Jagan Kumar

Jagan Kumar (born 21 September 1988) is an Indian professional motorcycle racer who won ten Indian National motorcycle racing championships in the 165cc class. He races for Petronas TVS Racing team. in the fmsci Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championships. In February 2022, he won after taking the third place in the 8th of the 9-race, five round 2021 Championship which was extended to 2022 due to COVID-19.

Early life Jagan Kumar hails from a simple Tamil family in Triplicane, Chennai. His father used to drive an auto-rickshaw for a living. He used to work as a newspaper boy distributing newspapers house to house and as a courier boy to help meet the family needs and support his B.Com. studies. He first went to Madras Motor Sports Club track in 2006 as a fan. He won second place in the Asian Challenge in the year 2015 and 2016.

He was the Indian National champion in the 165cc class from 2012 to 2021.

He currently competes in Indian National motorcycle racing championship and Asian Road Racing Championship.