The Valley Run 2025 Winter Edition witnessed Imran Majid’s Nissan GT-R and Ali Mon’s Ninja H2 recording the fastest times at the event. Organised by Elite Octane and conducted from December 5 to 7 at the Aamby Valley City airstrip near Mumbai, the 15th edition of the Valley Run provided visitors with high-octane entertainment, plus an air filled with equal parts excitement and hydrocarbon fumes.
- Nissan GT-R (Imran Majid) was the fastest car – 9.327s
- Kawasaki Ninja H2 (Ali Mon) was the fastest bike – 9.661s
The Valley Run 2025: Fastest cars, bikes
Playing host to over 900 participants and 22,000 spectators over a period of three days, Valley Run 2025 welcomed significantly more visitors than last year’s event. While drag racing remained central to the fast-paced action, this year’s Valley Run Winter Edition included the equally exciting drifting event, with industrialist Gautam Singhania participating as the chief guest. Some of the categories involved superbikes and supercars, as well as specially tuned mainstream cars and bikes.
The fastest foreign car (Class F) was Imran Majid’s Nissan GT-R, tuned by Mumbai-based Kik-Shift Performance. This GT-R recorded a quarter-mile time of 9.327 seconds, which is quicker than his previous record of 9.35 seconds set at the Valley Run 2024 Winter Edition. Tuned by Bengaluru-based Team Fast Track Racing, the fastest foreign bike (Class D3) was Ali Mon’s Kawasaki Ninja H2, which recorded a quarter-mile time of 9.661 seconds.
With a time of 9.996 seconds, Hyderabad-based Kasareni Dhana Sreeram Chowdary bagged the ‘fastest Indian car’ (Class H2) title with his Skoda Octavia RS, which was tuned by MODCREW/Venom Performance. Tuned by Delhi Garage Performance Racing and setting a time of 11.721 seconds was Delhi’s Salman Khan on a Yamaha RD350, which went on to become the fastest Indian bike (Class E1) at the event. Representing Team Fast Track Racing was Syed Imran, whose KTM 390 (Class E2) posted a timing of 11.732 seconds, becoming India’s fastest race-tuned KTM 390.
Mumbai’s Sarah Khan recorded a time of 10.692 seconds on a Suzuki Hayabusa, making her the fastest female riding a foreign bike (Class D1) at the 2025 Valley Run. Meanwhile, Samantha D’Souza’s Kawasaki Ninja 400 finished the quarter-mile in 11.826 seconds, which made her the fastest female on an Indian bike (Class E2). The fastest female driver (Class P7) at this year’s Valley Run was Avani Vikram Lone, whose stage-1 upgraded Audi Q5 managed 14.587 seconds to the quarter-mile. Partaking in the 'India car race build' category (Class F) was Gaurav Shetty with his race-spec Volkswagen Polo, taking just 9.881 seconds to finish the quarter mile.
Bagging the title of the 'fastest wheelie' at Valley Run 2025 was Ajit Suvarna, who set a record of 8.657 seconds on a Honda CBR 1000RR (Class F4). Saurabh Parab, a National Drag Racing Champion in the Supersports category, also participated in the 2025 Valley Run with his tuned 2017 Suzuki GSX-R1000. His GSX-R1000’s modifications included a lowered ride height, a remapped ECU, a Sprint air filter, a Brock’s exhaust, and BST carbon-fibre wheels worth Rs 4 lakh. “In the future, I plan to install a stretched rear swingarm and a new suspension setup, which will help me set a quarter-mile time of around 9.3-9.4 seconds,” Saurabh told Autocar India.
Speaking about the 2025 Valley Run, Rongom Tagore Mukerji, director of Elite Octane and promoter of the event, said, “I am overwhelmed by the amazing response to the 15th edition of The Valley Run. The brilliant showcase of vehicles and seeing amazing run timings not just by the supercars and superbikes but [also by] built vehicles was a treat. A true testament to progress when built vehicles start hitting sub-10s timings.”
“The massive support of sponsors, a huge crowd to cheer the race participants and special segments made it a grand success. Looking forward to an exciting 2026 to take the platform to greater heights,” Mukerji added.
With drag racing growing at a rapid rate in India, events like the Valley Run find the support of brands such as Castrol, Monster Energy, MG Select, Campa, Suzuki Motorcycles India, Big Boy Toyz, amongst others.
The Valley Run 2025 Winter Edition results
Unnatee Gidithuri
