Racing

Speed Master
Gardenian Nanda Kumar is Rally
Du Bengaluru Biking Champ

a fter years of preparations and strenuous hard work on wheels, Gardenian Nanda Kumar has begun to earn respect from critics, family and fans across the state. The biker received numerous accolades recently –including the Rally Du Bengaluru Biking Championship –and is considered one of India’s fines prospect.

Hailing from Bengaluru, Nanda has an astonishing history to back up his recent showing. At the age of nine, Nanda had begun riding a Scooty on the streets before taking to a Fiero and Karisma despite opposition from his parents.
“On the roads or streets, you are so restricted but in a race course, there is the space to test your endurance, control and earn the respect as a biker,” he explains.
As for his past, Nanda recalls a childhood with everything he craved for. “I had a great life and never struggled for anything in life being the last born in the family and my two elder sisters already married,” recalls Nanda. “But yes, I also played a lot of pranks as young children do. I always wanted to be en entrepreneur but rally held great fascination. The sound of bikes and the trill of speed enticed me a lot.” Nanda’s father is a Granite Businessman while his mother is a Homemaker.
At the rally competitor, he won a trophy and a citation to signal greater things in the year. Talking of biking, Nanda believes there is a lot of pressure when competing with others. “It is the sheer thrill of action that keeps you going,” he says.

PEED Master Gardenian Nanda Kumar is Rally Du Bengaluru Biking Champ you going,” he says. The rallying champion is grateful to his family, friends and college for the encouragement, Team Speed for Racing, Tuner Kumar, Sushanth of Sagar, Kailash Shah, Loki and Ravi amongst others who have stood by him. Nanda considers T.K. Viswanath as his role model and team mate Shiv Kumar who has won many trophies at national motocross and autocross in all kinds of events. “Visu may not be a big name in racing circles in he world but in the country, he has achieved a lot in motor sport,” he says.

Nanda’s next target is the Raid De Himalayas in October 2009. “This is a special event,” he says. “It is the second deadliest rally in the world with competitors battling for honours at sub zero degree temperatures and traversing a stretch of 3, 000 kilometres.”

As he prepares for his rallying duels, for the time being it is back to academics in college where he is pursuing his under grad degree in Computer Applications.

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