Sean Rogers Pachigalla’s twin-turbo Audi R8 once again broke the India quarter mile record at the recent Vroom Drag Meet, held at Taneja Aerospace in Hosur, near Bengaluru. He completed the quarter mile dash in 8.693 sec, improving on his previous record of 8.849 sec.
- Audi R8 completes quarter mile run in 8.69 sec at Vroom Drag Meet
- Improves on previous record by 0.156 sec
Audi R8 is India’s fastest car
Pachigalla wins Indian National Drag Racing title in unrestricted class
Tuned by Venom Performance and Modcrew, Pachigalla’s Audi R8 V10+ is equipped with a Sheepey Race twin-turbo setup producing over 1,600hp. It officially became India’s fastest car back in December 2024, setting a time of 9.535 sec at The Valley Run. With this, Pachigalla broke Gautam Singhania’s longstanding record of 9.278 sec (set back in 2008) in a drag-spec Nissan Skyline GT-R.
Pachigalla then further improved on that time just earlier this year, clocking a time of 8.849 sec and becoming the first car to dip under the nine second mark. He’s now shaved another 0.156 sec off that time.
Along with setting a new India record, Pachigalla also clinched the FMSCI Indian National Drag Racing title in the unrestricted class. His team Modcrew took top honours in the teams’ unrestricted class as well. Imran Majid finished second overall, just 5.5 points behind Pachigalla.
2025 Indian National Drag Racing Championship (4W) winners
Category | Competitor | Tuner | Points |
Pro stock – 1151cc to 1450cc | Narayana Swamy | Etuners Motorsports | 59 |
Pro stock – 1451cc to 1650cc | Vinay S M | Race Concepts Motorsport | 57 |
Pro stock – 1651cc to 2050cc | Thrishal M.S | Tune OTronics | 62.5 |
Pro stock – 2051cc to 2550cc | Shreyas Mahendra | DB Motorsports | 46/5 |
Pro stock – 3061cc to 4002cc | Vidyaprakash Damodaran | - | 59 |
Pro stock – 4003cc to 5100cc | Karthik Kv | Harmonixx Tuning | 59 |
Pro stock diesel – 1651cc to 2050cc | Naveen Reddy Kesara | - | 59 |
Pro stock diesel – 2551cc to 3060cc | Aakash Durai | Tune OTronics | 62.5 |
Indian Open – Up to 2750cc | Shreyas Mahendra | DB Motorsports | 50 |
Indian Open – Up to 4002cc | Vidyaprakash Damodaran | - | 59 |
Indian Open - Unlimited | Silas Paul | Modcrew | 73 |
Unrestricted | Sean Rogers Pachigalla | Modcrew | 43 |
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