Indians racing overseas in 2008

Mpower · 4th October 2008, 01:47

2008 racing season is almost coming to an end. Lets have the scoop on how the Indian boys are doing overseas in various motorsports.

OPEN-WHEEL RACING
Narian Karthikeyan
Karun Chandok
Arman Ebrahim
Ashwin Sundar
anybody else???

SUPERBIKES
Dilip Rogers
Emmanual Jebraj
Preetham Moses

CAR RALLYING
Gaurav Gill
Naren Kumar

Did I miss any thing else or anybody?

Killer · 4th October 2008, 03:25

K.Rajini and Rohit Giri (Red Rooster Racing), Racing in Malaysian Superbike Series, 600cc category, expert and novice respectively. P.Karthick (TVS Racing), Harry Sylvester (TVS Racing), racing in production bikes category (125cc). Vinod Kannan and Emmanuel Clarke taken part in the Kawasaki Cup (150cc)

nitrous · 4th October 2008, 10:55

Aditya Patel is racing in the Formula BMW Asia series.

Revvhead · 4th October 2008, 18:54

Sureshwa parthivan is also part of the A1 GP team iirc

nitrous · 4th October 2008, 20:23

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Originally Posted by Revvhead

Sureshwa parthivan is also part of the A1 GP team iirc

Its actually Parthiv Sureswaran.
He's real lucky to be the driver-2 or I would have assassinated him myself. He used to get lapped by the front runners very easily(When NK wasn't driving A1).

Thats Real tough for a patriot like myself to digest.

raajks · 5th October 2008, 08:29

Open Wheel Racing

- Akhil Khuswani

Mpower · 5th October 2008, 18:50

OPEN-WHEEL RACING

Narian Karthikeyan---A1GP
Karun Chandok-----GP2
Arman Ebrahim----F-Renault-Asia
Ashwin Sundar
Parthiv Suresh---A1GP
Akhil Kushlani
Aditya Patel----FBMW Asia

anybody else???

BIKES/SUPERBIKES

Dilip Rogers
Emmanual Jebraj
Preetham Moses
K.Rajini and
Rohit Giri (Red Rooster), Malaysian Superbike Series, 600cc category, expert and novice respectively.
P.Karthick (TVS Racing),
Harry Sylvester (TVS Racing), production bikes category (125cc). Vinod Kannan and
Emmanuel Clarke Kawasaki Cup (150cc)

CAR RALLYING

Gaurav Gill-----APRC
Naren Kumar---PWRC

killjoy · 5th October 2008, 19:53

arjun rao aroor, moosa sherif, pg abhilash, vivek ponnusamy, jasbir - all in rallying. and you can probably add niaz ali (an indian by heart)

Mpower · 5th October 2008, 19:54

Hey Killjoy, more details please. Where are they rallying and for which team....and how are they doing. Man the list is getting awfully big.

nitrous · 5th October 2008, 21:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by raajks

Open Wheel Racing

- Akhil Khuswani

All Formula cars are open wheelers,man.
And what exactly is Akhil Kushlani participating abroad that he's listed with NK.
I know he drove the Formula Rolon Chevrolet Championship here since I was at the tracks yesterday.

chetan · 6th October 2008, 12:59

hey mpower all the guys mentioned by killjoy are driving in the Malaysian round of the APRC.

Mpower · 8th October 2008, 17:33

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Originally Posted by chetan

hey mpower all the guys mentioned by killjoy are driving in the Malaysian round of the APRC.

Lohit Urs did one in Malaysia as well, but that was the local Malaysian rally right?

raajks · 9th October 2008, 08:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by nitrous

I know he drove the Formula Rolon Chevrolet Championship here since I was at the tracks yesterday.

He drove the Formual BMW series abroad.
http://www.khushlani.in/formula/fbmw_2007.htm

MustangMan · 9th October 2008, 15:02

Did he race this year as well? his site says he was invited for FBMW World (?) 2008.

4th October 2008, 01:47	#1
Mpower Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 10,409 Thanked: 1,730 Times View My Garage	Indians racing overseas in 2008 2008 racing season is almost coming to an end. Lets have the scoop on how the Indian boys are doing overseas in various motorsports. OPEN-WHEEL RACING Narian Karthikeyan Karun Chandok Arman Ebrahim Ashwin Sundar anybody else??? SUPERBIKES Dilip Rogers Emmanual Jebraj Preetham Moses CAR RALLYING Gaurav Gill Naren Kumar Did I miss any thing else or anybody?
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4th October 2008, 03:25	#2
Killer BHPian Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 168 Thanked: 16 Times	K.Rajini and Rohit Giri (Red Rooster Racing), Racing in Malaysian Superbike Series, 600cc category, expert and novice respectively. P.Karthick (TVS Racing), Harry Sylvester (TVS Racing), racing in production bikes category (125cc). Vinod Kannan and Emmanuel Clarke taken part in the Kawasaki Cup (150cc) Last edited by Killer : 4th October 2008 at 03:42.
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4th October 2008, 10:55	#3
nitrous Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: UAE/Lon/Madras Posts: 6,965 Thanked: 325 Times View My Garage	Aditya Patel is racing in the Formula BMW Asia series.
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Revvhead BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bombay Posts: 450 Thanked: 20 Times View My Garage	Sureshwa parthivan is also part of the A1 GP team iirc
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raajks BHPian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: BLR Posts: 578 Thanked: 119 Times View My Garage	Open Wheel Racing - Akhil Khuswani
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5th October 2008, 18:50	#7
Mpower Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 10,409 Thanked: 1,730 Times View My Garage	List Updated with contributions...keep em coming folks OPEN-WHEEL RACING Narian Karthikeyan---A1GP Karun Chandok-----GP2 Arman Ebrahim----F-Renault-Asia Ashwin Sundar Parthiv Suresh---A1GP Akhil Kushlani Aditya Patel----FBMW Asia anybody else??? BIKES/SUPERBIKES Dilip Rogers Emmanual Jebraj Preetham Moses K.Rajini and Rohit Giri (Red Rooster), Malaysian Superbike Series, 600cc category, expert and novice respectively. P.Karthick (TVS Racing), Harry Sylvester (TVS Racing), production bikes category (125cc). Vinod Kannan and Emmanuel Clarke Kawasaki Cup (150cc) CAR RALLYING Gaurav Gill-----APRC Naren Kumar---PWRC Last edited by Mpower : 5th October 2008 at 18:51.
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5th October 2008, 19:53	#8
killjoy BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 753 Thanked: 317 Times View My Garage	arjun rao aroor, moosa sherif, pg abhilash, vivek ponnusamy, jasbir - all in rallying. and you can probably add niaz ali (an indian by heart)
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5th October 2008, 19:54	#9
Mpower Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 10,409 Thanked: 1,730 Times View My Garage	Hey Killjoy, more details please. Where are they rallying and for which team....and how are they doing. Man the list is getting awfully big.
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6th October 2008, 12:59	#11
chetan BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 487 Thanked: 11 Times	hey mpower all the guys mentioned by killjoy are driving in the Malaysian round of the APRC.
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MustangMan BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Delhi/Indore Posts: 231 Thanked: 9 Times	Did he race this year as well? his site says he was invited for FBMW World (?) 2008. Last edited by MustangMan : 9th October 2008 at 15:03.
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