Feb 16, 2020 07:26 IST

You got to have courage

in your heart.. Honesty
in your mind… Keep
running!
Dinakaran, February 16,2020

Editions: Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Mumbai, New Delhi,

Nagercoil, Puducherry, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli and Vellore.

I have been playing with race cars from a young age. I asked my dad to get
me race cars only. Now it has become my life’s passion. Born in Andhra but
completed my studies in Chennai. I was born with disability - my legs are
abnormal, doctors announced that I can’t walk properly in future and wheel
chair would be my companion. The doctors suggested to remove my limbs
and decided to fix artificial legs. My parents also agreed to go ahead with
doctors’ suggestion. After fixing artificial limbs, I started to learn walking
with my artificial legs. Though I had artificial limbs, still I was able to
compete in Car Races with my abnormal legs.

Every 3 years I had to change my artificial limbs, since I did not have
ligaments in my knees. I was not able walk like normal humans. At the age
of twenty I took to Formula Car training. Racing cars has been a craze from
a young age. Once I went to watch a Formula Car competition. There they
told whoever can drive a Formula car can come forward. At first I was
hesitant but my mother motivated that I can do it! I did not have any trainer
to train me in racing. All I had was a basic knowledge of driving a car,
learned basics about racing in a Chennai workshop. With this minimal
knowledge I was able to win championships. I drove a Formula 1 car first. It
was not like all other regular cars.

Heat released by cars engine used to drain blood and water from my body.
Formula 1 car is a single seated race car, but GT cars (A grand tourer is a
type of sports car that is designed for high speed and long-distance driving,
due to a combination of performance and luxury attributes) are like normal
cars, that’s the reason I chose Formula 1 cars, to challenge the limits. This
sport is little dangerous, still I took this as a challenge. I am handicapped,
so I wanted to achieve something different. To get trained in this sport it
very expensive so I’m getting trained in my home through simulators. My
aim is to win two international championships this year.