3-time National champion driver, Chidanand Murthy is no more
Bengaluru, 24 Jan 2020: Well-known motorsport personality and multiple-National champion driver in the Indian National (TSD) Rally Championship, Chidanand Murthy passed away here in the early hours of Friday. He is 43 and leaves behind wife and a daughter.
A businessman, who spent most of his free time either organising or taking part in motorsport activities, Chidu, as he was popularly known, was a dynamic and jovial person with a friendly nature. He won the Indian National Rally Championship in the Time-Speed-Distance (TSD) format for three successive years with BS Sujith Kumar, the current chairman of the 2w Rally Commission. The duo won a hat-trick of National titles culminating in 2014 and had many other achievements as driver-navigator pair from Bengaluru. They last took part on behalf of Tata Motors Full Throttle team in the Pro-Stock class.
“It is really shocking and sad news. I can’t believe that he is no more. My deepest condolences to his family at this hour of grief. Rest in peace, Chidu. You will be in our hearts forever,’’ said Sujit Kumar.
Karnataka Motor Sports Club (KMSC) of which Chidu was part of, sent their condolence message. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of a champion. KMSC sends our heart-felt condolences to all the family members and freinds of Chidanand,” said Shivu Shivappa, president of KMSC and vice-president of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI).
