TVS Racing signs Shreya Iyer - the first woman rider for team
To represent TVS Racing in Indian National Rally championship First racing team in India to sign a woman rider
TVS Racing, undisputed leader in two wheeler racing, signed their
first woman rider – Shreya Sunder Iyer - to race for their team. Shreya will be part of the TVS
Racing team in Indian National Rally championship this year. With this association, Shreya also
becomes the first woman rider to be a part of any racing team in India.
Shreya, 24, has a dream of building a career in motor racing. She began riding at the age of
17 and became the first Indian woman rider to successfully complete a ride across the sand
dunes in Dubai. Shreya has also ridden extensively across India including the isolated Suru
valley in the Himalayas and also completed a rigorous Southern India biking expedition of 2,000
kilometers in just 6 days.
Shreya Sundar Iyer, the newly inducted member of the TVS Racing team said, “I am proud to
be a part of the TVS Racing team. TVS Racing is by far the best Indian racing team with the
best motorbikes and trainers. This association will help me work with the best in class
machines, racers and technology. I also hope to encourage young bikers especially women to
follow their passion for racing and live their dreams.”
Arvind Pangaonkar, Head of Team TVS Racing said, “We are happy to sign Shreya for the TVS
Racing team and believe that her participation will encourage women to consider racing as a
career. TVS Racing is strongly committed to promote two wheeler racing in India and generate
interest and improve support for the sport in India. We make continuous efforts to take the sport
to as many section of the society as possible and create the ultimate machine and promote the
riders for these machines.
The journey of TVS Racing began 33 years back when Sundaram Clayton Limited (A TVS
Group company) introduced its 50 cc mopeds in the arena of road racing. Since then TVS
Racing has been actively participating on and off- road racing events such as road racing,
Super-cross and Motocross, Dirt Tracks, Rally etc. In early 2015, TVS Racing became the first
Indian factory team to take part in the Dakar rally, which is the longest and toughest rally in the
world. TVS Racing won eight championships across all forms of two-wheeler motorsport events
Supercross , Rallies and Road racing last year.
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