fmsci 2024 champions in 14 Nationals awarded at gala function

Chennai, 22 March 2025: The Federation of Motor Sports Clubs in India (fmsci) conducted 14 National championships in various motorsports disciplines in the year 2024 which ended in December 2024. Following are the fmsci Champions for 2024. A total of 145 awards were presented to 121 winners (both individual and teams). At least, 17 motorsports athletes won more than one National Championship in 2024.

Two historic and outstanding Indian records achieved in 2024 include the first National championship won by a female driver Diana Pundole of Pune in the male-dominated Indian motorsports world. She won the National title in the MRF MMSC FMSCI Championship last year in the saloon cars class. Competing on equal footing with men, she endured all the unsporting tactics used by her male opponents on the track and emerged as a successful lady champion taking all the setbacks in her stride. The other truly endearing achievement of the year is by Bangalore-based Hemanth Muddappa, who won three National titles to add to his dozen and became the most-celebrated and first Indian Motorsports athlete to win 15 National titles in the officially declared championships with “Indian National” status.

From left: Sita Raina (Women in Motorsport Commission chairperson), Jagathishree (double champ, who recently underwent ankle surgery), Aishwarya Pissay (the only World Cup Baja champ in India), Jasmeet Kaur, Arindam Ghosh (fmsci president), Jyothi Iyengar, Tanika Shanbagh, Ryhana Bee, Diana Pundole, Pallavi Yadav, and Harshitha Gowda. (Misriya KS, The Dirt Track, ladies champion is missing in the group photo)

The Federation presented the Outstanding Performance in the International field to Aishwarya Pissay, the first Indian to win a WORLD CUP (Baja) from India in motorsports. Two other ‘Outstanding Performances in International Motorsport’ Awards were presented to Sarthak Chavan for his exploits in MalaysiaSBK racing, and Sanjay Takale for their stunning performance in the international arena. Takale became the first Indian to complete Dakar in cars, in the Classic section.

In a first-of-its-kind endeavour by the fmsci, the volunteers and officials were honoured here on Saturday at the Annual Awards ceremony. Speaking at the FMSCI Annual Awards function here, President Arindam Ghosh, a former attacking rally driver who won many an INRC round, lauded the efforts of the volunteers and officials for the smooth and flawless conduct of all the events.

“The volunteers and officials are among the five connecting pillars of motorsports and they deserve all the accolades,’ Ghosh said. “The others are participants, officials, corporates and media. If all the five are inter-connected properly, motorsports will grow by leaps and bounds,” he added. He also informed the gathering about the substantial enhancements in bidding amounts for the events which shows the growing popularity of motorsports in India. “The bidding amounts have gone up from lakhs to crores,” Ghosh revealed.

Among the officials and volunteers who were honoured at the FMSCI Annual Awards 2024 programme were Manoj P Dalal (Race Director), Subash H (Marshal), Gowthaman (Marshal), Dr. Paramesh Kumar (Doctor) and Shrirang Machhe (Competitor Relation Officer). Coimbatore Auto Sports Club bagged the award for the Best Marshal Team. 

FMSCI also honoured and felicitated three drivers for their ‘Outstanding Performances in International Motorsport. They are Aishwarya Pissay, Sarthak Chavan and Sanjay Takale.

Ashad Pasha, Amey Desai, Philippos Matthai and Muddappa were the star performers winning three Championship titles each. Meanwhile, Chennai schoolboy, 11-year-old Rivan Dev Preetham, continued his good show by winning the MECO fmsci Rotax Max National Karting Championship 2024. The Awards function was held under the guidance of the new President of fmsci, Arindam Ghosh, who was elected in September 2024, replacing Akbar Ebrahim.

The champions from the 14 different National Championships of various motorsports disciplines organised by fmsci in 2024 in both two-wheelers and four-wheelers are given below:

1. BUXUS PROSPORTS FMSCI Indian National TSD Rally Championship (4W) (Promoter ProSports); Sponsor Buxus.

1. Overall Driver: Jogendra Kumar Jaiswal, INTSDRC Overall;

2. Overall Navigator: Prakash Muthusamy, INSTDRC Overall;

3. INTSDRC2 Driver: Uday Ganguli;

4. INTSDRC2 Navigator: Rudrangsho Dey;

5. INTSDRC Ladies: Jasmeet Kaur;

6. INTSDRC navigator: Jyothi Iyengar;

2. National Sprint Rally Championship for two-wheelers (Promoter FB Sports); Sponsor: Eurogrip;

C1. Group A: Open upto 550cc: Rajendra RE;

C2. Group A: Upto 550cc (private): Sinan Francis;

C3. Group B: 131cc to 165cc: Varun Kumar;

C4. Group B: 166 to 260cc: D Sachin Ignatius;

C5. Group B: 261 to 400cc: Hemanth;

C6. Group B: Bullet upto 550cc: Suhail Ahmed;

C7. Group B: Scooter upto 210cc: Syed Asif Ali;

C8. Group B: Ladies upto 260cc: Ryhana Bee A;

C9. Group B: Veterans (above 50 years) upto 260cc: Mohammad Saeed Qureshi;

C10. Group D: Upto 260cc: Sanjay Somashekar;

C11. Group D: 261 to 450cc: Shajeer Ismail;

Team champions: T2 Sports;

3. Indian National Sprint Rally Championship for cars 2024  (Promoter FB Motorsport) Sponsor Eurogrip

1. Rally Sprint5: Sravan Kumar Kuttoor;

2. Rally Sprint4: Amey Desai;

3. Rally Sprint3: Chandan Manche Gowda;

4. Rally Sprint2: Philippos Matthai;

5. Rally Sprint1: Philippos Matthai;

6. Overall: Philippos Matthai;

4. MRF fmsci Dirt Track Championship 2024 (2W) (Promoter GodSpeed; Sponsor MRF)

1. Class 1: Group A, SX1 upto 500cc: Shlok Ghorpade;

2. Class 2: Group A, SX2 upto 500cc: Manikandan K;

3. Class 3: Group B, Indian Novice upto 260cc: Abhi S Nath;

4. Class 4: Group B, Indian Experts upto 260cc:  Sachin D;

5.  Class 5: Group B, Private Experts upto 260cc: Manikandan K;

6. Class 6: Group B, Indian Experts261 to 550cc: Rajesh Swami;

7. Class 7: Group A, Junior SX1 upto 250cc: Jinendra Sangave;

8. Class 8: Group A, Junior SX2 upto 85cc: Akshat Hupale;

9. Class 9: Group B, Scooters upto 210cc: Karthik N;

10. Class10: Group B, Ladies upto 260cc: Misriya KS.

5. fmsci Indian National Autocross Championship 2024 (4W)

1. INAC1 Open Class C: Ashad Pasha;

2. INAC1 Open Class B: Kiran KS;

3. INAC2 Class C: Ashad Pasha;

4. INAC2 Class B: Ashad Pasha;

5. INAC2 OPEN: Raunak Jana;

6. INAC3 Stock Class A: Amey Desai;

7. INAC3 Stock Class B: Kushal Chaudhari;

8. INAC3 Stock Class C: Amey Desai;

9. INAC3 Stok OPEN: Kushal Chaudhari;

10. INAC3 Stock Amateur: Nameer Pasha;

11. INAC 4wd OPEN: Sravan Kumar Kuttoor;

12. Ladies Open: Pallavi Shamrao Yadav.

6. Indian National Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship (Promoter: MMSC)

Four Stroke (Except mentioned)

1. Super Sport 551 to 850cc: Mohammed Riyaz;

2. Team Super Sport 551 to 850cc: Team Fast Track Racing;

3. Super Sport 851 to 1050cc: Hemanth Muddappa;

4. Team Super Sport 851 to 1050cc: Mantra Racing;

5. Super Sport 1051 to 1650cc: Hemanth Muddappa;

6. Team Super Sport 1051 to 1650cc: Mantra Racing;

7. Unrestricted: Hemanth Muddappa;

8. Team Unrestricted: Mantra Racing;

9. Stock upto 165 Girls: Jagathishree;

10. Team Stock upto 165 Girls: One Racing team;

11. Super Sport Indian upto 165 cc: Bharathraj J;

12. Team Super Sport Indian upto 165 cc: Rockers Racing;

13. Two stroke Super Sport upto 130cc: Shahrukh Khan;

14. Two stroke Team Super Sport upto 130cc: Team Big Boyz Racing;

15. Two stroke Super Sport 131 to 165cc: Syed Imran;

16. Two stroke Team Super Sport 131 to 165cc: Team Fast Track Racing;

Four Stroke

17. Super Sport 166 to 225cc: Prashanth S;

18. Super Sport Indian 361 to 550cc: Shahrukh Khan

19. Team Super Sport Indian 361 to 550cc: Mantra Racing.

7. Indian National Drag Racing Championship for four wheelers

(Promoter: Speedway Motorsports, Hyderabad in association with Vroom Motorsports, Bengaluru) Sponsor: Indian Oil Storm X

1. Pro Stock 1151 to 1450cc: Narayan Swamy;

2. Pro Stock 1451 to 1650cc: Mohammed Afaqh Ameen;

3. Team Pro Stock 1451 to 1650cc: Race Concepts Motorsport;

4. Pro Stock 1651 to 2050cc: Thrishal MS;

5. Team Pro Stock 1651 to 2050cc: Tune O’ Tronics;

6. Pro Stock 2051 to 2550cc: Shreyas Mahendra;

7. TeamPro Stock 2051 to 2550cc: DB Motorspots;

8. Pro Stock 3061 to 4002cc: Bradeep Raj;

9. Team Pro Stock 3061 to 4002cc: Tune O’ Tronics;

10. Pro Stock 4003 to 5100cc: Vishnu Sriram;

11. Team Pro Stock 4003 to 5100cc: Harmonixx Tuning;

12. Pro Stock Diesel  1651 CC to 2050cc: Ashwin Durai;

13. Team Pro Stock Diesel  1651 CC to 2050cc: Tune O’ Tronics;

14. Pro Stock Diesel 2551 to 3060cc: Vinod John;

15. Team Pro Stock Diesel  2551 to 3060cc: Tune O’ Tronics;

16. Indian Open upto 2750cc: Shreyas Mahendra;

17. Team Indian Open upto 2750cc: Tune O Tronics;

18. Indian Open upto 4002cc: Ashwin Durai;

19. Team Indian Open upto 4002cc: Tune O Tronics;

20. Indian Open Unlimited cc: Vivek Ramachander;

21 Team Indian Open Unlimited cc: Tune O Tronics;

22. Unrestricted Class: Vivek Ramachander;

23 Team Unrestricted Class: Tune O Tronics;

8. fmsci Indian National Rotax Max Karting Championship (Promoter Meco Motorsports)

1. Micro Max champion: Rivaan Dev Preetham;

2. Micro Max Team: MSport;

3. Junior Max champion: Arafath Sheikh;

4. Junior Max Team: Crest Motorsports;

5. Senior Max champion: Ruhaan Alva;

6. Senior Max Team: MSport;

9. MRF MoGrip National Rally Championship 2024 (2w) (Promoter GodSpeed); Sponsor: MRF;

1. Group A: Super Bike – Pro Expert: Rajendra RE;

2. Group A: Super Bike -Expert: Nataraj R;

3. Group B: Super Sport 165cc: Abdul Raheman;

4. Group B: Super Sport 260cc: Imran Pasha;

5. Group B: Super Sport 400cc: Rajesh Swami;

6. Group B: Super Sport 550cc: Suhail Ahmed;

7. Group B: Scooters upto 210cc: Syed Asif Ali;

8. Group B: Women: Tanika Shanbagh;

9. Group D: Super Stock upto 450cc: Shivam Thakur;

10. Blueband Sports FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship 2024 (4W)

1. Overall champion driver: Karna Kadur;

2. Overall champion co-driver: Musa Sherif;

3. Overall champion TEAM: Arka Motorsports;

4. INRC2 Driver champ: Aditya Thakur;

5. INRC2 Co-driver champ: Virender Kashyap;

6. INRC2 Team champion: Chettinad Sporting;

7. INRC3 Driver champ: Daraius Shroff;

8. INRC3 Co-driver champ: Vinay Padmashali;

9. INRC3 Team champion: Chettinad Sporting;

10. Junior INRC champion: Arnav Pratap Singh;

11. Ladies champion: Harshita Raj Gowda.

11. MRF MMSC fmsci Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2024

(Promoter MMSC; Sponsor MRF)

1. Stock upto 165cc Novice: Abdul Basim RS;

2. Team Stock upto 165cc Novice: Rockers Racing;

3. Stock upto 165cc girls: Jagathishree Kumaresan;

4. Team: Stock upto 165cc girls: Team One Racing;

5. ProStock 301 to 400cc Open: Sarthak Chavan;

6. Team: ProStock 301 to 400cc Open: RACR Castrol Power1 Ultimate;

7. Stock 301 to 400cc Novice: Kaushik Subbaiah Ganesan;

8. Team: Stock 301 to 400cc Novice: TVS Racing;

9. ProStock upto 165cc Open: Jagan Kumar;

10. Team: ProStock upto 165cc Open: TVS Racing;

12. MRF MMSC fmsci Indian National Car Racing Championship 2024 (4W)

1. FLGB 1300cc: Viswas Vijayaraj;

2. FLGB 1300cc Team champs: DTS Racing;

3. MRF Formula 1600: Abhay M;

4. MRF Formula 2000: Jaden Rahman Pariat;

5. Volkswagen Polo Cup: Dhruv Chavan;

5. Indian Touring Cars championship: Biren Pithawalla;

6. Indian Junior Touring Cars championship: Srinivas Teja;

7. MRF Saloons: Diana Pundole;

8. Super Stock: Justin Singh;

9. Super Stock Team champs: Redline Racing India.

10. ITC Team champions: Team N1;

11. IJTC Team champions: Team Performance Racing.

13. MRF MOGRIP fmsci National Supercross Championship 2024 (2W) Promoter: GodSpeed Racing; Sponsor MRF

1. Class 1: Group A, SX1 upto 500cc: Sholok Ghorpade;

2. Class 2:  Gropu A, SX2 upto 500cc: Ryan Haig;

3. Class 3: Group B Novice upto 260cc: Karan Kumar;

4. Class 5:  Group B, Indian Experts upto 260cc: Imran Pasha;

5. Class 6: Group B, Private Experts uto 260cc; Subramanya T.;

6. Class 7: Group A, Junior SX1 150 to 250cc: Jinendra Sangave;

7. Class 8: Group A, Junior SX2 Upto 85cc: Akshat Hupale;

8. Class 9: Group A, Junior SX3 Upto 65cc: Bhairav C Gowda.

14. JK Tyre fmsci National Racing Championship 2024 (4W) (Promoter JK Tyre)

1. National Champion: Formula LGB: Tijil Rao;

2. Team champions: Dark Don Racing;

3. National champ Novice: Dhruv Goswami.

Non-National events

15. F4 (Promoter: Racing Promotions Private Limited) Sponsor: Kingfisher Strong Soda.

Formula 4: Driver champ: Aqil Alibhai;

SPECIAL fmsci AWARDS

Outstanding Woman in Motorsports: Aishwarya Pissay;

Outstanding sportsperson (International): Sanjay Takle.

Outstanding sportsperson (International): Sarthak Chavan.

Special Awards (Volunteers and Officials)

Race Director: Manoj Dalal, MMSC;

Marshal: Subash H;

Marshal: Gowthaman;

Doctor: Dr. Paramesh Kumar, MMSC;

CRO (Competitors Relations Officer):

Shrirang Machhe (Western India Motorsports Association), Nashik.

Marshal’s Team: Coimbatore Auto Sports Club.