At the Federation of Motor Sports Club of India Annual General Meeting of 2016, held in Chennai yesterday, India's racing legend Mr. Akbar Ebrahim was elected as the President of FMSCI and Mr. J.Prithiviraj was elected as the Vice-President.
The 43rd Annual General Meeting of the FMSCI was held on Monday 12th December 2016 in Chennai. Elections were conducted for member clubs to be elected to the FMSCI council for the years 2017-2018. The following Clubs/Councillors were declared elected.
COUNCIL for 2017-2018
Madras Motor Sports Club (MMSC) - KD Madan Karnataka Motor Sports Club (KMSC) – Shivu Shivappa Coimbatore Auto Sports Club(CASC) - J. Prithiviraj Calcutta Motor Sports Club (CMSC) - Sanjay Sharma Indian Automotive Racing Club(IARC) - Ketan Mehta Motor Sports Club of Chikmaglur (MSCC) - Farooq Ahmed Meco Motorsports Club (MMS) - Akbar EbrahimRamakrishna Race Performance (RRPM) – Arindam Ghosh
Elections were also conducted for the post of President and Vice President and the following were elected by the General Body.
Akbar Ebrahim – President J. Prithiviraj – Vice President
Akbar Ebrahim is a well-known former racer and organiser of the National Rotax Max Karting Championship for the last few years. He has been in the FMSCI council for the past 4 years and as a Chairman of 4W Racing Commission has streamlined and brought in many racing initiatives and programs which have resulted in a quantum jump in car racing in India.
Ebrahim said, “It is a great honour to be elected as the President of the FMSCI. I intend to dedicate my time and energy towards further development of Indian Motorsport right from the grass root level all the way to the top Nationally and Internationally for all disciplines of the sport.”
An action packed 2017 FMSCI calendar awaits motorsports enthusiasts with 13 National Championships in various disciplines set to kick off in January itself. At the recently concluded FIA AGM, the following FMSCI nominees were inducted into the following FIA Commissions.
Driver’s Commission - Karun Chandhok Drag Racing Commission – J Balamurugan Rally Commission – Ashwin Pandit Circuits - Manoj P DalalMedical - Dr. Uday BalakrishnanLand Speed Records – Hormazd SorabjeeWomen in Motorsports – Navaz SandhuVolunteers and Officials – Prabha Shankar CIK Karting - Rayomand Banajee Truck Racing - Vicky Chandhok Closed Road - Mohan Nagarajan Hill Climb - Raj Kapoor Off Road - Jayesh Desai
FIM Commissions
GP Roop Kumar – Technical.Anand Sashidharan – Legal.
