Saturday, July 18, 2026

SPM Physics-AHA! Physics Meets Engineering in Go-Karts

 


At Mid Valley’s underground go‑kart track, students learn how physics upgrades make racing safer and more fun. Wider tires = more friction, seat belts = Newton’s First Law in action, crumple zones = impulse reduces force. But here’s the cool history: in 1956, Art Ingels welded a steel chassis, stuck on a lawnmower engine, and invented the first go‑kart. His garage experiment became a global sport, training future Formula 1 champions.

AHA! Moment: Engineering, physics, and history collide — from friction and impulse to the invention that revolutionized motorsport.

Garage build, global sport. Physics drives champions. Not by sight, but by INSIGHT!


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