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{{Short description|Former Indian motorsport racing team}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2014}}
{{infobox motor racing team
| name = {{flagicon|IND}} Red Rooster Racing
| logo =
| pixels = 220
| founded = 2008
| state = [[Karnataka]]
| principal = Dinesh Reddy
| current series =
| former series =
| drivers = Arjun Narendran, Leela Krishnan, Naren Kumar, Vikram Mathias, Karna Kadur, Amittrajit Ghosh, Ram Kumar, PVS Murthy, Ashwin Naik, Ashish Saurabh Moudghil, Rajini Krishnan
| driver titles = Indian National Rally Champions, Raid de Himalaya, Asian road racing championship
| team titles = Indian National Rally
| folded = 
}}

'''Red Rooster Racing''' is an Indian [[Motorsports]] team which took part in rallying and racing events for three years from 2008 to 2010. Its parent company Red Rooster Performance's goal is to build the market for performance motoring in India. Quoting lack of sponsors, the team withdrew<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/2011/apr/25/red-rooster-racing-team-exits-motorsports-247705.html|title=Red Rooster Racing team exits motorsports|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> from the [[Indian National Rally Championship]] (INRC) before the start of the 2011 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/156868/red-rooster-racings-exit-quite.html|title=Red Rooster Racing's exit is quite sad: Chandhok|date=2011-04-26|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> Of the three years in rallying, Red Rooster Racing' won the championship twice in 2008 and 2010. Red Rooster teams, Vikram Mathias and co-driver PVS Murthy won INRC 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/sports/Cut-to-a-chase/articleshow/22272838.cms|title=Cut to a chase|date=December 26, 2008|website=Bangalore Mirror|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Philar |first=Anand |date=2008-10-19 |title=Mathias wins fifth round of INRC |url=http://twocircles.net/2008oct19/mathias_wins_fifth_round_inrc.html |access-date=2020-04-02 |website=TwoCircles.net |language=en-US}}</ref> while [[VR Naren Kumar]] won the title in 2010<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2011-01-29 |title=Naren-Ram combo wrests title |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/motorsport/Naren-Ram-combo-wrests-title/article15537004.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129150029/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/motorsport/Naren-Ram-combo-wrests-title/article15537004.ece |archive-date=2020-11-29 |access-date=2020-04-02 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> along with co-driver Ram Kumar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/2011/apr/25/red-rooster-racing-team-exits-motorsports-247705.html|title=Red Rooster Racing team exits motorsports|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>

Red Rooster Racing entered Indian motorsports on 8 June 2008 in multiple disciplines including rallying (cars and motorcycles), circuit racing (cars and motorcycles), and [[karting]]. It was the only team which took part in different disciplines of motorsport for a three-year period. Apart from INRC, Red Rooster Racing teams took part in National Racing Championship both for cars and bikes. It also took part in a rally raid cross-country event by entering Raid de Himalaya in 2009 and the [[Asia Road Racing Championship|Asian Road Racing Championship]] in 2009.

The team was founded by Dinesh Reddy, a third-generation entrepreneur, and former director of family-owned Nutrine Confectionery Limited.

Multiple rally champion and reputed tuner [[N. Leelakrishnan]] joined as technical director of Red Rooster Racing along with Andrew Morrice of Mezzo International, Singapore. The team is reported to have spent Rs.2 crore in the first year to set up the teams.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/companies/bangalore-gets-indias-first-privately-run-motorsport-club/articleshow/3110246.cms|title=Bangalore gets India's first privately-run motorsport club|date=2008-06-08|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref>

==Achievements==

The company's objective was to promote Indian talent in a wide range of motorsport disciplines.<ref name="Red">{{cite web |last= |first= |title=India's leading professional motorsports company |url=http://www.redroosterracing.com/aboutus.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109142359/http://www.redroosterracing.com/aboutus.php |archive-date=2013-11-09 |accessdate=25 May 2013 |publisher=redroosterracing.com}}</ref>

The team took part in the Malaysian Motorbike Super Series, the PETRONAS FIM Asian GP series, held in 2008 and scored podium standings in the Expert and Novice disciplines.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Frederick |first=Prince |date=2009-09-12 |title=Rags to races |url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/youth/Rags-to-races/article12063445.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926182614/https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/youth/Rags-to-races/article12063445.ece |archive-date=2021-09-26 |access-date=2025-06-16 |work=The Hindu |language=en}}</ref>

Other achievements include:
* 1st and 3rd rank in Indian National Rally Championship in 2008
* 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the National Circuit Road Racing Championship in 2008
* 1st in the FIM ARRC Motorcycles circuit (National & Asia Pacific) Asian Road Racing Championship.<ref name="Racing">{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Company, People, Achievements Profiler |url=http://www.redroosterracing.com/pressroom/companydocuments/RRRProfiler.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115173511/http://www.redroosterracing.com/pressroom/companydocuments/RRRProfiler.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-15 |accessdate=25 May 2013 |website=redroosterracing.com |publisher=}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.redroosterracing.com}}

[[Category:Motorcycle racing teams]]
[[Category:Motorcycle racing teams established in 2008]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Motorcycle racing teams disestablished in 2011]]
[[Category:2011 disestablishments in India]]

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PercySpivakovsky at 23:55, 19 April 2026