Thanks, guys.
We'll have to play once I get internet at home again.
I agree on the SNES track being challenging. I remember that one well. There was the crazy jump you could take if you had a mushroom.
I think that course was my first gaming related anger moment. I was playing 150cc and just had to get first to win the gold on that cup. I was in the lead by far until the last stretch of the last lap I got red shelled. I started to go again but %$*@^%# Donkey Kong drove RIGHT THROUGH one of the last star powered thwomps! So he beat me and I was so mad that I nearly tore my SNES controller in two, then I threw it across the room. I was mad.
LOL, good times.