Monday, July 8, 2013
V. R. Naren Kumar
V. R. Naren Kumar
V. R. Naren Kumar is a seven-time INRCRallyChampion and Two time runner-up and Asia Zone Champion from Coimbatore, India.
Kumar started his career as a privateer in 1993 and was quickly picked-up by Team MRF, operated by another Rally driver N. Leelakrishnan.
Naren Kumar is also the first Indian from India to compete in the WRC
championship (in Groun N Category) driving a factory supported works Subaru Impreza World Rally Car for Team Sidvin India (supported by Four time WRC Rally Champion Tommi Makinen.
After a 4 year gap he entered the 2010 INRC championship in its second
season and winning his last title. He announced his retirement from
Rallying in 2011.
National Championship
In India, he won four championships for Team MRF,including an Asia Zone Championship in Honda Civic
then switched to Team JK, who themselves reappeared into the rallying
scene after a seven-year gap, just to sponsor Naren and won another two
championships. Yet Naren won the 2005 crown for JK in a rally tyre
pulled out of their old stock.
He won the National Championships in the years 2006, 2005, 2003,
2002, 2000, 1999 and Runner-up in 2001 and 2004 which was mainly due
APRC Commitments.International Championships
Asia Pacific
Currently (2007) Naren is participating in the 2007 FIA
Asia Pacific Rally Championship, and is within top 5 places. His entry
as a privateer with part support from Sidvin and Red Rooster Racing made
him the top title contender among the other privateers, while all his
close rivals are factory teams. He however finished fourth in the
championships and with a podium (Second overall) and by the end of the
season he was invited for a test drive by Subaru World Rally Team.
World Rally Championship
Team Abarth offer
In 2005 the Italian team and Fiat/Lancia tuning specialist Abarth offered a drive for Naren. But he could not raise the required sponsorship at that time and opted for APRC.
Subaru WRC Testing
During the end of 2007 APRC season where Team Subaru impressed with
his driving skills offered him a test drive session .The early month of
October 2007 saw Naren in Wales, England testing for the new Subaru Impreza Group N World Rally for Subaru World Rally Team.[1]
Production Car World Rally Championship (P-WRC)
In Early February 2008,Team Sidvin was launched technical and vehicle support from four-time world rally champion Tommi Makinen's
Racity Oy Limited. Naren Kumar will start in the Production Car World
Rally Championship (P-WRC) series run alongside the regular WRC series.
Naren Kumar will be driving a Subaru Impreza.His main sponsor will be the Bangaluru
based oil and gas company Sidvin Core-Tech. During mid-season Naren was
replaced by Gaurav Gill from India who added more Did-Not-Finish to the
team.
Return to Indian National Rally Championship (INRC)
After a 2 year hiatus Naren returned to a full season of INRC in the
newly formed team Red Rooster racing. Tuned by ace tuner and rallyist
N.Leela Krishnan, Naren actually joined the second rally in the season
and easily winning the 2010 title, thus making him the most successful
Four Wheeler Rally champion in India.
Retirement
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