK have made it through to this round: Michael Liem, April Thompson, Matt Ellis, Kevin Booth, Pierre L'Hoest, Luca Barbetta, Kalle Videkull, Tom Gaffikin, Michael Fried, Joe Bernier, Marius Mollenhauer, Vincent van der Fluit, Paul Tanney, Robert Szabo, Leyla Hasso, Michael Jongerius, Kristopher Will, Benoit Boudreau, Sean Billingsley, Robin Usher, Karel van Duijveboden and Florent Lecoanet. We wish you all good luck this week!
New Members
Welcome to...
No new members this week...
New World Records
No new World Records this week...
Movement
PAL Activity:
#6 Matthias Boucher of France hits a few more PRs with solid NBT and made a climb past German Champion of PAL, Sebastian Stellmacher.
#9 Angelo Di Vano of Italy and #10 Manuel Babjar of Germany are still fighting their way towards the next rank. Angelo worked on a few key courses, including GV1 where he nailed a solid time and is not far from Huber. Manuel also supplied us with his latest strong records and follows closely behind Angelo.
#13 Guillaume Leviach set two new PRs this week, improving some of his stats overall and increasing his lead from Pierre Coste.
#23 James Jones of the British Team makes a great return to SMK this summer following completion of exams and has been working very hard on his favourite Mario Circuit 1, also making some decent cuts on other times to make a strong climb past USA's Joe Bernier. James is currently after Matt's 2nd place in the UK.
#36 Ben Allen and #37 Sean Billingsley both made their return to SMK this week too. Sean remains in position with a small cut to CI1 and defends his rank, while Ben goes on the offensive on MC1 with a couple of NBT PRs to get him started with plenty of potential as he defends #4 in the UK.
#41 Gene Tagliabue, the recently crowned Champion of Australia continues his PRs this week, a little fewer than previous weeks, but homing in on some more detailed strategy to gain himself some distance. A few more Australian Country records have also helped him to pass the Champions of Norway and Belgium during this week.
#65 James Tagliabue also karted this week, focusing on a few PRs, including an IB lap on MC2 gaining him a lot of average finish points. There are several close ranked karters ahead, so James can make a climb into the Top 60 once his utilises more NBT as Gene has.
#74 John Kennedy decided to work further on his Ghost Valley 3 PRs, setting a great sub 1'17" course time and finally succeeding in a lap Country record in Australia also.
#119 Samuel Gomez sets a new PR on Ghost Valley 3 this week.
NTSC Activity:
#6 Chris Balch, the Champion of Canada made a surprise little return this week and attempted to break the 57 second barrier on Mario Circuit 1. He will reach it on his next PR, we are confident.
#13 Tohgo Ariake of Japan makes a decent climb this week focusing on some tracks where he can gain average finish to help. He has 8 new records and passed Luis Felipe Ferrari, and is approaching Holmiere.
#16 Ha Nyan of Japan drives a very fast GV2 time, one of his strongest tracks that nearly rivalled a World Record. He is currently #2 on GV2 with his latest 5-lap time.
#66 Juan Manuel Arteaga, the Champion of Costa Rica is constantly chipping away at rivals average finish scores with mixed Non-NBT and NBT PRs to help raise his standards. He has passed 2 karters this week.
#119 Raul Henrique of Brazil has made an amazing climb after learning some Long boosting from the high ranked Brazilian karters. Along with some more PRs he still has excellent potential and can reach the Top 100s very soon if he keeps up the PRs.
#136 Bryan Cochonour passes 4 karters and his 8 PRs are helping him climb further. His GV1 PRs are including platform jumping and he is getting sharper on the rest. Bryan is just a few points short of passing the Champion of Ecuador.
#189 Adam Leibach of USA makes a strong comeback to SMK with several new times and reaches well into the Top 200. He has a pace to improve and climb very far, we look forward to see the next set of PRs. |
How much do they want to see it?
Sami @ Sunday, July 6th [link]
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Karter Voting Contest Update
The Kart contest has started off well with lots of players on the Forum from all Mario Kart versions voting for karters. It is evident that a lot of the newer karters are not familiar with those on al the karts, and vice versa, so it has been difficult to vote for a few. Round 2 has already been in motion with Michael Liem and April Thompson (also SMK players) two of the 4 lucky ones to advance to round 3. Several great names of SMK are also in round 2 this week; so if you were planning to vote for one of the guys that are familiar on SMK (and other karts) keep checking each day to see if their voting day has arrived:
Sebastian Stellmacher, Jamie White, Matt Ellis, Kevin Booth, Pierre L'Hoest, Marius Hukkelaas, Luca Barbetta, Nathan Stinson, Alvin van Asselt, Kalle Videkull, Tom Gaffikin, Jonathan Sifleet, Michael Fried, Joe Bernier, Guilherme Arantes, David Smith, Marius Mollenhauer, Vincent van der Fluit, Armin Huber, Paul Tanney, Steven Zwartjes, Robert Szabo, Leyla Hasso, Ben Allen, Michael Jongerius, Kristopher Will, Sebastien Holmiere, Benoit Boudreau, Richard Karlsson, Sean Billingsley, Chris Clark, Robin Usher, Piet den Dulk, Cole Gilbert, Karel van Duijvenboden, Florent Lecoanet
There are several other karters who compete on other Karts, I would recommend vieiwing all the Campaigns in the Kart Contest 2008 section of the Forum for some background information and great advertisements of those great Karters so you can vote for them too 
New Members
Welcome to...
No new members this week...
New World Records
No new World Records this week...
Movement
PAL Activity:
#7 Matthias Boucher of France makes a return to SMK this week with a small average finish cut, with his 2 PRs set this week.
#9 Angelo Di Vano of Italy and #10 Manuel Babjar of Germany continue a very close rivalry! Angelo takes the lead this week including passing Paquin and lands within the Top 10 at #9th place in the World on PAL Time Trials. Angelo hit several PRs and is on his way to reaching Armin. Manuel improved his BC3 time with a strong PR and defends his rank well this week.
#13 Guillaume Leviach improved a pair of KB2 PRs and has cut a few points to reach closer to Matthias Mann.
#28 David Bonne worked on BC3 Non-NBT, a little behind the reaches of Babjar but has been chipping away at a low 1'31" strong PR for 5-lap.
#46 Gene Tagliabue, has now become "Gene the Mean PR Machine" as he attacks this week with a crushing selection of PRs including tougher strategies on MC2, more NBT and Non-NBT on weaker tracks to cut off the maximum average finish. He has now passed Eric Scott to become the new Super Mario Kart Time Trial Champion of Australia! Gene still however has amazing pace with his NBT success, with the Norwegian, Belgium and Spanish National Champions up ahead, he has several goals and plenty of potential.
#74 John Kennedy, the Brisbane Champion in Australia worked on a few Ghost Valley times this week, lowering his fastlap close to the Australia Record.
#119 Samuel Gomez of France gains a rank this week vs a Belgian rival with a good pair of PRs on DP3.
#241 Lindsay Molenaar sets a few more PRs this week on random tracks and is defending her rank with a general improvement on stats.
NTSC Activity:
#5 Soul Kobayashi, the Champion of Japan has worked very well improving many of his new records, continuing to improve on his weaker tracks to cut more average finish. His score moves closer to the next two ranks, with Mann and Faria not far ahead.
#15 Tohgo Ariake of Japan now passes rival #16 Ha Nyan for 2nd place in Japan. Tohgo worked on 4 PRs to go for a bigger improvement on those courses. He is also close to reaching Tyler Worley and Luis Felipe Ferrari. Ha Nyan worked on Vanilla Lake 1 and is working on the strategy there as he hits a small PR and defends his rank.
#68 Juan Manuel Arteaga, the Champion of Costa Rica hits 5 new PRs, with mixed NBT and Non-NBT PRs and has passed Guillaume Sylvain. Former World NTSC Champion Travis Nelson is his next target.
#135 Raul Henrique of Brazil returned to SMK and drove some good records on a few of his favourite tracks using solid NBT on a few. He has cut a decent amount of average finish and approaches the Champion of Ecuador.
#140 Bryan Cochonour hit 9 new PRs this week and sticking to Non-NBT as he refines his turning angles to be sharper on corners. He will hit more PRs soon and rival the karters above including recently active Raul. |
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