FAST, FURIOUS & ONLY 5
Jun 04, 2021
4 minutes
BY JACQUES MYBURGH
PICTURES:
ONKGOPOTSE KOLOTI
‘THE FINAL IS ALWAYS LATE IN THE DAY AND THEN ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS TAKE A NAP’
MANY people get behind the wheel of a car only in their late teens but in the Free State town of Virginia there’s a five-year-old petrol-head who’s not afraid to put the pedal to the metal.
Wian Muller is one of the world’s youngest competitors in midget car racing. In the tiny vehicle his dad built for him, he’s able to whip around a track at speeds of anywhere between 40-60km/h.
Dressed in overalls and an oversized helmet, he looks like
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