Indian Supercross Racing League

The first of the four categories will be the 450cc category, the premier class of supercross racing globally (this class is open only for international riders in the opening season). There are two 250cc categories one for international riders and a separate category for Indian and Asian riders. Another 85cc category for riders between 11 and 14 years was planned but later scrapped. == Teams ==

The first team to acquire the franchise rights is BB Racing, owned by former racer Atul Chordia's Panchshil Reality of Pune. SG Sports, the sports branch of APL Apollo Group, became the second franchise team, headed by Sanjay Gupta, CMD. Dhrumil Patel, a Vadodara-based entrepreneur, along with Indian motorsport rally driver Arjuna Awardee Gaurav Gill have acquired the franchise rights for Gujarat Trailblazers, the third ISRL team. BigRock Motorsport has been announced as the fourth franchise team for ISRL. Popular Supercross Indian champion and the first Indian rider to complete Dakar Rally, CS Santosh will be heading the BigRock team. Former teams == History ==

One of the first Stadium motocross events was held in Los Angeles Coliseum in 1972, Jaipur hosted India's first stadium motocross event in 1977. Later in 1988, Pune hosted the inaugural round of the 250cc Rodil Trophy Stadium Motocross World Championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The Indian Grand Prix races for the 125cc and 250cc classes, were also held along with the Rodil Trophy, More recently, the Pune Invitational Supercross held five editions till 2019. The Indian Federation, fmsci, also conducts the MRF MoGrip National Supercross Championship annually. == References ==