The event is being organised by Sportstrek for over 11 years and this time the championship starts with the Bangalore leg, to be held at the Manyata Tech Park.

Joshua, H K Pradeep, Mujaffar Ali from Bangalore and Bhopal, who showed the class champions are made of in the previous legs in Jaipur, Hyderabad and Nashik. again proved a distinct class above the field featuring only the top riders from the previous rounds in this final leg, organized by Sportscraft, Mumbai, in association with Bhopal Automobile Sports Club at the BHEL Dushera ground, Govindpura.
Besides winning the Indian Expert Class Group A Foreign Motorcycles upto 260 cc, Joshua also won the Indian Expert Class Group B upto 260cc 2 & 4 stroke.

Like in all the previous rounds, the Bangalore rider, astride a TVS was a clear winner in the Indian Expert class Group A for foreign motorcycle despite being challenged all the way by Pradeep, who finished second, and R Nataraj, who placed third.

Joshua was always under pressure as he went through the motions on the serpentine course but, to his credit, did well to strike the perfect balance on the sharp bends and stay ahead of the rest of the field and come out trumps.

If his first race was rather easy, his second outing in the Indian Expert Class Group B was a close affair. Sudeep Kotegar, who ran him close in the previous rounds, tailed him right through, but again had to settle for second best. Vishal Barguje took third place.

Much was anticipated from this Clash of the Titans, and none disappointed as they went through the motions on a specially-laid out course at high speeds, their superbly prepared bike raising a dust storm all over.

The course laid out by organizers Sportscraft was really tough. In addition to the sharp bends there was also loose gravel and water-logged areas which made riding a dicey proposition, but all riders displayed excellent skills to come through this test of man and machine in flaying colours.

If the experienced riders, like Joshua, Pradeep, Ali and Nataraj dazzled, young novice Murthy R was equally good as he won Novice championship for bikes upto 165cc 2-stroke and upto 130cc.
Maninder Singh won the Private Expert Class for foreign motorcycles 260cc 2 & 4 stroke, beating back a strong challenge from Vineeth Kurup and Jatin Jain, who finished second and third respectively.

Mujjafar Ali won the Private Expert Class Group B upto 260cc 2 & 4 stroke, with Firoz Khan and Jes David coming in second and third place respectively.

Ali was indeed brilliant in winning all the four races he participated in and thus won the maximum races in the event. He certainly proved himself on the National motor sports scenario and will be the one to watch out for in events to follow.

While the goodly crowd that turned up was appreciative of the event, the riders too were all praise for Sportscraft’s conduct of the Gulf Cup which saw four legs being held at different venues and culminating with the Clash of the Titans.

They all thanked both Gulf Oil and Sportscraft for giving motorcycle riders an opportunity to parade their skills and expressed hope that the event will be held next year too.

Mumbai, 31st January 2010: Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd., a Hinduja Group company, has today concluded the eighth year of their social initiative ‘Gulf Foster a Child Car Drive’. Mumbai Police Commissioner, Mr. Shivanandan flagged off the drive from Police Ground, Worli and ‘Teen Patti’ stars – Dhruv Ganesh, Shraddha Kapoor, Siddhartha Kher & Vaibhav Talwar spent some memorable time with the kids at the finishing point in Acres club, Chembur. The winners were announced by the movie debutants and the lucky winners of the ‘Gulf Foster a Child Car Drive’ gets a chance to meet the stars of the movie ‘Teen Patti’.

The winners of ‘Gulf Foster Child Car Drive 2010’ who will get a chance to meet the legend, Mr. Amitabh Bacchan are Geeta Castelino, Alpa Patel, Ajay Arun Sawant and Gilchrist Gonsalves.

From past seven years Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd., has been sponsoring this event and every year the event is being organized differently with some changes which makes the Participants as well as the underprivileged children feel different. The event is under the Corporate & Social Responsibilities of the company towards the society. This year some participants from the corporate world and Media world is expected to join the event as a participant.

The Sportscraft organized event held under the aegis of The Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India held today was open to all - but only to the first 50 entrants on a first come first serve basis.  The event will be ushered off from Police Ground – Worli and wind up at Acres Club, Chembur.

This year event is supported by the Department of The Maharashtra State Police Housing & Welfare Corporation Ltd. by sponsoring the starting venue–the Police Ground in Worli, and Acres Club at Chembur, Mumbai by sponsoring the venue for the finish and Hinduja Hospital for the backup medical support in terms of Ambulances and doctor.

What is unique and sets this event apart from the others is the presence of about 50 wide-eyed orphans from Our Lady’s Home, Parel and St. Anthony’s Home Byculla. No doubt, this being a classless event it means that any person with a valid driving license can take part but additionally each car’s crew will be made up of a driver, navigator and minimum one child plus one orphan / underprivileged child. Yes, every participating vehicle must have one orphan / underprivileged child in the vehicle allotted by the organizers. The above mentioned orphanage / under privileged institutes are supported by Gulf Oil Corporation in terms of Kind – Gifts which is required by the institutes.

This will spell a new experience for the kids, as according to Director of Our Lady’s Home, Father Rui Camelo who noted, “This event helps to widen the horizons of the children, some of whom have never traveled in a car. They get to experience different things and interact with people from different walks of life and overall come back happy with the experience.”

Elated at the response Mr. Ravi Chawla, President, Gulf Lubes Business, India said, “The endeavor of this “Foster a Child” Car drive is to bring hope and joy in the lives of these under-privileged children and make them feel special for this one day. We at Gulf Oil hope that through this small effort we would be able to make more people conscious of the plight of these children and work towards establishing a better future for them.”

The children too were ecstatic. Some of them confessed that it was the first time that they saw places like Ballard Estate and Colaba, leave aside Bandra – Worli Sea Link. Adding fun to their outing were games at the Acres Club with ‘Teen Patti’ movie stars spent some happy and memorable time with these kids. The experience which both these kids and stars had will be cherished throughout their life.

List of two wheelers allowed to participate in Motorsport

From past six years Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd., has been sponsoring this event and every year the event is being organized differently with some changes which makes the Participants as well as the underprivileged children feel different. The event is under the Corporate & Social Responsibilities of the company towards the society. This year some participants from the corporate world and Media world is expected to join the event as a participant.

The Sportscraft organized event held under the aegis of The Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India will be held on the January 31st, 2010 is open to drivers one and all – but only to the first 50 entrants on a first come first serve basis. The event will be ushered off from Police Ground – Worli and wind up at Acres Club – 411-B-Hemu Kalani Marg, Chembur, Mumbai-400 071.

This year event is supported by the Department of The Maharashtra State Police Housing & Welfare Corporation Ltd. by sponsoring the starting venue–the Police Ground in Worli, and Acres Club at Chembur, Mumbai by sponsoring the venue for the finish and Hinduja Hospital for the backup medical support in terms of Ambulances and doctor.

What is unique and sets this event apart from the others is the presence of about 50 wide-eyed orphans from Our Lady’s Home, Parel and St. Anthony’s Home Byculla. No doubt, this being a classless event it means that any person with a valid driving license can take part but additionally each car’s crew will be made up of a driver, navigator and minimum one child plus one orphan / underprivileged child. Yes, every participating vehicle must have one orphan / underprivileged child in the vehicle allotted by the organizers. The above mentioned orphanage / under privileged institutes are supported by Gulf Oil Corporation in terms of Kind – Gifts which is required by the institutes.

This will spell a new experience for the kids, as according to Director of Our Lady’s Home, Father Rui Camelo who noted, “This event helps to widen the horizons of the children, some of whom have never traveled in a car. They get to experience different things and interact with people from different walks of life and overall come back happy with the experience.”

Another unique aspect of the event will be that participants will be handed over route charts one minute before their flag off time. This route charts enables them to follow the route – set by the organizers – from start to finish And yes the participants will have to provide the right answers to the questions posed for the drive will be broken up by certain pit stops along the route. At these pit stops every participant will be asked a question. On the basis of the correct answers and duration of the event, the winner will be chosen.

The event involves no speed or racing. It is only about steadfastly and effectively following the tulip chart and checking in at various pit stop. So, come in at your Sunday best for there is a special prize which involves a trophy with a gift hamper for Best Dressed Team including the orphan child, and also for the Best Decorated Car. Ladies especially will have to be at their sparkling best for the about 55-kilometre event as there are special prizes earmarked for All-Ladies team too.

The last date for entries is January 27 which will have to reach Sportscraft, Chitrakut, 3rd Floor, Siri Road, Chowpatty Bandstand, Mumbai-400 006. Tel. No. 022–23677631, Fax – 022 – 23685071.E– Mail – sportscraft@gmail.com, Web site : www.sportscraftindia.com So here’s your chance for participants to make a Gulf of a difference in the life of the kids albeit for a single day, but remember you will have to provide the answers to the questions posed. For drivers who always wanted something different here’s your answer – the Gulf Foster a Child Car event on the last day of January of a brand new decade.

Disclaimer:

Gulf Oil Corporation Limited” is proposing, subject to market conditions and other considerations, a rights issue of its equity shares and the Company has filed a Draft Letter of Offer with SEBI. The Draft Letter of Offer is available on the website of SEBI at www.sebi.gov.in and the website of the Lead Manager, Edelweiss Capital Limited at www.edelcap.com. Any potential investor should note that investment in equity shares involves a high degree of risk. For details, please refer to the Draft Letter of Offer including the section titled “Risk Factors” of the Draft Letter of Offer.

In the recent annual congress held at Manila last weekend the President and 3 vice presidents were elected for a four year term

For the post of president Stephan Carapiet (Macky) President of Namssa Phillipines won the election and for the post of Vice President the successful candidates were from Saudi Arabia,India and China

Mr Shrikant Karani who is the FMSCI nominee is a well known figure in UAM having served as a Vice president from 2001-2005. His nomination to post of Vice president will no doubt act a boost for promotion of two wheeler motor sport in India

” I am delighted to be elected once again for the post of Vice President UAM and i thank the FMSCI council who nominated me and for the support I received from all our member UAM voting delegates .I hope this four year term will see a big boot in promotion of activities not only in India but the Asia region as a whole” Shrikant Karani said

The 28-year-old Bangalore rider, like in the previous rounds in Jaipur and Hyderabad, once again did TVS Racing proud by sweeping the Indian Expert Class Group A Foreign Motorcycles upto 260 cc and Indian Expert Class Group B upto 260cc 2 & 4 stroke classes.

The goodly crowd that turned up on a chilly morning was left in awe as riders went through the motions in the event, organized by Sportscraft in association with Nashik Automotive Sports Association ( N.A.S.A).

If Joshua stole the limelight in the Indian Expert class, it was R Prakash of Coimbatore who took the honours in the other glamour event, the Private Expert Class for foreign motorcycles 260cc 2 & 4 stroke.

Delhi’s Maninder Singh and Pune’s Fabio Chindy were favourites and expected to battle it out for the top spot, but Prakash beat back a strong challenge from both the fancied riders to win three of the four races in the category, leaving both Maninder and Fabio to settle for second and third places.

Bhopal’s Muzaffar Ali was best in the one of the four races in the Private Expert class, finishing ahead of Jaipur’s Jas David and Nashik’s Kalyan Kambekar.

Gulf Oil has over the years spared no effort in giving two-wheeler riders an opportunity to test their skills under a safe environment with events like Dirt Track Racing and the Monsoon Scooter Rally. Sunday’s event in Nashik was no less challenging, as the course laid out by Sportscraft was really tough.

In addition to the sharp bends there was also loose gravel and water-logged areas to negotiate, which made riding a dicey proposition. However, all riders, first timers included, displayed excellent skills to come through this test of man and machine in flying colours.

Joshua, like in the past was given a tough time by his TVS mates from Bangalore R Natraj and H K Pradeep, but his flexibility and deft maneuvering over the serpentine bends proved decisive in his impressive showing.

There was huge cheering when the Novice class was run. Nashik’s Shashank Shewale gave the home fans lots to shout about as he challenged Coimbatore’s A Anand in the 165cc class all the way. However, Anand proved that wee bit better as he won a close race. Shewale placed second ahead of Mumbai’s Kshitij Shukla.

Bangalore’s R Murthy won the other two races in the Novice class. In the category for 130 cc 4-stroke bikes, he placed first ahead of city mate Syed Hidayath and Mumbai’s Kannan Naidu.

In the category for 131cc upto 165cc 4-stroke bikes, Murthy was again a class above, placing ahead of Coimbatore’s A Anand and Hidayath in that order.

Pune’s Pinkesh Thakker won three Open events – for scooters 100cc 2 & 4 stroke, Motorcycles 165cc 4 stroke and 165cc 2 stroke.

Mohan Pawar won the college class for Nashik riders for bikes upto 165cc. Samir Bharve and Gaurav Deshpande finished second and tird respectively.

While the crowd that turned up was appreciative of the event, the riders too were all praise for Sportscraft and N.A.S.A’s conduct of the event, which saw the races being gone through with precision efficiency. They thanked Gulf Oil for giving motorcycle riders an opportunity to parade their skills and expressed hope that more such event will be held in Nashik

The two TVS Racing riders won the glamour categories – the Indian Expert Class Group A and B respectively for foreign motorcycles upto 260cc to stay on course for berths in the Clash of the Titans, which pits the best of the three legs of the Gulf Dirt Track cup.

While Pradeep won one race in the Indian Expert Class Group A, Joshua, who stole the show in the first leg in Jaipur, proved a class above the field in Group B, winning both the races in the category.

After ACP Shree Laxmi Nayak flagged off the day’s programme, which had 130 entries, it was a battle royal all the way as some of the best names in the business of two-wheeler dirt track racing came up with an awesome display in tough dirt conditions. The huge crowd that turned up to watch the show must surely been overwhelmed by the riding skills on display.

As dirt track racing is all about high speed, the riders raced round a serpentine gravel-laden track, which had slush in some areas. Many took a tumble or two, or skid, particularly around the sharp bends, as they looked to generate speed. But all showed the tenacity of champion riders.

While Pradeep shunted his TVS teammates from Bangalore Joshua and R Natraj to second and third place in the opening event of the day — the first race of the Indian Expert Class Group A – he was beaten by Pradeep in the second race of the same category and had to settle for second place ahead of Natraj in the second race of the category.
Joshua though was too good in Group B, winning both races with a degree of comfort.

The TVS Racing rider had the crowd cheering as he went about the motions on a tricky, winding dirt course. He was simply unstoppable once he got out off the gates. Pradeep, Arvind and Natraj tried their best but all they could settle for was second and third places respectively in both races in the group.

If Joshua stole the limelight in the Indian Expert Class, Maninder Singh and Fabio Chindy proved kings of the Private Expert Classes Group A, winning a race each and finishing second. Badal Doshi had to be content with third place in both races.

Coimbatore’s R Prakash, astride a TVS RTR 160, won both the races in the Private Expert Class for Group B.

P K Raju from Kerala, R Murthy from Bangalore and Bangalore Syed Hidayat won a race each in the Novice class which witnessed keen competition and excellent riding despite the inexperience of the riders.
B Anand Kumar emerged supreme in the College Class. He was challenged all the way by M Yasser Arafat and S Rajesh who finished second and third respectively.

And despite the long programme, all the riders and spectators were appreciative of the event, appealing to the local association to stage more similar events

TheMAK COFFEE 500 Rally will have three special stages viz. VSL Estate Stage (9.30 kms) run three times, Kesvinamane Stage (9.20 kms) run two times and Vasanthcool stage (6.50 kms) run one time, bringing the total of the special stage distance to 52.80 kms. The total distance of the rally will be 139.45 kms. There shall be a regroup of 50 minutes and 30 minutes and three services of 20 minutes each in between. The first bike will be flagged off at 0800 hrs on Sunday, the 25th October 2009 and will finish at 14:28 hrs. The Prize Distribution will be held at 1700 hrs.

The entries are now open and the entries close on Tuesday, 20th October 2009 @ 1800 hrs. The recce, pre-event scrutiny, documentation etc. are scheduled on Saturday, 24th October 2009. The maximum number of entries is fixed at 50.

The motorcycles are divided as follows :

4 Strokes :

I) Group “D” : up to 130cc II) 131 cc upto 165 cc and III) 166 cc to 210 cc

I) Group “B” : upto 130 cc II) 131 cc upto 165 cc III) 166 cc to 210 cc and IV) 211 cc upto 260 cc

2 Strokes :

I) Group “B” : up to 130cc and II) 131 cc upto 165 cc