Draft:Hemanth Muddappa

Hemanth Muddappa (born 1990?) is an Indian motorsports athlete.[1] He competes in Indian National Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship and is a 12-time[2] National champion in three different classes. He represents Mantra Racing team and is nicknamed as 'LightningR1'.[3]

Records edit

In 2019, he equalled the course record at MMRT in the fourth and final round of the championship. He also won a hat-trick, winning for the third year in one category.[4]

In 2018, he began with a triple win in the first round.[5]


National Titles

2017, 2018, 2019: Unrestricted Super Sport class;[6] = Three titles

2017, 2018, 2019, 2020: Above 1051cc: = Four titles



References edit

  1. ^ ANI (2023-05-01). "Ten-time national drag champion Hemanth Muddappa begins 2023 in style with a double". ThePrint. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  2. ^ PTI (2023-12-24). "'LightningR1' Hemanth Muddappa Wins 12th National Title, Becomes Most-Decorated Indian Motorsports Athlete". www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  3. ^ Today, Telangana (2023-12-24). "Hemanth Muddappa becomes most-decorated motorsports athlete". Telangana Today. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  4. ^ Correspondent, Special (2019-12-30). "Hemanth Muddappa dominates motorcycle drag racing championship". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  5. ^ "Hat-trick for Hemant Mudappa at Round 1 of National Drag Racing Championship". Overdrive. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  6. ^ Bodapati, David (2019-12-30). "Hemanth Mudappa annexes drag crown for a hat-trick; Jessica wins girls title: Drag Nationals". INDIA in F1. Retrieved 2024-04-14.