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After a 2-year hiatus Naren returned to a full season of INRC in the newly formed team Red
Rooster racing. Tuned by ace tuner and rallyist N. Leela Krishnan, Naren actually joined the second rally in the season and easily winning the 2010 title, thus making him the most successful Four Wheeler Rally
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Pacific Rally Championship, and is within top 5 places. His entry as a privateer with part support from Sidvin and Red Rooster Racing made him the top title contender among the other privateers, while all his close rivals are factory teams. He however finished fourth in the championships and
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Rooster Racing withdrew from motorsports, thus leaving only team MRF and some privateers in the title bid. Naren Kumar on 22 July 2011, finally announced his retirement from Rallying just few days short of his 37th birthday.
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October 2007 saw Naren in
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365:-based oil and gas company Sidvin Core-Tech. During mid-season Naren was replaced by Gaurav Gill from India who added more Did-Not-Finish to the team.
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Profile & Interview in www.rally.co.in website
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Return to Indian National Rally Championship (INRC)
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361:. His main sponsor will be the
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281:Naren Kumar and Jeff Judd in a
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405:Personal Profile in FIA site
150:1994 Cotton City Challenge,
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68:World Rally Championship
508:People from Coimbatore
435:The Hindu: Final title
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386:champion in India.
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319:tuning specialist
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75:Active years
59:29 July 1974
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498:1975 births
343:World Rally
227:Honda Civic
147:First rally
32:Nationality
472:Categories
430:Retirement
390:Retirement
193:Coimbatore
175:Last rally
152:Coimbatore
131:Stage wins
114:Rally wins
55:1974-07-29
417:WRC offer
363:Bengaluru
242:Rally Car
195:, India.
159:First win
104:National
78:1994–2010
297:in 2008.
167:Last win
399:Sources
340:Group N
154:, India
123:Podiums
91:Rallies
321:Abarth
317:Lancia
272:Subaru
246:Mysore
70:record
43:Indian
333:Wales
83:Teams
313:Fiat
291:APRC
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