MMSC honours the 2025 National Racing Championship winners

The 2025 National Racing Championship winners: 

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• Pro-Stock 301-400cc: Rider Champion: Rahil Pillarisetty (Hyderabad, RACR Castrol  Power1). Team Champion: Petronas TVS Racing 

• Pro-Stock 165-200cc: Rider: Soorya PM (Chennai, Chandra LGE Racing). Team: Chandra LGE Racing 

• Super Stock Intermediate (165cc): Rider: Raj Kumar (Coimbatore, Motul Sparks  Racing). Team: Motul Sparks Racing 

• Stock 301-400cc (Novice): Rider: Varun Patil (Bengaluru, Mad Rabbit Racing). Team: Mad Rabbit Racing 

• Stock 165cc (Novice): Rider: Rajender Beedani (Hyderabad, MAI Racing). Team: MAI  Racing 

• Girls (Stock 165cc): Rider: Jagathishree Kumaresan (Chennai, One Racing). Team: One Racing 

• ONE-MAKE CHAMPIONSHIPS (OMC) 

• Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup ( (CB 300F): Rider: Solomon R (Chennai) Petronas TVS– Open (Apache RR 310): Rider: Mohan Babu (Chennai) Petronas TVS Rookie (Apache RTR 200): Rider: Hari Haran (Coimbatore) Petronas TVS Girls (Apache RTR 200): Rider: Jagathishree Kumaresan (Chennai) PETRONAS TVS ELECTRIC RTE: Rider: Sarthak Chavan (Pune) Petronas TVS Media: Rider: Saran Kumar E (Chennai, Rev Nitro) MRF MMSC fmsci Indian National Car Racing Championship 

• MRF Formula 2000: Driver: Ishaan Madesh (Bengaluru)

• MRF Formula 1600: Driver: Sai Shiva Makesh Sankaran (Pune) 

• Indian Touring Cars (ITC): Driver: Biren Pithawalla (Mumbai, Team N1 Racing).  Team: Buzzing Hornet 

• Indian Touring Cars 1625: Driver: Vidyaprakash Damodaran (Coimbatore, Team  Performance Racing). Team: Team Performance Racing 

• Indian Junior Touring Cars (IJTC): Driver: Viswas Vijayaraj (Nellore, Team  Performance Racing). Team: Team Performance Racing 

• Super Stock (SS): Driver: Diljith TS (Thrissur, DTS Racing). Team: DTS Racing 

• Formula LGB 1300 (Open): Driver: Vinith Kumar (Tirupur, DTS Racing). Team: DTS  Racing 

• Formula LGB 1300 (Junior): Driver: Vinith Kumar (Tirupur, DTS Racing). Team: DTS  Racing 

• MRF Saloons: Driver: Akshay Muralidharan (Coimbatore).  

Volkswagen Polo Cup: Driver: Aman Nagdev (Noida). 

The Madras Motor Sports Club will host India’s first-ever  international karting competition, the FIA-CIK Arrive and Drive, in September at its  Madras International Karting Arena (MIKA) in September this year. 

Announcing this at the MMSC Annual Awards Function to honour the 2025 National  Racing Championship winners here on Thursday, MMSC Vice-President Vicky Chadhok  said: “The Arrive-and-Drive competition in September at the MIKA circuit, will be one of  the three rounds and we will see karters from across the globe competing, and it is the  first of its kind in India.” 

Another first for MMSC will be a 4x4 off-road facility, also at the Madras International  Circuit facility in Sriperumbudur. “That apart, we have plans to introduce the Crosscars  into the Indian motorsport ecosystem. First of the crosscar is expected at the MIC  shortly and we will be adding another four or five of these vehicles that will be seen in a  club championship. Later, this will be developed into a National Championship,” Chandhok added. 

In another incentive to young racers, the winner of 2025 MRF Formula 2000  championship will be awarded an all-expense paid test drive with Double R Formula 3  team run by former World F1 champion Kimi Raikkonen and Steve Robertson. “This is a  big step up for the MRF F2000 winner in terms of experience and exposure,” Chandhok  pointed out. 

In conclusion, he said: “We also thank MRF Tyres, Honda and TVS for their active  involvement in our National Championships.” 

Chief guest Arun Mammen, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, MRF Ltd., outlined his company’s involvement in motorsports and a strong presence in various  championships globally. He reiterated that MRF would continue to support motorsports  in India across various disciplines. 

“With the Indian economy attaining global stature, MRF has kept pace, and we will  continue to make Motorsports broader-based and more popular in India. We also see 

encouraging signs that the Government is taking steps to enhance world-class events in  India,” Mammen said. 

He disclosed that MRF its own testing facility which gave the company an edge. “We  now possess the capability to test and develop tyres in the quickest possible manner, as  we now have our very own specialised tyre testing facility with multiple tracks for various  kinds of testing — the only facility of its kind in India. This gives us an unmatched edge  in speed, precision and responsiveness to the tyre needs of all our customers in India  and across the world.” 

MMSC president Ajit Thomas welcomed the gathering and MMSC secretary Prabha  Shankar, proposed a vote of thanks.