They Dreamt, They Dared & They Lived It at Dakar

Let us not just hail the winners in each of the categories of the 40th edition of Dakar Rally in 2018, whether it is Matthias Walkner of Red Bull KTM Factory Team in the bike section, or Ignacio Casale of Casale Rac...

Hero MotoSports’ Oriol Mena finishes 4th in Dakar Rally 2018

Both the two riders of Hero MotoSports Rally Team -- Oriol Mena and CS Santosh--and the sole rider of Sherco TVS Rally Factory Juan Pedrero Garcia have sailed past the 10th stage of the 2018 Dakar Rally being held...

Oriol Mena of Hero MotoSports ahead of Juan Pedrero Garcia of Sherco TVS

Now that a very tough Stage 8 is over, rookie Oriol Mena of Hero MotoSports came in a respectable 14th. He now has an overall standing of 18 after 8 stages. Across the cam, at TVS Sherco Rally Factory, their sole ri...

Sole Sherco TVS rider, 2 from Hero MotoSports clear Stage 7 of Dakar

The massive sand dunes of Peru are far behind and now the riders at the Dakar Rally 2018, with their recalibrated vehicles are experiencing a different terrain completely. After the much deserved rest day at La Paz,...

After six days, time to rest, eat and repair at Dakar

After six gruelling days of riding and driving through Peru’s vast sand dunes and having entered the beautiful landscape of Bolivia, the Dakar Rally 2018 is left with 110 bikes, 41 quads, 71 cars and SxS, and 30 tru...

5 stages over as heartburns, casualties & exits continue at Dakar Rally 2018

The 40th edition of the Dakar Rally continues to challenge man and machine as it progresses beyond the 5th stage to complete its 14 stages spread over 9000 km. This is the 10th Dakar to be held in South America . Th...

Aravind KP of Sherco TVS crashes out in Stage 5 of Dakar rally; Juan 15th

Aravind Prabhakar (KP) of Sherco TVS Rally Team crashed out of the gruelling Dakar Rally 2018. No official statement has been released by the company or the organisers but highly placed sources confirmed to Motown I...

Aravind is 33rd, Juan Pedero is 17th for Sherco TVS Rally Team after stage 4

After the 4th stage of the tough Dakar Rally 2018, riders representing Indian motorcycle companies have done relatively well with Juan Pedrero Garcia of Sherco TVS Rally factory coming in 17th overall. His teammate ...

Indian biking teams improve overall standings after Stage 3 Dakar

For riders representing Indian teams, it was an eventful Stage 3 at the Dakar Rally 2018 with Oriol Mena of Hero MotoSports Team Rally coming in 12 during stage 3 and now standing 19 th overall after three stages. H...

Peugeot takes back control on Stage 2

After a short appetiser on Saturday, the competitors faced the full might of the dunes of Ica near Pisco on Sunday January 7, 2018. The second stage in Peru was 90% off the track. The 267 km challenge required some ...

Mahindra Adventure - Thar Fest 2017 Fueled by Torque

It was an incredibly pleasant evening in the city of Kochi when the Mahindra Adventure Club Challenge was flagged off on October 14, 2017. I was invited to the dreamy city in the southern state of Kerala to witness ...

Champions crowned amidst launch of fastest Tata truck

While Tata Motors unveiled the country’s fastest race truck -- the 1000 bhp T1 Prima race truck-- at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) in Greater Noida during the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship Season 4, it ...

UP based Pitambar wins Super Class Category of Tata Prima T1 race

Twenty-nine-year-old UP based truck driver Pitambar won the his first professional truck race, in the Super Class Category of the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship, Season 4. Shivnihal Singh (40 years) also of UP ...

Tata Motors to showcase new 1000 bhp Prima Race Truck during T1race

Tata Motors will be showcasing its latest powerful truck, the 1000 bhp Prima Race Truck during the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship to be held on March 18-19, 2017 at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC). The pea...

Mick Schumacher, Harrison Newey share wins at MRF Challenge

Mick Schumacher took another commanding win at Round 3 of the MRF Challenge 2016 held at the Buddh International Circuit on January 29, 2017 ahead of Joey Mawson and Harrison Newey

Sunderland wins first Dakar as KTM, Peugeot rule Dakar 2017 rally

Sam Sunderland of KTM took his first Dakar win in Buenos Aires after two failed attempts in previous years, ensuring the trophy stays with the official KTM team. Stéphane Peterhansel defended his crown at the wheel ...

Barreda, Loeb win Stage 11 Rally Dakar 2017

Joan Barreda of Monster Energy Honda Team picked up his 4th stage victory but will not be able to prevent Sam Sunderland of KTM from winning his first title on the Dakar by the end of Saturday January 14, 2017.

Collision for Peterhansel, exhaustion for Svitko in Stage 10 Rally Dakar 2017

Racing resumed on Thursday January 12, 2017 at Dakar Rally 2017 with a 449-kilometre stage from Chilecito to San Juan in Argentina.

Barreda, Loeb win stage 8 Rally Dakar 2017; Stage 9 cancelled

Winners of stage 8 Rally Dakar 2017 included Joan Barreda of Monster Energy Honda Team (bike category), Sebastien Loeb of Peugeot (car cateogry), Ignacio Casale of Yamaha (Quad category) and Martin van den Brink of ...

Brabec of Honda, Peterhansel of Peugeot win Stage 7 Rally Dakar 2017

The Rally Dakar 2017 Stage 7 left La Paz (Bolivia), the highest capital city in the world and headed towards another world renowned venue, the Salar d’Uyuni salt flats. On the road to Uyuni, Ricky Brabec of Monster...

Stage 6 cancelled; Sunderland, Loeb dominate Stage 5 of Rally Dakar 2017

Stage 5 of Rally Dakar 2017 saw its share of terrible weather, miscalculations and surprises as KTM Factory Team rider Sam Sunderland (bike category) and Peugeot driver Sébastien Loeb (car category) won the race.

Stage 4 Dakar Rally 2017:Al-Attiyah, Price, Sainz out of contention

In stage 4 of Rally Dakar 2017, defending motorbike champion Toby Price, KTM’s 2016 winner, exited the race after he broke his femur in a fall.

Joan "Bang Bang" Barreda wins Stage 3 of Rally Dakar 2017-01-05

Joan "Bang Bang" Barreda, one of the youngest and most promising motorcycle athletes to fill the Dakar Rally, left rivals far in the distance to conquer stage 3 and take overall lead in the Rally Dakar 2017.

Rally Dakar 2017 sees Toby Price and Sebastien Loeb wining 2nd stage

Australian Toby Price won the second stage of the Rally Dakar 2017 in the motorcycle category with a lead of more than 3 minutes over his team-mate Matthias Walkner and almost four minutes over Paulo Goncalves. Xavi...

Day 1 Dakar Rally 2017: Nasser Al Attiyah gets Toyota its 5th stage victory

Nasser Al Attiyah offered Toyota its 5th stage victory in the history of the Dakar and the third since the arrival of the Hiluxes after the special win in 2013 by Giniel de Villiers and another in 2015 by Yazeed Al ...

Dakar Rally 2017: All set for a 9000km gruelling race

For the first time in its history, the world’s toughest off road racing championship Dakar is visiting Paraguay and is all set to launch its 2017 edition from its capital Asuncion for a sole and single stage with a ...

Important participants for Dakar Rally 2017

Edition 39 of the Dakar (2 – 14 January 2017) will be contested in three countries. A lot of important participants will grace this event.

 Karna Kadur wins Coffee Day India Rally, leads championship

Karna Kadur and Nikhil Pai jumped to the lead of the MRF FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) standings with victory in the prestigious Coffee Day India Rally at the end of three days of hard-fought actio...

Championship leader Marc Marques wins Aragon MotoGP

Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) won an exciting race at MotorLand Aragon in the Spanish MotoGP to extend his championship lead. Movistar Yamaha MotoGP racers Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi fought hard to come in...

TVS Racing Syed Asif Ali wins Gulf Monsoon Scooter Rally

TVS Racing’s Syed Asif Ali was declared the winner of Gulf Monsoon Scooter Rally held in Navi Mumbai on July 10, 2016. Riding a TVS Wego, Ali sped through the rough water logged terrain and braved the weather to eff...

Sebastien Buemi is new FIA Formula E champion

Sebastien Buemi is the new FIA Formula E champion after clinching the title courtesy of setting the Visa Fastest Lap during the season-ending Visa London ePrix on July 3, 2016. The final race of the 2015/16 season w...

Porsche pips Toyota in last minute victory in 24 Hours of Le Mans

What a race finale at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France! It was heart breaking for Toyota as it lost in the last lap to Porsche before a crowd of 263,500 spectators. It was heart breaking and a cruel twist of fate ...

Binder makes it three in a row in Moto3 race; Podium joy for Mahindra

Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) beat Di Giannantonio and Bagnaia with a perfect last lap on Sunday (May 22, 2016) at the Gran Premio d’Italia Moto3 World Championship race.

Valentino Rossi wins MotoGP Championship in Spain; Records 113th career victory

The three biggest names of MotoGP—Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez—raced like there was no tomorrow and then finally Rossi romped home victorious at the Gran Premio Red Bull de España. The MotoGP Span...

Jagat Singh, Nagarjuna A win first ever Indian truck race

Like the way Vicky Chandhok described, the journey from the “highway to the speedway” finally culminated with Jagat Singh and Nagarjuna A winning the first ever Indian truck race. For the first time in the last thre...

17 Indian racers for T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship 2016

Seventeen Indian truck drivers will compete against each other in the final round – Level 4, of the T1 Racer programme (TRP), organised by Tata Motors, for the very first time. The final round of the TRP, will deter...

Iveco driver Gerard de Rooy wins 2016 Dakar Rally

Iveco, a brand of CNH Industrial, conquered the top of the podium at Dakar 2016, the world's longest and most competitive off-road rally. This edition saw trucks, cars, quads and motorcycles race across 9,000 kilome...

CS Santosh gears himself for another edition of Dakar Rally

When it comes to tough off-road rallies like the Dakar Rally, once is not enough. Indian off-road racing phenomenon CS Santosh will be participating in the 2016 edition of the Dakar Rally to be held in Argentina-Bol...

Renault confirms F1 return in 2016 as works team

Renault has announced and confirmed that the company will return to Formula One form the 2016 season. Earlier in the year, there were talks between the company and the cash-struck Lotus F1 team for Renault to buy th...

Armaan Ebrahim takes podium in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Series

Armaan Ebrahim and his team mate Dilantha Malagamuwa from Sri Lanka took their second consecutive podium finish in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Series at the Sentul International Circuit as the duo finished 3rd in t...

Stuart Oliver is the T1 Prima truck racing champion once again

The rain-hit Season II T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship saw Stuart Oliver of Team Castrol Vecton winning the race once again at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida on March 15, 2015. Starting second o...

New Castrol oil adds zing to T1 Prima Truck Racing

Castrol Vecton RX Fuel Saver 10W-40 diesel engine oil co-engineered by Castrol India Limited and Tata Motors Limited, was launched on March 14, 2015 on the sidelines of the first day of the T1 Prima Truck racing Cha...

Steve Thomas fastest in T1 Prima Truck Racing qualifying

Steve Thomas of Team Allied Partners signed into Season II of the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship 2015 in style, finishing fastest in the 20 minute Qualifying Session on March 14, 2015, at the Buddh International...

JK Tyre’s Jetracing tyres to gather more pace at T1 Prima race

Jetracing, the first-ever truck racing tyre in India from JK Tyre, which was a major success when T1 Prima Truck made its Indian debut last year, will once again be making its presence felt at the second edition of ...

Season II of T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship 2015

Tata Motors will kick-off Season II of the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship 2015, at the Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida beginning March 14. The main race will be held on Sunday, March 15.

EXCLUSIVE: More truck racing championships on the anvil in India

While the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship may finally see Indian truck drivers racing at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) in Greater Noida in 2016, a similar truck racing championship could also be held in S...

T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship on March 15, 2015

Tata Motors announced the opening of the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship – Season 2 on January 20, 2015. The championship will be taking place at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida on March 15, 2015...

C S Santosh becomes first ever Indian in the Dakar Rally

The prestigious and tough Dakar Rally 2015 from January 3 to January 17, 2015 will, for the first time see an Indian participating. Daredevil, adrenaline junkie, star sportsman – words fall short while describing In...

Peugeot hoping to write new chapter in Dakar rally

French car maker Peugeot, which once had a presence in India through the Premier group, is competing in the 2015 Dakar Rally hoping to write a new chapter in a remarkable history at the event. Peugeot had entered th...

New piston technology from Federal-Mogul

Federal-Mogul Powertrain, a division of Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation has developed a range of piston technologies designed to support heavy-duty diesel engine manufacturers in reducing fuel consumption and mee...

FMSCI moots drift race championship in India.

For motorsports enthusiasts in India there are a lot of exciting events and races in store in 2014. It’s a known fact that the Superbike 1000cc class will be run from Round 2 of the JK Racing India series 2014. This...

MMSC motorcycle race sees Mathana Kumar excel

The day proved to be a successful one for rider Mathana Kumar who recorded two wins and two podium finishes at the TVS & Honda One Make Championships conducted by the Madras Motor Sports Club (MMSC) along with FMSC...

Stuart Oliver wins a pulsating truck race at Buddh

Photography: Mohd. Nasir / The debut T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship saw Stuart Oliver winning the race after 45 minutes of speeding on the tracks of the famous Formula One Buddh International Circuit in Greater...

Wabco is braking technology partner at Prima race

Photography: Mohd. Nasir Wabco India, the domestic arm of Wabco Holdings, a leader in safety technology will be demonstrating its safety and efficiency technologies at the Ti Prima Truck Racing Championship on March...

Trucks get the sex appeal on eve of racing day

Who could have ever imagined that trucking could get such a great sex appeal? With dowdy, badly maintained over loaded trucks with over worked drivers on Indian roads, one could never have imagined that Indian truck...

Motorcycle race to precede truck racing at Buddh

The Tata T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship that will be held on March 22 and 23, 2014 at the Buddh International Circuit will be preceded by a support race comprising motorcycles from TVS and Honda. According to a ...

Buddh to come alive with the roar of Tata trucks

So what if F1 is not coming soon at the Buddh International Circuit? The action continues, with or without the F1 car. On March 23, 2014, the circuit will come alive with the sound of trucks. Yes, trucks! The sound...

Tata Motors T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship

Tata Motors has launched the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship, which is the first truck racing series in India. Scheduled to be held on 23rd March 2014, the championship will be held at the Buddh International Cir...

Mopar Introduces ‘Mopar Muscle’

Mopar, Fiat controlled Chrysler Group’s parts and customer-care brand, will be taking to the Monster Truck Racing Series arena with the new “Mopar Muscle” Ram monster truck beginning with the Monster Jam event in De...

New NIE-Eicher Centre for Auto Technology

MYSORE: In continuation of its tradition of promoting technical education and training, ‘Eicher Truc




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