About JK Tyre Racing Championships
The 21st edition of the renowned Motorsport Championship in India for open wheel Formula cars and Motocycles. The first three rounds of the National Championship in 2018 will be held at the Kari Motor Speedway, Coimbatore and the fourth and the final round will be held at Buddh International Circuit, Noida.
Classes in JK Tyre National Racing Championship 2018
The 2018 consists of the four classes, the Formula JK Euro 18 being the premier class, the LGB Formula F4 sporting the highest number of driver entries, the one make Suzuki Gixxer cup, and the Red Bull road to rookie cup.
Formula JK Euro 18 - Driver Line Up 2018
- Karthik Tharani - Chennai
- Nayan Chatterjee - Mumbai
- Ashwin Datta - Chennai
- Nirmal Uma Shankar - Chennai
- Bryal Perera - Sri Lanka
- Yash Aradhya - Bengaluru
- Manav Sharma - Faridabad
- Chetan Korada - Chennai
- Sudarshan Rao- Karwal
- Sahil Shelar - Pune
- Arya Singh Kolkata
- Mira Erda - Baroda
The 2018 edition will also feature India's first all women racing team, Ahura Racing headed by former National Champion Sarosh Hataria.
JK Tyre has always been closely associated with the world of sports. Almost three decades back the company laid down a long term and sustained approach to promote Motorsport. The sport at that time in India was perceived for elite but JK Tyre took upon itself to package and redesign the sport to suit the masses. The company not only made the sport affordable but also equivalent to International operating standards. JK Tyre’s foray into Motorsport was a well thought out strategic decision to not only use and develop this virgin branding platform but also to realize the dreams of making India a force in the field of motor sport.
In 2011, the company acquired the Formula BMW Series and rechristened it as the JK Racing Asia Series (JKRAS). With this acquisition, JK Tyre created history in Indian Motorsport by becoming the first Indian company to acquire an FIA accredited series. By taking over the series, JK Tyre promises to utilize it as a platform to encourage and support the world’s best racing drivers and promote India as one of Asia’s motorsport capitals.
Thus, JK Tyre has conquered two steps in the motorsport program where the new racing aspirants first establish themselves in
India, then graduate to Asian level i.e. to Formula BMW, which is now JKRAS and then they move to higher levels of racing. JK Tyre now stands closer to achieving its mission of bringing world-class motorsport to the Indian masses. The Racing and Karting programme by JK Tyre has been the breeding ground for the country’s motorsport talents like Narain Karthikeyan, Armaan Ebrahim, Karun Chandhok, Aditya Patel and other emerging talent.
Another pioneering initiative was the launch of the Truck Racing Championship in India in partnership with Tata Motors. The company developed & designed “JetRacing”-the new generation truck racing tyres especially for this application. With this, JK Tyre became the first tyre company to produce truck racing tyres in India. The combination of the Prima trucks fitted with Jet Racing received an overwhelming response from participants and has definitely brought in a revolution in the Indian racing scenario.
