One of Kazakhstan's best racers dead

Kazakhstan drag-racer Andrey Kulemzin. Photo courtesy of Andrey Kulemzin's vkontakte.ru personal account

Andrey Kulemzin, one of the best Kazakhstan car racers, has died in an racing accident. This tragedy happened on Saturday during the first stage of Kazakhstan Drag Racing Championship that was held in Almaty oblast, Tengrinews.kz reports, citing Kolesa.kz. “According to the preliminary information, the racer lost control of his car at high speed. The car started skidding and then shot out of the track. The car turned over several times. The racer got thrown out of the car and his body was found 50 meters away from the remains of the vehicle,” the press-release reads. According to Vesti.kz this accident happened in Motorplex stadium that is located in Boralday village in Almaty oblast.