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.
JK Tyre in association with the Motorsports Club of Arunachal has organized the three-day off-roading event- JK Tyre Orange 4x4 Fury in the Lower Dibang Valley district. The event was ceremonially flagged off by Mr. Ravi Dhavan, Deputy Commissioner, Lower Diwang Valley along with Mr. Hari Singh, five times National Rally Champion and Asia Zone Rally Champion.
The event is run by Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) and organized by IMSC Motorsport, has three classes – Open (all vehicles), Quads and Local for participants from the North-Eastern region.
The JK Tyre Orange 4x4 Fury will officially kick-start on Wednesday with 15 teams from across India in the fray. Each team comprises two vehicles manned by a pair of driver and spotter. The Stages would be in the thick rain forest and river crossings along with deadly swamps that will test man and machine to the limit.
The winner of the Fury will be adjudged on the basis of various parameters including Approach, Drive-through, Vehicle presentation and External help which involves team-work besides time taken to clear the obstacles. The venue of the Orange Festival, which is supported by the government of Arunachal Pradesh, is the Dambuk town nestling among towering mountains.
Nikhil Bohra from Bangalore (Team Meco Racing), Mohhamed Nallwalla from Mumbai (Team Rayo Racing) and Bangalore boy Ricky Donison (Team BPC Racing) emerged champions in the Micro Max, Junior Max & Senior Max categories in Round 5 of the 12th JK Tyre-FMSCI National Karting Championship which concluded at the Meco Kartopia here on Sunday.
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| Junior Max Winners |
At the end of the five round championship, Shahan Ali Mohsin lifted up the trophy of the overall champion in the Micro Max category, Akash Gowda was declared overall champion in the Junior Max category & Ricky Donison became the 2015 JK Tyre National Karting champion in the Senior Max category.
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| Micro Max Winners |
Ricky Donison bagged two more trophies for securing the maximum number of wins and also for the maximum number of pole positions. Mohd Zain Ali bagged the Best Newcomer of the year award, Shahan Ali Mohsin was awarded the Best Driver of the Year award, Nirmal Umashanker got the Akbar Ebrahim trophy for the Most Improved Driver of the Year and Mira Erda bagged the Most Promising Female Driver of the year award.
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| Senior Max Winners |
In the final race of the Junior Max, Mohammed Nallwala was back in his form and sealed his leadership position by taking away the chequered flag ahead of everyone. Nirmal Umashanker, Akash Gowda, Manav Sharma and Yash Aradhya fought bumper to bumper for the second and third place finish. It was a clean race with no DNFs (did not finish) and at the end, Nirmal finished second and following him closely was Akash Gowda. With this third place finish, Akash Gowda sealed his championship title in the Junior Max category. As he lifted the trophy, he received a huge applause from his friends from his school who had come all the way to cheer for him.
The final race was filled with action as the young lads fought it out. Ricky was leading the race since the beginning. The real fight was between Vishnu, Nayan, Krishnaraj and Ameya who were battling it out on the track. Ricky maintaining his dominance finished the race first. Vishnu Prasad was back in his form and managed to retain his place at the second position throughout the race and clocked the second best time. Ameya who was in the third place as the race began eventually fell behind as Nayan took over and crossing the finish line third.
The overall champion of the Junior Max & Senior Max from here will now move to participate in the World Karting finals to be held in Portugal this year. The top three overall champions in the Junior Max & Senior Max category will be seen driving the JKFB02 cars in the JK Tyre Racing Championship 2016.
The winners of Round 5 were awarded in the podium ceremony held after the races. The overall champions of the 12th JK Tyre-FMSCI National Rotax Karting Championship were awarded in a glittering ceremony later in the evening. The 2015 season of JK Tyre-FMSCI National Rotax Karting Championship witnessed a lot of action and excitement and will be back next year for the 13th season of the championship.
Final race results:
Micro Max (15 laps):-
Nikhil Bohra – 14:59.428
Shahan Ali Mohsin – 15:02.508
Ruhaan Alva – 15:02.832
Junior Max (18 laps):-
Mohammed Nallwala – 16:18.543
Nirmal Umashanker – 16:19.821
Akash Gowda – 16:25.426
Senior Max (20 laps):-
Ricky Donison – 18:09.290
Vishnu Prasad – 18:17.966
Nayan Chatterjee – 18:22.488
The grand finale (fifth and final round) of the 12th JK Tyre-FMSCI National Rotax Karting Championship will be hosted at Bengaluru. After seeing a great contest and action packed rounds across tracks in Hyderabad, Coimbatore and Bangalore, the grand finals will return to Meco Kartopia on October 10-11, 2015. The qualifying and the heat races will be held on Saturday and the pre-finals and finals will be held on Sunday followed by the championship prize distribution.
Overall champion in the Junior & Senior Max categories will represent India in the World Karting finals scheduled in Portugal this year. In addition to this, the overall top three winners in the Junior & Senior max categories will get a fully sponsored drive in the JK Racing India Series in the 2016 season of the JK Tyre Racing Championship.
With few point differences among the top three contenders in each category, the weekend promises to be high on adrenaline. In the micro max category, 11 year old Shahan Ali Mohsin from Agra (Team Meco Racing) is leads the championship table with 350 points. In the Junior Max, Akash Gowda from Bangalore (Team Meco Racing) is on the lead with 330 points and Ricky Donison from Bangalore (Team BPC Racing) in Senior Max category with 335 points is leading in the overall championship points table.
It’s going to be a fight to the finish in the Junior Max category as the top three contenders are just few points behind each other. Round four turned the tables for Mohammed Nallwalla who was leading the championship until Round three but a turn of events in the penultimate round and Akash Gowda managed to climb up the chart. However, the championship is still open as there a difference of just 7 points between Akash and Mrinal Chatterjee from Rayo Racing who is currently in second place.
In the Senior Max category, Ricky is currently leading the pack and has dominated in the category round after round. It will be interesting to see how Vishnu, Ameya, Nayan and Dhruv battle it out in this ultimate round.
The six teams participating in the Championship are Rayo Racing from Mumbai, Meco Racing from Chennai, Mohite’s Racing from Kolhapur, BPC Racing from Bangalore, Erda Racing from Baroda, Indian Karting from Kolhapur and Dark Don Racing from Chennai.For the coveted Overall team trophy, Team Meco Racing, Team Rayo Racing, Team Mohite’ s Racing and Team BPC Racing are vying for the top honour across the three categories.
The races will be webcasted live on www.jktyremotorsport.com
It was round 4 of the JK Tyre FMSCI National Rotax Karting Championship held at Bengaluru in sunny conditions. The championship has 3 categories, the senior, the junior & the Micro (drivers aged 7 to 12).
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| Podium Winners |
The Junior Category saw a lot of action and excitement as Mohammed Nalwalla of Rayo Racing finished 1st in Heats 1 & 2 in spite of pressure from the others which put him on pole for the Pre-finals.
In the Pre-finals, he began well and had a huge lead between him and the other racers. He was unfortunate as his car's engine seized after a few laps and had to force retire which gave Manav Sharma of BPC Racing the top spot.
In the finals however it was Rayo Racing’s Mohammed Nalwalla who impressed with his skills, starting last (15th on the grid) . He finished remarkably well to take the 3rd position as he overtook 12 competitors during the race. In 1st was Manav Sharma of BPC Racing, followed by Akash Gowda in 2nd.
In Senior prefinals, Ricky Donison of BPC Racing finished ahead of Rayo Racing’s Nayan Chatterjee & Mohite Racing’s Dhruv Mohite. In the Senior Finals, Rayo Racing’s Ameya Bafna starting last on the grid raced to notch the 3rd place and also secured the fastest lap with a time of 54.347. Nayan Chatterjee also racing for Rayo Racing team raced brilliantly to take the second spot. Ricky Donison of BPC Racing who dominated the weekend, won the race easily.
In the Micro Max category, Shahan Ali Mohsin continued his domination and won ahead of his Meco Racing team-mate - Nikhil Bohra. Ruhaan Alva of BPC Racing finished 3rd.
The last and final round of the Championship will be held back to Bengaluru early next month.
Final Results-
Senior Finals:
1. Ricky Donison 54.493
2. Nayan Chatterjee 54.490
3. Ameya Bafna 54.347
Junior Finals:
1. Manav Sharma 54.502
2. Akash Gowda 54.368
3. Mohammed Nalwalla 54.745
Micro Finals:
1. Shahan Ali Mohsin 59.923
2. Nikhil Bohra 59.878
3. Ruhaan Alva 59.925
Round 4 of the 12th JK Tyre-FMSCI National Rotax Karting Championship will be held in Bangalore from September 26-27, 2015. The first three rounds was hosted in Hyderabad and Coimbatore. Meco Kartopia is hosting the National karting championship for the first time after hosting the JK Tyre-MMS Rotax Rookie Cup,which was held earlier this year.
The qualifying and heats will be held on Saturday and the pre-final & final races will be held from Sunday morning onwards. Over 40 young karters will compete in the Round 4 of the championship and drivers will race the karts that run on the new Evo Max engines, a new introduction this year that is intended to enhance the drivers’ performance at the Meco Kartopia circuit, which is 1.2 kms in length.
After three rounds, Shahan Ali Mohsin from Agra (Team Meco Racing owned by international racer Armaan Ebrahim) in Micro Max category, Mohammed Nallawalla from Mumbai (Team Rayo Racing, owned by 8 times National champion Rayomand Banajee) in Junior Max category and Ricky Donison from Bangalore (Team BPC Racing owned by Robert Donison) in Senior Max category are leading in the overall championship points table.
Shahan Ali Mohsin, Ruhaan Alwa, Arjun Nair, Mrinal Chatterjee, Vishnu Prasad, Ameya Bafna, Chittesh Mandody have captivated the audience with their performance in the last three rounds. Participating in the national karting championship has helped Shahan & Ruhaan in upgrading their karting skills and consequently winning races at internationallevel. Shahan recently won at Round 6 of the 2015 Rotax Max Asia Challenge at the Shah Alam International Kart Circuit.
The six teams participating in the Championship are Rayo Racing from Mumbai, Meco Racing from Chennai, Mohite’s Racing from Kolhapur, BPC Racing from Bangalore, Erda Racing from Baroda and Dark Don Racing from Chennai. The drivers representing the 6 teams will be divided into three categories on the basis of their age: Micro Max (7 yrs-12 yrs), Junior Max (13-yrs-15 yrs) & Senior Max (15 yrs & above).
The races will be webcasted live on www.jktyremotorsport.com.
