The drag race champion
Updated Mar 2, 2021, 12:04 am IST
Hyderabad racer Sandeep Nadimpalli talks about winning at the eighth edition of the 2021 Valley Run at Amby Valley Lonavala
Sandeep Varma
At 23 years of age, Satyanarayana Raju Nadimpalli, famously known as Sandeep Varma in the racing circles of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, has done wonders on the track. The Hyderabad-based biker has won four prizes in the recently concluded eighth edition of the Valley Race, a national drag race championship, in Lonavala, Maharashtra. The racer won the first prize in the M9 (up to 1,050 cc) category, the fastest bike of the event, fastest timing of the event along with a 3rd place finish in the Unrestricted Category O2. While blazing through the tracks in the event at the speed of 9.52 seconds per lap, Sandeep also went on to break the record of world champion Rickey Gadson’s 9.57 seconds for the same lap.
Sepang CEO: Tough times ahead but we’re prepared
15 January 2021 4:14 pm / 9 comments
With the imposition of the Movement Control Order (MCO) and declaration of a State of Emergency for Malaysia, Sepang International Circuit (SIC) is not taking things for granted and is prepared for a tough year ahead. With the cancellation of the MotoGP Winter Test in February and Malaysian Superbike Championship rounds, scheduled for this month, SIC chief executive officer Azlan Shafriman Hanif is optimistic that the circuit and its staff will weather this crisis as it has in the past year.
“The MCO has had a severe impact on SIC’s revenue last year, I don’t have the exact number with me right now, but in terms of percentage of revenue it’s more than 50%, from our calculations,” said Shafriman. Shafriman, who prefers to be knows as “Shaf”, said this has affected SIC’s profit for 2020.