TVS Racing aims high

The Hindu, 26.05.10

BANGALORE: TVS Racing, which is now celebrating its silver jubilee, aims to sweep all titles this season, said Mr. Arvind Pangaonkar, General Manager, Research and Development wing of TVS Motors, at a media meet here on Wednesday.

It has indeed been a chequered journey for Team TVS Racing since it made its bow on the two-wheeler racing scene two decades ago, with its newly developed 50cc engine mopeds (TVS 50). It knocked down the dominant Suvega from the perch and since then has gone from strength to strength, winning a series of titles in the motocross, supercross, hill climb, rally and drag events with newer and faster bikes such as Supra, Shogun, Fiero Apache and Apache RTR.

Every top rider in the country of the past including Shyam Kothari, Ashok Raja, Ravi Thirumale, Thirumala Roy, Jagat and Anita Nanjappa and present top riders like C.S. Santosh, Pramod Joshua, P. Karthik and Harry Sylvester, have contributed immensely to the team's success.

“Our team's strength doesn't rely on talent alone, we constantly improvise with our R & D, and making our bikes better and better”, said Pangaonkar.

TVS Racing will participate in all major events in the country this season, which starts with MRF National supercross event at Bangalore on May 30.