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Here’s a VERY interesting variation of the story claiming her kart reached 250km/h
SINGAPORE: A Formula One fan seeking a thrill died after the go-kart she was driving overturned and crashed into a track divider, news reports said on Monday.
Singaporean Chen Shu Li, 32, lost control of the vehicle while negotiating the final bend at the USJ Go-Kart Track on Saturday in Sepang, Malaysia.
She had travelled to Sepang with her husband and three friends to watch Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix.
The Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur contacted Chen’s family in the city-state, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was the mother of two children.
Industry sources told the newspaper that Chen may have blacked out because of high G-forces. Referring to gravity’s effect on the body, the G-force is multiplied when one accelerates to high speeds.
The four-wheel drive go-kart Chen was using can reach speeds of up to 250 km per hour and is usually reserved for professional racers. Novices usually drive “benign” vehicles with a top speed of 60 km per hour, making the sport “quite safe,” he was quoted as saying.
[quote=cyclonite]……….The four-wheel drive go-kart Chen was using can reach speeds of up to 250 km per hour and is usually reserved for professional racers. Novices usually drive “benign” vehicles with a top speed of 60 km per hour, making the sport “quite safe,” he was quoted as saying.[/quote]
Not only the article claims the kart can reach 250kph, it also claims the kart is 4WD! argggghhh
[quote=OSFlanker][quote=cyclonite]……….The four-wheel drive go-kart Chen was using can reach speeds of up to 250 km per hour and is usually reserved for professional racers. Novices usually drive “benign” vehicles with a top speed of 60 km per hour, making the sport “quite safe,” he was quoted as saying.[/quote]
Not only the article claims the kart can reach 250kph, it also claims the kart is 4WD! argggghhh
[/quote]uhm…250kph…quite exaggerated dont u think? hahaha
[quote=cyclonite]The four-wheel drive go-kart Chen was using can reach speeds of up to 250 km per hour and is usually reserved for professional racers. Novices usually drive “benign” vehicles with a top speed of 60 km per hour, making the sport “quite safe,” he was quoted as saying.[/quote]
4WD
250kmhShame that some people like to sensationalize things when they understand very little to start with.
can go up to 250kmph and a 4 WD?? :O IF this is true, then sabelt, you need to change your IMPREZA …woohoo! lol 😉
wth.. they even got the name wrong…
wat i heard was… a bunch of them was racing together, and on the last corner b4 the straights, a few was cutting fast into the corner.. and i think she panicked and went straight tru between some of them and went up the embankment and crashed down 6feet..
if only she hit those other karts she would have been saved..250 kmh???? at elite..never seen any of those kinda karts before….im sure this is wrong info….4wd karts?…come on….
like that y dont they write due to no traction control la… ABS la… all that kind of stuf…
hai… really a dumb reporter
[quote=chooz]…… and i think she panicked and went straight tru ……..
[/quote]I might be speculating here but this shows the importance of newbies to have enough track time so that it becomes natural to brake with the left foot. Most of the time we use the right foot for braking in our cars. When you panic, its only the training that could help!
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