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Jason Whalls is remembered as one of the pioneers of Mario Kart 64, being the second member (after Kevin Booth) to have his times listed on the page. Along with Andy Launspach, Kevin Booth and Jason Engel, Jason was one of the Feared 4 in Mario Kart 64 in 1997.

He was an all-rounder player, skilled in both Shortcut and Non-Shortcut. Some of his best known marks included Banshee Boardwalk 1'45"39 (a Top 10 nomination), some really old Frappe Snowland lap WRs, and way too many shortcuts (YV SC).

Jason is perhaps closest to Kevin and Louis of any other community members. At once stage he and Kevin shared tied records on both lap and 3lap on Royal Raceway - a poignant moment in the history of Kart. In his earlier days, Jason also spent most of his web-time in the Mario Kart IRC chatroom, braving the deficiencies of WebTV, and shared many laughs and coming-of-age enlightening conversations with Kevin, Louis-Philippe Sabbagh, Alex Penev, Olga the Cow, and others. He was a well-respected member of the community for his high ranking and sense of humour. Jason was Kevin's SVP, and many considered him the most suitable for creating funny side-projects for the Players' Page. He's fondly remembered for his Kart Bible (Kart = Chicks) and several unique "Chats You've Never Had" (faked chatroom conversations between most of the prominent members of the community, whose ide was stolen by some other communities).

Jason was also one of the first Mario Kart players to create an online profile. He credits Alex as being the first to make profiles look good, but some consider Jason to be the first to have an interesting profile, with separate personal pages describing various aspects of his life and character. Profiles are now a typical feature of all the Mario Kart sites, despite having much less personal content than they used several years ago, when they were still updated by individuals.

Apart from Mario Kart 64, Jason has also played Super Mario Kart (where he held many NTSC records in 2000/2001), and Mario Kart Super Circuit, where he held many records in the early stages of competition (2002). In many of the games Jason played for scores, he often competed with Kevin and Louis. He was a regular at N64HS, and has/had records in Mario Golf (he also won a Nintendo tournament for this game), Super Mario 64, Wave Race 64, and others. He was also one of the pioneers of Diddy Kong Racing time trial competition, and along with Kevin Booth (who started the page), was involved in updating it later on. Jason and Louis had many battles together in DKR, and were usually quite close, especially in Hovercraft races. Some of their battles are documented in Twin Galaxies competitions.

Jason was heavily involved with the Karter Contest 2004, but he no longer signs on AIM and has not kept contact with most of the community due to his (and Louis's) addiction to World of Warcraft. They might come back some day, when they realise that WoW =/= Chicks.

External Links

• The Kart Bible
• Fake Chat #2 'AImIRC Strikes Back'
• Fake Chat #3 'The Life of a Kart Historian'
• Historical list of SMK Records
• Personal Info
• Really, really old profile
• Twin Galaxies newletter: Wave Race]. (Here, Jason fends off Matt Leto and Louis).
• Twin Galaxies newletter: DKR]. (More of the above)