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Saturday 19 March 2016

12 Indian racers finalized for the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship 2016

What a fantastic day it has been. The Tata T1 Prima Truck racing, entering in Season 3 kicked off today at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC). Tata Motors also announced the final 12 Indian truck racers, who will compete in the SUPER CLASS category. This will be the first year that the Indian drivers debut in the championship, all thanks to Tata Motors.

The 12 Indian drivers selected for the championship are Nagarjuna A, Bacchu Singh, Rabinder Yadav, Bhag Chand, Rajkumar Mahato, Jitendra Singh, MD Parvez, Jagat Singh, Anand, Mohd. Iliyas, Malkeet Singh and Syed Akram Pasha




The new Indian Truck Driver Race selection and training program has been done under the first-ever T1 Racer Program (TRP) by Tata Motors. These Truck Drivers have been selected who are employed with Tata Motors’ key customers, from all across the country. 




The T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship will continue to host experienced international drivers representing six teams, featuring 12 Tata PRIMA race trucks. 

This season we are going to witness two race categories and four races:

Two SUPER class – Comprising of Indian race truck drivers 
Two Pro class - Comprising of Internationally acclaimed drivers with proven experience in the field of truck racing.

The Indian drivers will be seen competing in black PRIMA race trucks which are identical in look and build. The 12 coloured trucks competing in the PRO CLASS will represent six teams, who participated in the previous two seasons of the championship, with one new team.

Tata Motors has also partnered with some of the country’s leading automotive brands for this Season, WABCO, JK Tyre, Castrol, Cummins, Tata Motors Finance and Tata Technologies.

For those who want to know the specifications of the Tata Prima race trucks, it is powered by 370 BHP @ 2100 RPM and has a top speed of just over 130 Km/h.

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