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Aryan Narola won both Sunday races in the F4 Indian Championship, while Ruhaan Alva took the second Indian Racing League race as the Indian Racing Festival completed its Buddh International Circuit weekend on 1 November.
The CTR-JK Tyre FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship returns to Kari Motor Speedway from 13 to 15 November for Round 2. Its late-October opener brought a record 137 driver and rider registrations, close Formula 4 finishes and a programme spanning eight categories. The same Coimbatore circuit now offers the field another weekend to build on that start.
Rugved Barguje won the SX1 class at Round 5 of the MRF MOGRIP FMSCI National Supercross Championship in Nashik. His 37 point total came from a second place in Moto 1 and a victory in Moto 2. Nine classes brought the national field together at Pethe Nagar Grounds, with riders from the leading teams and local competitors sharing the same compact, demanding arena.
The opening weekend of the CTR JK Tyre FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship closed at Kari Motor Speedway with eight Sunday races, a photo finish, a final corner clash and rain across the LGB Formula 4 finale. Dhruvh Goswami and Anish Shetty were among the day’s defining winners.
Luviwe Sambudla won twice at the Madras International Circuit to take command of the F4 Indian Championship, while 15 year old Aaron Mehta became its youngest race winner. The weekend also opened the Indian Racing League season with a close first victory for Shahan Ali Mohsin.
The Blueband Sports FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship is due in Kodagu from 20 to 22 November for Round 3, the Robusta Rally. The calendar gives the season a fresh setting after the gravel roads of Coimbatore, with teams now waiting on the event bulletin for the detail that turns a date into a route.
Krish Gupta, Rivaan Dev Preetham, Arshi Gupta and Ayansh Patil finished the six-round MECO RMC India season as champions in Senior Max, Junior Max, Mini Max and Micro Max. None won the final race in their class, a reminder that a championship is carried across a season, not decided by one chequered flag.
National karting runs at Meco Kartopia in Bengaluru on 17 and 18 October while the FMSCI Supercross championship brings its fourth round to Baroda on Sunday. The meetings show how Indian motorsport grows through different kinds of track, different kinds of machine and the people who keep each paddock moving.
Ishaan Madesh and Krishay Gutte shared the MRF Formula 2000 wins at the Madras International Circuit. Viswas Vijayaraj swept the Formula LGB 1300 races for a third straight triple crown.
The Bharat Petroleum Autocross 2026 brings a 4W dirt competition to Gold Finch City in Kuloor on 10 and 11 October, with twelve classes, cash prizes and special awards for the fastest driver and best tuner.
MotoFarm’s supplied event posters set #DIRTIFIED Gravel 4W Autocross for 3 and 4 October at Lakkenahalli in Chikkaballapur, with two directions of racing and seventeen listed classes.
The supplied Sportscraft poster announced a 13 September Pune sprint rally for scooters and motorcycles, with FMSCI branding and a dirt focused event identity.
Chethan Chengappa and Sujith Chengappa headed the published FMSCI Gypsy Challenge podium, ahead of Sanjay Agarwal and Dinky Varghese and Kariappa Mekerira and Abhinav Ganapathy.
Venunath V and Sanath G won INRC 3, ahead of Jenu Johnson and Lenin Joseph in second and Abishek Gowda T C and Mahesh Nandi in third.
Anushriya Gulati and Karan Aukta won INRC 3T in the Citroen C3, while Arjun Rajeev and Chandra Mouli finished second and Adith KC and Avinash C A took third in Baleno RS cars.
Pragathi Gowda, Sahil Khanna and Vidyuth Iyer give India a sharp international thread as the 2026 Asia Auto Gymkhana trail moves towards its Thailand stage.
Chikkamagaluru’s DIRTPRIX XIII and V12 Autocross Round 3 in Coimbatore put two very different venues into the same September conversation, while Bengaluru’s Gravel Attack showed why the grassroots ladder still matters between the major dates.
The passing of Maletira Jagath Nanjappa at 68 has left Indian rallying without one of its most respected champions, a driver whose record and generosity helped define the sport across generations.
Pradeep Ravi and Thimmanna Uppapanda headed the published Masters Cup podium, with Dinesh Kumar T and Lohith J M second and Balakrishna J and Bopanna Nelammakkada third.
After their WRC Chile programme with TSI Racing, Dean Mascarenhas and Gagan Karumbaiah returned to India and won Rally of Coimbatore in the Arka Motorsports Polo.
Aditya Thakur and Virender Kashyap won INRC 2 in the naturally aspirated Polo. Philippos Matthai and Harish K N finished second, while Ritesh M. Guttedar and Suraj M finished third.
Three final stages turned Dean Mascarenhas and Gagan Karumbaiah’s Saturday advantage into a Rally of Coimbatore victory, with Karna Kadur second, Jason Saldanha third and Naveen Puligilla fourth.
Dean Mascarenhas and Gagan Karumbaiah won Round 2 in Coimbatore, ahead of Karna Kadur, Jason Saldanha and Naveen Puligilla, in a rally shaped by speed, new cars and determined recovery drives.
Ritesh M. Guttedar and Suraj M finished third in INRC 2 and tenth overall at Coimbatore, delivering a measured run through a fast national rally.
Tarushi Vikram and Athreya Kousgi finished seventeenth overall, with the official stage timing marking their crew fastest in INRC 3 on SS08.
Venunath V and Sanath G carried the #21 Chettinad Sporting Polo through every recorded stage run to win INRC 3 at the Rally of Coimbatore in 01:40:36.798.
Six Saturday stages put Dean Mascarenhas and Gagan Karumbaiah at the head of a fast, carefully prepared Coimbatore rally, with new cars and hard mechanical lessons already reshaping the weekend.
Arshi Gupta won Mini Max at RMC India Round 5, while Zidaan Arshaan Anees, Akshat Mishra and Hridaan Sanadhya took the other class victories at Meco Kartopia in Bengaluru.
Dust to the Clouds 5 made its first hill climb at Penukonda Hills, with bikes and cars giving the 2026 event a two-machine identity and a record entry drawing a new line through the Indian motorsport calendar.
A full day of gravel testing in Coimbatore brought together Sonakshi, Dheeraj Salimath, Arvind Dheerendra, Aditya Thakur, Daraius Shroff and Arjun Dheerendra, alongside a newly imported Peugeot 208, for a close look at the work behind the rally.
The official route and entry documents remain useful after Round 2, now joined by the completed classification led by Dean Mascarenhas and Gagan Karumbaiah.
Fabid Ahmer and Milen George took the inaugural ARCH Rally overall victory and won the ARCH Rally 2 category in the JA Motorsport and TSI Racing Hyundai i20 N Line.
The 18 July Gravel Attack Autocross and 19 July Rally Sprint weekend near Bengaluru Airport showed how quickly local motorsport can move when a venue gives drivers a real surface to learn on.
From Fabid Ahmer’s INRC2 wins to Tarushi Vikram’s Women and Junior results, Chettinad Sporting keeps putting competitive crews into the same fight.
The 2025 Karnataka 1000 produced a TSI Racing one-two, a historic INRC2 win for Pragathi Gowda and a finish rate that explained why this rally still matters.
The former champion and team owner represents the part of rallying that lasts beyond a single driver’s result: preparation, judgement and the transfer of experience.
The next Bengaluru autocross weekend is being presented as a full motorsport day with timed classes, tuned cars, simulators, music and food around the racing.
At the 49th South India Rally, Musa Sherif reached a number that says as much about endurance and trust as it does about time spent in a competition car.
From turbocharged Honda Citys to touring-car programmes, Race Concepts grew around a simple idea: the car has to be fast, but it also has to come back ready for the next session.
