Hyderabad Racer Stephen Rogers dominates 4W Drag Championship
Hyderabad ace motorsports racer Stephen Jyothi Rogers Pachigalla started his campaign in the Fmsci Indian National Drag Racing Championship 2025 (4-wheeler) with a grand triple crown in the premier Unrestricted class, besides setting a National record. He topped the category in both the first and second rounds held at the Taneja Aerospace, Hosur, last weekend (April 18-20).
In the three-day event, promoted and organized by Speedway Motorsports and Vroom Motorsports, Pachigalla, driving an Audi R8 in the premier Unrestricted class, aced the highly competitive field, clocking 09.635 seconds for the 402-metre dash in Round 1 on Friday and improving it to 08.948 seconds in Round-2 on Sunday and setting a new National record in the process.
Pachigalla further underlined his status by winning the Indian Open M3 (Unlimited) category race on Sunday by clocking 08.955 seconds.
Later, in the Vroom Drag Meet, a support event, Pachigalla clocked 08.849 seconds to better the National record he had set earlier.
Meanwhile, veteran D. Vidyaprakash from Coimbatore, the oldest participant at 80 years of age, and driving an Audi TT, remained unbeaten in the Pro-Stock 3061cc – 4002cc class across both rounds.
Vidy, as he is popularly known in the racing circles, entered four races in his category in an Audi TT and won three races and came second in one race, all at the age of 80!
The massive crowd was treated to exciting fare as Bengaluru’s Shreyas Mahendra won in three categories – Pro-Stock 2051-2550c cc, Indian Open M1 and M2 – in Round-1.
There were separate categories for petrol and diesel vehicles besides the Indian Open that was open to vehicles powered by either fuel.
