The other day, I was at Bandra Reclamation with my friends to get some fresh air. As usual it was flooded with hundreds of people including the aged, the mid aged, couples who were lost in each others arms and not to forget the street racers, who are the main attraction when the evening starts to fade out.
Me and my friends bought some corns and were munching on them when suddenly a street race happened to take place. It was a race between some ten cars. It came to my notice that each car was specially tuned as the engine roared. Being a mechanical engineer, figuring that was not a difficult task. As some of us, who’ve been to the Reclamation area, know that it has a kind of a circuit which should be conquered in between moving traffic. Being a major racing fan, I was totally psyched to be in the audience to witness a street race.
The race started with a shot from an air-gun. I was transfixed at the cars as they accelerated at an unbelievable speed for a car of the same model. Everyone who was present there, at least gave a glance when the race started and got “busy with their work” again. Within no time all the drivers completed their first lap and were cruising for the second lap; when a blast was heard at the last turn of the “street circuit”.
A driver in his early twenties lost control of his car and ran into the nearby road divider, crashing the engine. He was suddenly unconscious due to the impact. A few people who were near the spot helped him get into the nearby, Lilavati Hospital. We all were shocked to witness an accident as it was the least expected thing for the evening.
As the scene was flooded with middle aged and the agedly, all we could hear around us was, “What are these youngsters trying to prove here?”, “What’s the use of rash driving for?”, “Don’t their parents pay them butt load of money already?”, “I don’t think this generation understand anything about safety”, “I don’t think this generation value their parents”.
In the crowd of said-aloud thoughts, I wondered, was it really the boy’s fault to race on the streets? Aren’t we all tempted with speed? Isn’t speed a better addiction than drugs? Though racing might kill you but it doesn’t give a surety like drugs. Why is it that people are ready to race on the streets rather than in a world championship which might earn them recognition and awards? Well, the answer to all this is, bad advertising strategy of Indian Motor Sports industry.
If the boy was a rash driver at a speed of 90 km/h, what will the general population call the fastest Indian, Narain Karthikeyan, who drives at a top speed of 262.8 km/h in the F1 arena? The top speed achieved at a F1 race is about 369.9 km/h. I suppose these people will call the F1 drivers, mentally deranged for cruising at such a superficial speed. This is due to lack of knowledge on racing. Well, racing doesn’t mean driving rash or irrationally but when trained in a professional manner; you can be the god of the roads with total control over your vehicle.
Let me ask you, how many of you know about motor sports in India? There will be hardly a few and those who do aren’t taking the best effort to spread the word around.
This led me to take a major leap to start a kart racing team which is not only professional, but also of International standards. We at Ardor Racing, strive to bring the best talent ahead; by all means possible. We provide professional kart racing training which helps you to train in a professional way and get into the kart racing competition held nation wide.
It is said that every competition is a healthy competition and hence we have introduced our team in the genre of kart racing. We are growing up in terms of ranks at a very subtle speed and we are ready to welcome everyone aboard with our team. Once you enrol with us, we won’t let you go until you are a thorough professional.
Keep checking our blogs for updates.
Toodles.
Chetan Vengurlekar
Me and my friends bought some corns and were munching on them when suddenly a street race happened to take place. It was a race between some ten cars. It came to my notice that each car was specially tuned as the engine roared. Being a mechanical engineer, figuring that was not a difficult task. As some of us, who’ve been to the Reclamation area, know that it has a kind of a circuit which should be conquered in between moving traffic. Being a major racing fan, I was totally psyched to be in the audience to witness a street race.
The race started with a shot from an air-gun. I was transfixed at the cars as they accelerated at an unbelievable speed for a car of the same model. Everyone who was present there, at least gave a glance when the race started and got “busy with their work” again. Within no time all the drivers completed their first lap and were cruising for the second lap; when a blast was heard at the last turn of the “street circuit”.
A driver in his early twenties lost control of his car and ran into the nearby road divider, crashing the engine. He was suddenly unconscious due to the impact. A few people who were near the spot helped him get into the nearby, Lilavati Hospital. We all were shocked to witness an accident as it was the least expected thing for the evening.
As the scene was flooded with middle aged and the agedly, all we could hear around us was, “What are these youngsters trying to prove here?”, “What’s the use of rash driving for?”, “Don’t their parents pay them butt load of money already?”, “I don’t think this generation understand anything about safety”, “I don’t think this generation value their parents”.
In the crowd of said-aloud thoughts, I wondered, was it really the boy’s fault to race on the streets? Aren’t we all tempted with speed? Isn’t speed a better addiction than drugs? Though racing might kill you but it doesn’t give a surety like drugs. Why is it that people are ready to race on the streets rather than in a world championship which might earn them recognition and awards? Well, the answer to all this is, bad advertising strategy of Indian Motor Sports industry.
If the boy was a rash driver at a speed of 90 km/h, what will the general population call the fastest Indian, Narain Karthikeyan, who drives at a top speed of 262.8 km/h in the F1 arena? The top speed achieved at a F1 race is about 369.9 km/h. I suppose these people will call the F1 drivers, mentally deranged for cruising at such a superficial speed. This is due to lack of knowledge on racing. Well, racing doesn’t mean driving rash or irrationally but when trained in a professional manner; you can be the god of the roads with total control over your vehicle.
Let me ask you, how many of you know about motor sports in India? There will be hardly a few and those who do aren’t taking the best effort to spread the word around.
This led me to take a major leap to start a kart racing team which is not only professional, but also of International standards. We at Ardor Racing, strive to bring the best talent ahead; by all means possible. We provide professional kart racing training which helps you to train in a professional way and get into the kart racing competition held nation wide.
It is said that every competition is a healthy competition and hence we have introduced our team in the genre of kart racing. We are growing up in terms of ranks at a very subtle speed and we are ready to welcome everyone aboard with our team. Once you enrol with us, we won’t let you go until you are a thorough professional.
Keep checking our blogs for updates.
Toodles.
Chetan Vengurlekar