After the success at the Malaysian Super Series 2008 in the Expert and Novice category, team Red Rooster Racing, India's first integrated racing company with a multi-level approach has upped the ante this year to the next level in its international endevour. The team has confirmed participation for all the races in the Petronas FIM Asia Road Racing Championship. Red Rooster Racing is the first ever Indian team to participate in this prestigious event, the first round of which was held at the Sepang circuit – Malaysia in April. Red Rooster Racing’s team include K. Rajini and Preetham Dev Moses for all the six rounds and Rohit Giri and Sameer Venugopalan for the India round due to take place in September.

Preetham & Rajini in action

The team for PETRONAS FIM ARRC, 2009 are:

K. Rajini

Runner-up in the 600cc Supersport Expert Class - Malaysian Super Series and National Champion - 150cc Group B modified 4-strokes class in UCAL Rolon National Road Racing Championship in 2008. National Champion - Ucal-Rolon National Road Racing Championship in Group B & D 160 cc 4-stroke in 2007 National Champion - 150cc. Group B modified 4-stroke class in 2006 Ucal-Rolon National Racing Championship. National Champion - 150cc. Group D 4-strokes in 2005

Preetham Dev Moses

First Indian to test for Moto GP on a 125cc motorcycle. Five 'Wild Cards' by Dorna to take part in the 250cc World Championships in 2008. National Road Racing Champion, and received the ‘Champion of Champions' award in 2007. National Champion Group D 110cc Four-stroke Experts. Finished 4th in the Group C 160cc Experts category in 2005 Double National Champion B 160cc 4-stroke Experts and National Champion Group D 110cc 4-stroke Experts in 2004

Rohit Giri

Runner up in the 600cc Supersport Novice category of the Malaysian Super Series in 2008 Won 28 trophies and championship winner in Category D 110-160 cc. Runner- up in Category C conducted by MMSC- Chennai / Coimbatore in 2007 Runner-up in foreign bike category 751 cc and above conducted by Speed Run 2005-Bangalore

Sameer Venugopalan

Racing since 2007- 3 podium finishes out of 5 races in the first season. Runner-up in the Ucal Rolon National Road Racing Championship in the Group D 160cc 4-Stroke Intermediate Class in 2008

Speaking on this participation, the team's Managing Director, Dinesh Reddy said “Red Rooster Racing’s participation in the FIM ARRC is the first step taken by an Indian team into the higher echelons of two wheeler competition in the world. Our riders K.Rajini and Preetham Dev Moses, we believe, have what it takes to compete and challenge the best Asian talent. As I said, this is our first step and we are confident of putting up a fair show.”

The FIM Asia Road Racing Championship is Asia's premiere motorcycle road racing championship, featuring two exciting race classes - Underbone 4-stroke, single cylinder and Supersport 4-stroke, 4 cylinders. The qualifying age is 13 years for Underbone and 16 years for Supersport. The FIM ARRC is a championship in a class of its own – it is the only motorcycle championship to span the Asian continent, moving from Malaysia, to Japan, Indonesia, India and China. It is the only championship to attract the participation from the best riders from the region and some participants from Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand apart from the host countries.

Team Director Amit Sandill remarked, “The team is all geared up for the event. Each of the team members have had an eventful year 2008. They will be riding the modified Yamaha R6’s, which comes under the Supersport 600 cc class. I have given special focus to enhance performance of the motorcycles and the riders and ensure good results.”

Introduced in 1997, the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship is sanctioned by the Federation Internationale Motocyclisme (FIM) as the FIM's Continental Championship for Asia. Since its inception, the championship's objectives have always been to groom Asian champions for the international road racing arena.

The FIM Asia Road Racing Championship acts as a stepping stone for Asian riders to progress from Asian to World Championships after their national championships. From this training ground, Asian riders hone their skills by racing on machines that are similar in power and class to those used in the FIM world events before they make their debut in international racing. The FIM Asian Crown in the Supersport and Underbone are the most hotly contested titles in Asian road racing. Each round of the Asian Road Racing Championship is packed with high-powered excitement and the thrills and spills of motorcycle road racing.

About Red Rooster Racing

Red Rooster Racing, a unique company dedicated to promoting Indian talent in a wide range of Motor Sports, was formally launched on the 7th of June 2008 by a group of dedicated businessmen and well-known professionals from the motorsport fraternity. Red Rooster Racing is a unique company dedicated to identifying, promoting and encouraging Indian drivers and riders to compete in most major forms of motor sport. All the competing vehicles at Red Rooster Racing have a dedicated service backup armed with state of the art equipment, to ensure highest levels of performance and safety. The company looks at motorsport as a great form of entertainment and an avenue for marketing on one hand and the research and development possibilities to determine and improve the performance and safety of a vehicle.

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