After chess, cricket, Chennai now revving up for a automobile carnival

Chennai may properly earn the sobriquet of the sportiest host within the nation. After the Chess Olympiad, the IPL 2024 cricket last, the town is gearing up for a motorsports extravaganza because it performs host to the Indian Racing Competition 2024.

It’s going to kick off with the Indian Racing League (IRL) on the Madras Worldwide Circuit at Irungattukottai on August 24-25 adopted by India’s first-ever evening race on August 30-September 1. Six groups will zip round a 3.5-km stretch with 19 turns and corners ranging from the Island Grounds and passing the Marina Seashore, Napier Bridge, Flagstaff Highway and looping again to Island Grounds.

The six groups within the fray are Kolkata Royal Tigers, Pace Demons Delhi, Goa Aces JA Racing, Hyderabad Blackbirds, Bangalore Speedsters and Chennai Turbo Riders. With superstar backers like Sourav Ganguly, John Abraham, and Arjun Kapoor behind a few of the groups, the franchises are already making a buzz.

Every of the staff will characteristic two Indian and two international racers, together with one girls making it a gender-inclusive occasion. Followers can sit up for seeing Indian aces Akhil Rabindra and Nikhil Bohra alongside Swiss sensation Neel Jani and British-South African driver Raoul Hyman.

Boosting infra

Among the many six girls racers whizzing round of their speedy Wold Thunder GB08s, the only seater vehicles that may rev as much as 240 kmph, will probably be Fabienne Wolhwend, Gabriel Jilkova and Laura Camps.

The Tamil Nadu authorities, which is supporting the occasion, is dashing forward with the infrastructure laying the observe for the System 4 avenue circuit. VIP lounges and grandstands are being put up alongside the observe for round 9,000 spectators to benefit from the spectacle. There will probably be fan zones, interactive experiences and a carnival-like ambiance promise the organisers.

Tickets begin at ₹1,199 for the MIC occasion and at ₹1,699 for the road circuit and are already on sale on Paytm Insider, whereas stay broadcasting offers have been finished with Star Sports activities and Fancode.

Placing behind the heartache of final 12 months when the races needed to be cancelled, Akhilesh Reddy , Director of Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd and the co-founder of Racing Promotions Pvt Ltd, which is behind the occasion, is throwing all his energies into stitching up the logistics to host a memorable occasion.

And these are large when you think about that a whole lot of the engineers, mechanics and technical workers so integral to motosports are being flown in from the Netherlands and Italy.

“Our technical companions are MD Motor Sports activities and JDA Motor Sports activities and nearly 80 folks will come from the Netherlands and one other 70 odd from Italy,” says Reddy.

Though Chennai is the cradle of motosports, there are some speed-breakers within the type of opposition to the occasion over the attainable inconvenience and the prices. However with the Tamil Nadu authorities throwing its weight behind the occasion, the bumps must be overcome.