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  • MRF MoGrip National Supercross Championship 2014 begins on May 18

    Chennai, 14 May 2014: The 10th edition of the MRF MoGrip-FMSCI National Supercross championship has attracted almost 100 entries for each of the six rounds to be staged across the country.

    Supercross is a motorcycling sport that involves off-road motorcycles on an artificially-created dirt track consisting of steep jumps and obstacles, and is usually conducted in stadiums.
    The first round of the championship will be held in Nashik on May 18and the second round in Pune on May 25.
    The other rounds are tentatively scheduled to be held in Coimbatore, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Mumbai.
    As a sport, Supercross is gaining in popularity in India, with close to around twenty thousand spectators thronging each venue last year, leading to an increase in participation and growing involvement and support from Corporate houses.
    MRF Limited is the title sponsor. TVS Motor Company, Hero Moto Corp, Sidvin Core-Tech, and IOC Servo are associate sponsors. Godspeed (Pune) is organizing the championship.
    KP Aravind (Team TVS, Bangalore), CS Santosh (Bangalore), Kerala rider Harith Noah (Team TVS) and Veer Patel (Baroda) are some of the Indian riders who have participated in recent Asian Supercross events in Sri Lanka and the UAE, and along with privateers Snehal Chavan (Team 9T9 Racing, Pune) and Gaurav Khatri (New Delhi), will be wowing the spectators with their daredevil style.
    Factory-backed Team TVS and Pune’s 9T9 Racing are among the top teams in the fray.
    Close to 40 thoroughbred motocross motorcycles will be seen in action in the re-christened SX 1 and SX 2 categories, while the newly-introduced Junior SX category is exclusively for riders below 15 years of age.
    The seven categories and their respective 2013 champions are:
    SX 1 (Foreign Open, Group A, Two/Four Stroke, up to 250cc Two-Stroke and 500cc Four-Stroke). 2013 champion KP Aravind (Team TVS, Bangalore).
    SX 2 (Foreign Open, Group A, Two/Four Stroke, up to 250cc Two-Stroke and 500cc Four-Stroke). Only  for Privateers. 2013 champion Gaurav Khatri (New Delhi)
    Junior SX (Open to Group A/B/C/D, up to 260cc). Below 15 years.
    Newly-introduced.
    Indian Expert Class, Group B, (Two/Four Stroke, up to 260cc).
    2013 champion Pramod Joshua (Team TVS, Bangalore).
    Indian Expert Class, Group C (Two/Four Stroke, up to 260cc).
    2013 champion Pramod Joshua (Team TVS, Bangalore).
    Private Expert Class, Group C, (Two/Four Stroke, up to 260cc).
    2013 champion VS Naresh (Bangalore).
    Novice Class, Group  C, (Two/Four Stroke, up to 260cc).
    2013 champion Suhail Ahmed (Team TVS, Bangalore).
    All defending champions have confirmed participation in the upcoming edition.
    eom/FMSCI press release/

    File photo of a Supercross event from FMSCI archives.
    File photo of a Supercross event from FMSCI archives.

    Sanjay Rajan

  • India to host 2011 FIA Annual Gala Awards ceremony

    New Delhi, 15 Dec 2010: India will become the first Asian country to host the Annual the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Gala Awards after the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) announced today that it will be held in New Delhi in 2011. The FIA recently approved the presentation put forward on behalf of the FMSCI by its Chairman, Dr. Vijay Mallya at the World Council meeting in Monte Carlo and will as a result host the Gala on the 9th and 10th of December 2011.

    The annual Prize Giving Gala honours World Champions from the Formula One Championship, World Rally Championship, Karting Championships, and World Touring Cars among others and is a spectacle by its own accord. The crowning of 2010 Champions took place in Monte Carlo on the 10th of December  with FIA President Jean Todt presenting Sebastian Vettel, the youngest ever Formula One World Champion, with his Formula 1 Driver’s Trophy. 

    Notably thrilled that India will host the FIA’s mega event of the year, KD Madan, President of the FMSCI stated, “This is a defining moment for Indian motorsport. First the Indian GP and now the awards taking place in India – It is a clear indication that India is now well and truly on the world map even in the motorsport world! We could not have imagined this couple of years ago but the FMSCI has been working really hard to make motorsports one of the top sports in the country. To be the first country in Asia to host the FIA Annual awards speaks volumes of how Indian motorsport is seen by global audiences. Next year is going to be a proud year for Indian motorsports and we will need all the support we can get from the rest of the nation to make it a success.”

    The added surprise however came through the announcement that the FMSCI and Delhi would also play host to the year ending FIA World Council Meeting and the FIA Annual General Meeting, held during the same period as the Gala. The FIA’s AGM would see over 900 delegates from almost 200 countries in attendance at Delhi next year to review the season’s Motorsport and to secure future plans and set them in place.  The FMSCI is indeed gearing up for an adrenaline packed 2011 season with Indian motorsport presently on an all time high.

    Mr. Madan added, “FMSCI Chairman Vijay Mallya has worked very hard to get these events to India and typical of his hospitality in going all the way to host the esteemed guests himself and plan for the delegates to visit the historical sites of Delhi & of course the Taj Mahal in Agra.”