Karting Injuries
Hey guys, the other day, some friends and i went karting in the Speedway Plus karting circuit. We were racing and i was about to overtake my friend coming out of turn8 and he lost the rear and spun infront of me. I tried to avoid him and but spun as well. After i stopped, i looked to my left and to my horror, the third placed guy headed right for me and SLAM!! he broke the kart hitting me but we continued nonetheless. I ended going home with s really bruised right thigh, scrapped back and lower back.
My injury may not being really serious but I was just wondering about the senior karters and juniors alike about accidents they've been in throughout racing in go karts.
pls share 
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naza:
Dennis,
People in my-kart and I can go a whole day talking about these sort of incidences. In my-kart; we race very hard but with a big amount of emphasis on safety. Come to my-kart chicken wings sessions and we will talk at length about safety, precautions, racing ethics and support each other with reminders and friendly warnings!....all for the sake of reducing to the barest minimum such scary incidences! Believe me it is possible to race hard and yet relatively safe!
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»dennisHo:
thanks naza,
i was just wondering about the worst ones you all have been in. I will join the chicken wings session relatively soon. i still have a few work related things to settle first
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»ajak:
Thats normal Bro..I've experience that..I think its worse then what you've got. It takes 4 months to recover it. But still went for the events every month.Thats what we called..experience in racing...TQ No injured,no fun....
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»TheFazz:
the most important aspect of racing safely is to constantly anticipate what can go wrong (somebody spinning, missing braking points etc).
to do this, it is best that you (1) have some practice (to know the kart and circuit) before getting into full blown racing situations. highly recommend the chicken wings practice sessions.
the next thing you need to do is to (2) know your competitors. if your competitors are newbies (or the aggressive but error prone sort), do make sure you leave enough room for you to take avoiding actions. avoid contact as best as you can. contact can result in flipping. my own accident came from a contact situation whereby i did not expect somebody to spin on the first corner of the first lap of a race. since then, i tend to give enough room at the start. after all, you don't win races in the first corner.
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»dennisHo:
hahaha ouch!!broken anything before?
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»TheFazz:
just the collar bone.
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»Jules:
and a few ribs....
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»dennisHo:
ooo..painful...hahaha..well in my case, the guy infront spun, then i managed to stop in time but the guy behind was unaware of it i guess so that happened...hahaha...i was like god, pls dont break anything inside of me.HAHA
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