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Wonder kid is blazing Karting tracks in Chennai

Karoon Murthy is just four and half years old but he is already blazing the Karting tracks, which could possibly make him India's youngest 'GoKart'er.

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CHENNAI: Karoon Murthy is just four and half years old but he is already blazing the Karting tracks, which could possibly make him India's youngest 'GoKart'er.
   
The UKG student, though cannot race in 'GoKart' competitions till he is seven years old, is racing on karting tracks here and in Bangalore on adult karts and is giving his elder competitors a run for their money.
   
According to his father, Kaushik Murthy, three time former national biking champion for TVS, 'Karoon was racing on battery karts since he was two and half years itself. Now he has begun to race on adult karts, which even many adults find difficult to race on," he told.

A video of the child racing a 13 year old on a Karting track, shows his potential. Not only does Karoon take the corners flawlessly but also races his elder competitor easily.
   
The third generation racer from the family, Karoon, a student at GRT school here, would also begin training in motor racing. Kaushk recently imported a Ninja racing bike for Karoon for this purpose.
   
"I plan to train him professionally. There is no one who can do both kinds of racing- car and bikes. We hope that he will be able to do both. He will start training on the bike at the Irungattukottai tracks soon," he said.
   
Kaushik, who also runs a team of professional stunters here, 'Angels Racing' and another team in Bangalore 'Grips Racing', says he is working out a time table with proper training modules for Karoon.
   
"Akbar Ibrahim was my coach. We will put Karoon under his management once he starts racing. He knows what is best," he says.

Kaushik, who raced at the national level for the TVS team between 1991-98, winning three championships, also plans to start a school for professional racing here.

"It was my dream to start a racing school. It should come up shortly. There's no professional training school available in India for racers."
   
Little Karoon's eyes light up when you ask him what he wants to become once he grows up. Without any hesitation comes the reply," I want to be a racer.'
   
Quizzing him further, the kid says he wants to become a bike racer and his eyes race to the green coloured Ninja bike that he would be training on soon.
   
Kaushik says Karoon would probably go abroad and train once he is around 13-14 years old.
   
But for now, Karoon Murthy loves one thing- Racing. Be it on Karts or bikes.

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