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Oceanside girl, 15, takes on go-kart racing circuit
Quick Read"What people do on the highway, I do on a normal basis" on a go-kart track, said Natalia Mayo, of Oceanside.
Photo credit: James Carbone | Natalia Mayo, 15, of Oceanside, with her father, John Mayo, at the Nassau Coliseum. (July 25, 2010)
Five days before she can apply for her learner's permit, 15-year-old Natalia Mayo whipped around a racetrack at more than 70 mph.
"What people do on the highway, I do on a normal basis" on a go-kart track, said Mayo, of Oceanside.
She was behind the wheel of a custom-built kart, competing against seven other racers in her class, TaG Junior, on a three-quarter-mile track in the Nassau...
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