KTM India concluded its customer racing program KTM CUP, at the KARI Motor Speedway, Coimbatore. By far, the largest racing championship ever in India, the KTM CUP saw the best of racing talent from 114 different cities battle to the top in 3 categories – Pro, Women & Amateur.
KTM CUP – 2 successful seasons
KTM had announced its ‘customer racing program,’ KTM CUP in Dec 2022 – a big step to democratise racing in India. The Season 2 of KTM concluded on 26th May 2024 with over 900 racers participating across the country from over 114 towns. The KTM CUP is recognised by FMSCII as KTM’s One Make Race Championship. This year, Castrol and Ceat joined KTM India’s mission to popularize racing in India and build India’s largest racing championship.
The Stages in KTM CUP
KTM CUP is conducted in 3 stages – Selections, Qualifier, Finale. The Amateurs & Women with over 860 racers across India participated in the Selections round in Coimbatore, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and the top 66 made it to the qualifier. Out of these 860 racers, about 200 were women racers from across the country.
36 Pros joined in the Qualifiers at Coimbatore. With 111 racers from 38 cities across India, the KTM CUP Qualifier is by far the largest one-make race format event in the country.
The KTM Race Academy
KTM Race Academy is a pedigree racing school that trains the racers during Selection & Qualifier rounds of the KTM CUP. This is driven and mentored by ex-MotoGPTM racer Jeremy McWilliams & 7-time INMRC championship winning Emmanuel Jebaraj.
KTM CUP winners of Season 2
Apart from the cash prize, the winners (1st in each category) will fly to Austria, for the KTM Academy of Speed. They will train with KTM Pro instructors in the presence of MotoGP™ legends at the KTM Academy of Speed in Austria. Truly a ‘money can’t buy experience.’
● Winners in Pro Category: Rahil Pillari Shetty took the overall win while Abhishek Vasudev and Kayan Zubin Patel took the 2nd and 3rd positions, respectively.
● Winners in Amateur Category: Adam Feroz Backer took the win while Mohd Yosuf and Shashanka Sharma took the 2nd and 3rd positions respectively
● Winners in Women Category: Ann Jennifer took the win while Lani Jena Fernandez and Tanisha Sanjay Arora took the 2nd and 3rd positions, respectively.
Rahil, Adam, and Ann will be flying to Austria for KTM Academy of Speed.
The KTM RC 390 – Born and bred for the racetrack
Throughout all stages of the KTM CUP championship, participants raced with the READY TO RACE, company provided KTM RC 390 GP. This machine boasts high-level components like trellis frame, WP APEX suspension and sophisticated technology like MTC, cornering ABS. These features, when combined with KTM’s legendary power to weight ratio creates a racer’s dream machine that is capable of incredible confidence inspiring performance on the track.