Aravind K P | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | Aravind Kadiyali Prabhakar 8 December 1985 |
| Alma mater | St Aloysius College |
| Occupation | Indian motorcycle rider |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Aravind KP is an Indian professional motor racer. He is the second Indian to complete Dakar Rally successfully after C.S. Santosh. He is a product of TVS Racing. [1]
Aravind K.P grew up in Udupi which is known for its iconic race 'Kambla'. When he was 16, a supercross he watched his first supercross event in Manipal and secretly thought of racing as his career. But he did not have a bike and when approached, his father, put forth a condition stating that he would get a bike only if he scores 80% in his 12th board exams. Aravind scored 84.7% in his exams and got his bike. At the age of 19, he started racing after a local mechanic suggested that he ride on the race track. He started as a privateer in local events, many of which he took part without the knowledge of his parents. As a student, he did not have much money to spend on racing and his friends used to support him. One day, his father woke up and saw his photo in the newspaper after he won the 'Raymond's classic' race in Mangalore. Initially his parents did not like him racing but later supported him. Aravind is also a National level swimmer, a state level skater and was also active in track and fields events.
In 2005, he made his debut in Indian motocross Nationals and within a year, TVS Racing roped him at Gulf Dirt Track National Championship in 2006. Since then, he has won more than 17 events in different motorsports disciplines like Dirt track, two-wheeler rallies and motocross and supercross events, and also had one international trophy. Aravind biggest victory on Indian soil came in 2015 when he tasted victory at the Raid De Himalaya, considered as the toughest terrain at high altitude. [2] He participated in Dakar Rally thrice. In the 2019 Dakar Rally he finished 37th position becoming the only Indian to finish the rally that year and 2nd Indian overall to finish the rally over the years. He received best sportsperson of the year award in the year 2019 by the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs in India (FMSCI), the governing body for motorsports in India and the ASN of FIA and FIM.
Aravind has appeared in Dulquer Salmaan's Bangalore Days movie. [3] [4] [5] He was Runner-up in Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8 (BBK 8) Television Reality Show. Aravind K.P recently was a part of a National record: Mahindra XUV700 24 hours endurance challenge.
 | This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification .(April 2024) |
2005- Made his debut in National motocross
2006- Won a round of the Gulf Dirt Track National Championship held in Mangalore, Karnataka .
2007- Won a round of the Gulf Dirt Track National Championship at Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
2009- MRF Mogrip National Super Cross Championship
2010- Won a round of the Gulf Dirt Track National Championship at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
2010- Finished 2nd at Vijayabahu Motocross held at Sri Lanka.
2011- First place at the Gajaba Super Cross 2011. Aravind KP showed his excellent riding skills by winning two races in the motorcycle racing even and won the racing up to 250 (four stroke) motor one and motor two events at Cartlon Super Sports Festival 2011.
2012- Gulf National Championship Super Cross 2012.
2013- National Champion in Group A foreign bike class and Group B Indian expert class, Winner at the Cavalry Super cross 2013 held in Sri Lanka.
2014- Won Gulf Super Cross 2014 at Nasik, National Super Cross Championship, Fox Hill Super Cross, Sigiri Rally Cross, finished 2nd at Vijayabahu Motor cross held at Sri Lanka.
2015- Won 250cc to 500cc Group A, Foreign expert MRF Mogrip National Super Cross Championship for bikes, Fox Hill Super Cross, Champion Rider Maruti Suzuki Raid De Himalaya, Maruti Suzuki Dakshin Dare Champion, National Champion at Indian National Rally Championship, MRF Mogrip National Super Cross Championship, Won at the V12 Super cross, open class Moto 1 and 2.
2016- Participated at the Oilibya Rally, Morocco, North Africa in 2016 and finished at the 26th position overall, MRF Mogrip National Super Cross Championship.
2017- He finished in 12th place in Pan Africa 2017 in Morocco, Aravind KP has created history by finishing at top 15 in last round of FIM cross country world rally championship 2017.
2018- Received Autotrack Motorsports Award in 2018.
2019- He aced the World's toughest Dakar rally at 37th position, Sports star Aces Awards Sportsperson of the year(Motorsports).
2021- He took part in the four-wheeler K1000 rally, a round of the Indian National Rally Championship organised by Karnataka Motor Sports Club, his home club.
Aravind made his debut in the Kannada movie Naanu Mattu Varalakshmi. He made his debut in the Malayalam movie Bangalore Days .
He played the lead role along with his Bigg Boss co-star Divya Uruduga in director Aravind Kaushik 's movie Ardhambardha Prema Kathe released in December 2023.
He is the first runner up in the Bigg Boss Kannada (eason 8). [6] Through Bigg Boss he has achieved a huge fanbase in Karnataka and has inspired lakhs of people through his achievements and behaviour. He also performed the stunts on a motorcycle for MS Dhoni as a body-double in an advertisement. [7]
KTM is the abbreviation of the name of Hans Trunkenpolz's auto repair shop in Mattighofen, Austria; Kraftfahrzeug Trunkenpolz Mattighofen. The shop was founded by Mr. Trunkenpolz in the year 1934. It became what is now known as KTM.
Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The sport evolved from motorcycle trials competitions held in the United Kingdom.
The AMA Supercross Championship is an American motorcycle racing series. Founded by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in 1974, the AMA Supercross Championship races are held from January through early May. Supercross is a variant of motocross which involves off-road motorcycles on a constructed dirt track consisting of steep jumps and obstacles; the tracks are usually constructed inside a sports stadium. The easy accessibility and comfort of these stadium venues helped supercross surpass off-road motocross as a spectator attraction in the United States by the late 1970s.
Chad Mark Reed is an Australian motocross and supercross racer. He is a two-time AMA Supercross 450cc champion, a one-time AMA Motocross 450cc champion, record holder for the most main event starts in AMA Supercross history with 265 starts, as well as podium finishes with 132.
Jeffrey Ward is a British-American former professional motocross racer, auto racing driver and off-road racer. He won the AMA Motocross Championship five times and the AMA Supercross Championship twice and the Motocross des Nations seven times. After retiring from motorcycle competition, Ward turned to auto racing, finishing in second place at the Indianapolis 500 and winning a race at the Texas Motor Speedway. He then competed in off-road truck racing and rallycross. Ward was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999 and, was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on 12 August 2006.
Honda Racing Corporation (HRC), also known as Honda Racing, is a motorsport subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company formed in 1982. From its founding, the company was initially solely responsible for Honda's motorcycle racing activities, before the brand's automobile racing activities were integrated into HRC's scope of work on 1 April 2022. The company combines participation in motorcycle races throughout the world with the development of racing machines. Its racing activities are an important source for the creation of technologies used in the development of Honda motorcycles. HRC activities include sales of production racing motorcycles, support for satellite teams, and rider education programs.
The motorcycle sport of racing includes motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Other categories include hill climbs, drag racing and land speed record trials.
The Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India, abbreviated as FMSCI, is the governing body for motor sports in India and was founded in 1971. It is a long-standing member of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) and Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the world bodies for 2/3 and 4 wheeler motor sport respectively.
Jagat and Anita Nanjappa are a well-known couple in the sport of motor racing in India. They belong to the Kodava community and are natives of Kodagu district of Karnataka. They have participated and won many motorbike and car rallies in India. Jagat is usually the driver while his wife Anita dons the role of the navigator. Together, they have won nine Indian National Rally Riders Championship awards in the motorbike section from 1986 to 1996. Known for their grit and determination, they once completed a rally despite having a flat rear tyre with Anita having to sit on the petrol tank of the bike for a distance of 70 kilometres (43 mi) to reduce the weight on the flat tyre.
Francisco "Chaleco" López Contardo is a rally raid, motocross and enduro motorcycle rider and Off-road racing driver. He's a veteran of the Dakar Rally, having made his first start on a bike in 2007, and has since then won the rally the UTV/SSV (T4) class in 2019 & 2021; and, in the Lightweight Prototypes (T3) class in 2022.
Toby Joseph Price OAM is an Australian off-road and enduro motorcycle racing world champion. He lives in Gold Coast, Queensland, and rode for the KTM Off-Road Racing Team until October 2015. He now represents the Red Bull Factory KTM Rally Team.
Narayanaswamy "N." Leelakrishnan, also known as Leela in Indian motorsport circles, is a six-time Indian National Rally Championship Champion and one time Indian Formula 3 champion from Coimbatore, India. He is also a rally and race car tuner and is currently the Chief Technical Director of Red Rooster Racing.
CS Santosh is an Indian off-road and enduro motorcycle racer. His full name is Chunchunguppe Shivashankar Santosh. He is a multiple National Supercross and Motocross champion. CS Santosh has spent more than a decade racing motorbikes across challenging terrains and multiple nations. He is a rider who is under the banner of Hero MotoSports, and has spearheaded a rally revolution of sorts in India. Santosh has also given fresh hope to fellow talented riders that they too can make the step up to the global rally level.
Aishwarya Pissay is an Indian circuit and off-road motorcycle racer. She has become the first-ever Indian motorsports athlete to win a world title. The TVS talent participated at the FIM Bajas World Cup and secured the 1st place in the women's category and 2nd in the junior's category. She is the first Indian woman to win 7 FMSCI National titles, including 6 consecutive Indian National Rally Championship in two-wheelers from 2017. She started with Circuit Racing winning Honda one-make and TVS one-make titles and went on to win multiple Indian National Rally Championship titles before moving to bigger cross-country rallies.
Harith Noah is a professional motorsports athlete from Shoranur in Kerala, India. He represents India in international cross country rallies such as the Dakar Rally. He is also the third rider from India to finish Dakar rally successfully after C.S. Santosh and Aravind K.P. He is also the fastest from India. He took a historic victory for India in the Rally 2 category of Motorcycles at the 46th Dakar Rally on 19 January 2024 and finished in the overall top-11, to become the fastest from India at Dakar. Earlier, he bagged two stage wins in his class, the Rally 2.
Yuva Kumar is an Indian Motorcycle Rally Racer/Pilot. He was born in Chittor, Andhra Pradesh and raised in Bengaluru, Karnataka. He did his schooling and college education in Bangalore and Mysore.
George Francis was an Indian Motorsports photographer and journalist. After a few years in Indian Express, he quit active journalism to focus full time on motorsports and started his own company called Scorp News in October 1984.
CEAT Indian Supercross Racing League (ISRL) is an Indian motorcycle racing league. Unlike other leagues which are city-based, it is a franchise-based supercross league organised by Team SX1 in collaboration with the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI). CEAT is the main sponsor of ISRL while Toyota Hilux is the official vehicle partner. Frenchman, Jordi Tixier, a former World Motocross Champion (2018) won three races in the inaugural ISRL Round 1 held at Pune on 28 January 2024. BigRock Motorsports won the team championship table after three rounds.
Chandra Kumar Chinnappa born in Bangalore is an Indian motorsports athlete and administrator. He is a racing driver and a rally co-driver. Chinnappa took part in Indian National bike races in various disciplines like rallies, autocross, motocross, hill climb and drag meets, and in later years he became a regular four-wheeler rally co-driver in the Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) for an overall career spanning 34 active years as a competitor. Now he continues as a senior steward of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI).
