The incident was announced by the BOTK 2022 organiser, MUSC Motorsport, on its official Facebook page.

According to the organiser, the race series, supposed to end tomorrow, was suspended immediately to show respect for the victim and his family.

“MUSC offers our condolences to the racer and his family.

“As a mark of respect, the management, all programme partners and drag teams have decided to postpone the BOTK2022 event to a date to be announced later,” read the statement.

It was reported that the racer, who died while participating in the BOTK 2022 drag race, was identified as Apeh Jamal, whose real name is Hafez Jamal Jamaludin.

Apeh died after sustaining serious injuries when he lost control of his car which crashed into a tree near the track.