Chennai, February 11, 2009: The stage is set for the new racing season for formula cars as the 12th edition of the JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship gets underway this weekend at the Madras Motor Race Track at Irungaatukottai. The concept of the championship which has been formatted to take Indian motor sports to greater heights has over the years seen several young racers at the forefront in the international level of formula car racing.

The format of the national championship which has been consistently been updated with the latest technology has gone to become India’s premier motor sport championship. With full grids in most classes, the teams and drivers have worked tirelessly to get their cars ready. Economic meltdown or not, the sponsors have come forward to help the individual drivers. And as we saw in the IPL auction the cricketers hit the economic slowdown for a six. We hope the racers too will validate the spend on them by the sponsors and will see perhaps one of the most exciting entry list seen in this 12 year old championship.

JK Tyre is continuing their passion in motor racing in spite of the recession and everyone is awaiting the exciting entry of Volkswagen into Indian Motorsport later in the year.

The Formula Rolon Chevrolet entry list has last year’s defending champion Gaurav Dalal of Red Rooster Racing Team who are fielding another two cars for Sarosh Hataria and Akhil Khushlani. Team NK Racing is fielding Ashwin Sundar, past National Championship winner (Formula LGB Swift & Formula LGB Hyundai) who is committed to race in India inspite of his International racing commitments. So is Aditya Patel (past championship winner) driving for his father’s new racing outfit. Karthik Shankar who won last years Formula LGB Swift category drives for Team Rams Racing and another independent entry of Saran Vikram ( past champion) also joins the fray.

With Ajay Kini, Diljith (Amaron Pro Racing), Saahil Shelar, Shankar Narayan (Amaron Pro Racing), there's going to be a quality field. Who will be crowned the National champion this year is anybody’s guess as we haven’t seen in the past such a large contingent of top class racers together in one class. The Formula LGB Swift class is the entry level for youngsters who want to pursue racing as a career option .With no past championship winners allowed in this class for 2009. This is once again a wide open field of 17 young and talented drivers, graduates from National Karting and JK Tyre Junior Cup winners.