Motorsports: Karan Kadur-Musa Sherif to lead five Indian teams in Thailand National Rally

Bengaluru: Talented Indian driver Karna Kadur has made his debut in the international arena along with experienced co-driver Musa Sherif, both of whom will lead five Indian teams in the first round of the prestigious Thailand National Rally Championship 2024 in Chachoengsao province on Saturday and Sunday. At the invitation of Toyota Racing, a division of Eastern Thailand.TCD Asia (Toyota Customizing and Development), two-time National Overall Champion Karan Kadur of Bengaluru will join ‘Team Fast Forward Sport’ along with seven-time National Overall Co-Driver Champion . Musa Sherif from Kasaragod. Team Fast Forward Sport also features one of Thailand’s top drivers Mana Pornsirichard and co-driver Kittisak Klinchan, who also scored a podium at the APRC round in Chennai in 2023. Both the couples will drive Toyota C-HR.

AP4 machine in the top RC1 class. “We are very pleased to receive this call from TCD Thailand to drive the Toyota CHR with Mana San for the first round of the Thai National Rally Championship. We are looking forward to our first international outing together and can’t wait to get on the stage,” said Karn Kadur, who has as many Indian titles in sub-categories besides three national overall titles. Karn recently He is partnered with Musa Sherif, who has over 300 caps and is India’s most senior rally co-driver and has many successful international performances to his name. Dhruva Chandrashekhar and top co-driver P.V.S. Another popular Indian couple. Murthy will also be a part of Team Fast Forward Sport but will drive a Suzuki Swift in the 2.3 class. The rally will also include 2023 defending champion in the 2W Drive class, Jason Saldanha, and co-driver Thimmanna Uddapanda, who is the first Indian to win the title in the Thailand Championship. , which saw the participation of drivers from Malaysia and Japan in addition to Thailand.

Driver. The Mangalore-Coorg duo will drive a Suzuki Swift 1.6L six-speed in the 2.3 class for ‘Team Insight and Ally’, which also has a female driver in the form of Anushriya Gulati, who will join co-driver Karan Octa in the other Suzuki. Makes a pair together. Fast.Sanam Sekhon and co-driver Hitesh Sharma will also complete the Indian line-up in the Suzuki Swift in the 2.3 class. The hot and humid conditions and unknown dusty roads will pose a great challenge to the Indians making the competition more interesting. There will be a total of five special stages for a timed competitive distance of 72.84 km and with contacts, the total distance of the rally will reach 146.44 km. Will increase. 55 cars have participated in Thailand’s top event, including five from India. The three physical stages will be K45 Sportsland (13.5 km), Sanam Tea Farm Forest Park (13 km) and Chacheongsao Rubber Research Center (16.67 km). The final two special stages will be run twice on Sunday followed by the podium ceremony in the evening.