The nail-biting second season of the KTM Cup concluded at the Kari Motor Speedway yesterday. The race saw over 900 participants from across 114 towns in the country.
Rahul Pillari Shetty took the top podium in the pro category while Abhishek Vasudev and Kayan Zubin Patel came second and third, respectively. The amateur category saw Adam Feroz Backer win with Mohd Yosuf and Shashanka Sharma following the lead. Ann Jennifer came first in the women’s category while Lani Jena Fernandez and Tanisha Sanjay Arora came second and third, respectively.
In addition to the cash prize, the first-place winners in each category will receive a trip to Austria to attend the KTM Academy of Speed. There, they will train with KTM Pro instructors and interact with Moto GP maestros.
The KTM Cup is conducted in three stages, starting with a selection round, then a qualifier, and a finale. Throughout all the stages, riders race on a company-provided KTM RC390 GP. Interestingly, this year also saw India’s very own auto experts on the track in a friendly media race.
Competition remains cutthroat at KTM Cup, In the selections round, only 66 made it out of the 860 in the amateur and women’s category, 36 pros then joined them for the qualifiers. The racers are trained by ex-Moto-GP racer Jeremy McWilliams and 7-time INMRC winner Emmanuel Jebaraj during the selection and qualifier rounds at the KTM Race Academy.
