Karna Kadur

Karna Kadur (born June 24, 1988 in Bangalore, India) is an Indian National Rally Champion. He is the Motorsports Manager and development driver at Red Rooster Performance. He is also the Driving Instructor at Red Rooster Performance Motorsports Academy.

Karna was given his first taste of motorsport in a Motocross bike at the age of six. He began participating in local Motocross events at the age of nine. His parents Prakash Kadur (former Indian rally champion) and Nirmala Prakash were instrumental in showing support in his career. Later Karna moved on to Go-Karting Championship events and eventually made his way to the National racing championship where he drove the Formula Rolon series till 2006. In 2009, Karna took a short break after suffering a shock loss in his family and returned with rallying as a privateer in his first outing.

In the same year, Karna was selected through Red Rooster Racing's Talent Identification Program by N.Leelakrishnan and went on to win the Rally Star cup championship.

In 2010, Karna was promoted as the team's fourth driver in a Mitsubishi Group N Cedia. However, Red Rooster Racing pulled out of motorsports citing lack of sponsorship at the end of the season.

In 2011, Karna participated as a privateer supported by Red Rooster Performance and went on to win his first national title in the Group N Indian National Rally championship.

In 2012, Karna finished 1st runner up in the overall Indian National Rally Championship driving a Mitsubishi Group N Cedia prepared by N.Leelakrishnan of Red Rooster Performance.

In 2014, Karna was the stand-in driver for Team Mahindra Adventure.

In 2015, Karna was brought in as the second driver at Team Yokohama India. He partnered with an International Co-Driver Vivek Ponnusamy from Australia. He went on to drive a Group N Volkswagen Polo prepared by N.Leelakrishnan of Red Rooster Performance. The pair won the 1600 Group N championship.

Team Yokohama India had fielded a car each in the INRC 2000 & INRC 1600 categories. A Volkswagen Polo driven by Karna and co-driven by Nikhil V. Pai in the INRC 1600 and a Mitsubishi Cedia driven by Rahul Kantharaj and Vivek Bhat in the INRC 2000. Both the cars were prepared by N.Leelakrishnan of Red Rooster Performance. Their victory helped Team Yokohama India to secure the Team Championship in the group N 1600 and 2000 respectively for the first time since its inception.

In 2016, was the turnaround year in Karna's career. Still driving for Team Yokohama, he partnered with the country's most experienced co-driver, Nikhil V. Pai. Karna's co-Driver Nikhil V. Pai happens to have over 35 years of motorsport experience as well as having co-driven for the top drivers in the country since the early 1980s. Team Yokohama India had fielded two cars in the INRC 2000, a Volkswagen Polo driven by Karna and co-driven by Nikhil and a Mitsubishi Cedia driven by Rahul Kantharaj and Vivek Bhat. Both the cars were prepared by N.Leelakrishnan of Red Rooster Performance

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