India’s first F1 driver Narain Karthikeyan, rally driver Gaurav Gill and national racing champion Anindith Reddy will come together for the JK Tyre Festival of Speed later this month. The Festival of Speed features a number of racing discipline being laid out, including X1 Formula Racing Cars, LGB-Formula 4 cars, 1000 and 600cc super bikes and the Gixxer Cup. To be held at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) on 30 November and 1 December, the event will see the final round of competitions in the Indian LGB Formula 4 and the JK Tyre Suzuki Gixxer Cup and crown the new champions.
The event will also witness the unveiling of X1 Formula Racing, a franchise-based competition featuring six teams. Every team will comprise of one international male and female driver each, one Indian international driver and two top Indian drivers. The drivers include Mattias Lauda, Franky Cheng, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Narain Karthikeyan, Gaurav Gill, Anindith Reddy, the Maini brothers, Krishnaraj Mahadik, Nayan Chatterjee and Vishnu Prasad.
The JK tyre Festival of Speed will have the JK Super Bike Cup, starring almost all the top 1,000cc and 600cc bikes. There will be an international flavour to this section too, in the form of the Asia Cup of Road racing which will see some of Asia’s top riders in action. Apart from all the pure racing, country’s top stunts-men will be putting up some interesting feats on their modified bikes, go-karts, cars and even a massive tractor, led by USA’s two-wheeler stunt champion Aaron Colton. The JK Tyre Festival of Speed will also speak about road safety, with the JK Tyre- Constitution Club of India Car Rally for Parliamentarians being made part of it this year. To be flagged off from the Constitution Club on 1 December, it will culminate at the Buddh Circuit.
Speaking on the occasion, Sanjay Sharma, Head- Motorsport, JK Tyre and the man behind this initiative, said, “The JKNRC finale is known as the biggest sports spectacle, not counting cricket matches, in the Capital. It draws over 40,000 fans and we offer each of them a wholesome package of entertainment, which includes pure racing, stunts, entertainment and top celebrities. This year with more partners joining in, we decided to repackage the entire weekend as the JK Tyre Festival of Speed and can assure our fans that it is going to be biggest motorsport extravaganza in the country.”
