Sholavaram Track Stats
Originally the track was south and west wings of a L-shaped area. A tight left after the start and a fast right – hander after two U-turns completed the 2-mile circuit.
Then, the east-west straight was used with a portion of the northern runway, making it a T shaped track.
Later the 150′ wide runway was divided by having a 80′ no-man’s land in the centre with 35′ wide tracks on the two sides.
A few prominent drivers at Sholavaram
- Maharajkumar of Gondal
- A.D. Jayaram from Bangalore
- Maharajkumar of Wadhwan
- David Peiris of Ceylon
- B Vijayakumarrom Coimbatore
- Niaz Ali from Calcutta
- Farad Bathena fro Bombay
- Kamlesh Patel from Madras
- Sunil Shanbhag from Bombay
- Karivaradhan from Coimbatore
- Vicky Chandok from Madras
- Vijay Mallya From Bangalore
- Jim Crawford (a Scot) from USA
- Kinny Lal from Calcutta
- Suresh Naikfrom Bombay
- Nazir Hussein from Bombay
- Dr.C. Rossi (an Italian) from Bombay
- M. Nilakantan from Madras, (President MMSC – an orthodox person
with a tuff and a dhoti, with an incredible passion for motor sports!)
A Few prominent Bikers at Sholavaram
- Hazueman bin Abdul Aziz from Malaysia
- Sonny Soh from Malaysia
- “Bullet” Bhasky from Madras
- G. Subash Chandra Bose from Madras – (most award winning Indian biker)
- Chris Mortimer from England
- Sadao Asmai (from Japan, then ranked #4 in the world)
- Sheriff Dayan from Madras
- Zacky Dean from Ceylon
- Krishnaswamy from Coimbtatore
- Sadao Asami from Japan
- P.D. Sathy from Madras
- Mike Rauf from Ceylon
- Priya Munasinghe from Ceylon
- Raja Sinathorai from Ceylon (an under aged rider with a medical certificate!)
