The main activities of the National Federation are to promote motor sports at the grass-root level all over the country and to raise the standard of the sport by allocating and conducting various events, it trains and deputes technical officials including stewards to conduct events in a safe and fair manner, it formulated the rules and regulations, both sporting and technical, it issues licenses for clubs to conduct the events and for participants to take part in the events. FMSCI conducts National championships in over 10 different disciplines of motor sports like racing, rallying, karting, autocross, motocross & supercross, gymkhana, and drag. Two of the flagship National events are the
Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) and National Racing Championship (NRC) both for two-wheelers and four-wheelers. Nationals with multiple rounds are also conducted by different affiliated clubs which are granted the hosting rights through promoters in karting, supercross and drag. Many club events are also conducted throughout the year.
K1000 Rally, South India Rally and the Rally of Coimbatore are some of the regular rallies which are part of the National Championship calendar. FMSCI also collaborates in the organisation of racing leagues like
Indian Racing League and Ceat
Indian Supercross Racing League (ISRL).
MRF Tyres and
JK Tyres are two of the tyre companies that have taken active part in Indian motor sports since its early days. Other corporates like
Indian Oil Corporation,
Bharat Petroleum,
ITC Limited,
United Breweries Group,
McDowell's No.1,
Birla Tyres, Popular Automobiles,
CEAT Tyres, AVT,
Goodyear,
Maruti were also associated with Indian motor sports as sponsors. TVS has been one of the very active members both in racing and motocross/super cross activities. Volkswagen has also taken part in the national racing and rally championships regularly in the last decade. Other manufacturers Yamaha, Hero Honda and Suzuki have also been conducting one-make races in the National Racing Championships. FMSCI regularly "homologates" the vehicles that take part in the National Championships, with regard to the technical registration of the vehicle, gearbox, and suspension to ensure a level-playing field. The FMSCI has developed over the years a dedicated pool of 98 Stewards, 20 Technical Delegates and a thousand-odd Marshals in addition to the following infrastructure/facilities for motor sport in India: The international race track at Chennai by the Madras Motors Sports Club with international quality transponder/automatic timing equipment implanted at the start/finish line of the track. Go-kart tracks by member clubs at Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Ludhiana, New Delhi. The Federation also provides to the clubs and organisers Calibrated Scrutiny Kits for vehicle inspection, automatic rally-timing devices with printers, HAMS and other communication equipment. Many of the member clubs and teams run driver and rider academies and schools, to train aspiring racing drivers and riders under the permission and aegis of FMSCI. The FMSCI runs its activities through a central secretariat located in
Chennai, headed by Deputy Secretary General V. S. Shriakant, who is assisted by office-staff, P. Narendran, John Chittaranjan and C. Sivaguru. == See also ==