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Breaking the Barriers: India's Race to Glory

2026

A true story of India’s race to glory, starting from the backdrop of WWII, on how the passionate petrol heads created a unique platform to lay the strong foundation of Indian Motorsports by converting all the disadvantages to their advantages, breaking all the Barriers and achieving the unimaginable.

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  1. Play Igniting the Passion
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    Igniting the Passion

    2026-08-27

    In a country that had just gained its Independence, there were many barriers for the petrol heads who had a passion for speed; they ignited the passion for speed across the country and strived hard to break all the barriers, thus laying a strong foundation for Motorsports in Independent India.

  2. Play Fuelling the Passion
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    Fuelling the Passion

    2026-08-27

    The Passion so ignited now got fuelled with more and more racing happening across the county and Sholavaram emerged as the MECCA of Motorsports in India. During this period, the ones with powerful cars created a Barrier for the other petrol heads who relied on their driving skills with their regular cars; this led to the sharper minds finding alternative ways to dominate.

  3. Play Blaze of Glory
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    Blaze of Glory

    2026-08-27

    Dominating Sholavaram was not enough for one team; they wanted to go for the world, and so they did. On the other hand, the passion for racing grew bigger and bigger for a 4-year-old kid who wanted to become the epitome of Racing.

  4. Play Blaze of Glory (Continuation)
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    Blaze of Glory (Continuation)

    2026-08-27

    The team Double Barrel Alpha goes through many more challenges in their little Triumph Herald to finish 6700 km's in 8 days. Will their effort give great results for India? While Subhas Chandra Bose's family goes through financial challenges, will he be able to pursue his passion?

  5. Play Lasting Impressions
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    Lasting Impressions

    2026-08-27

    One of the biggest rallies in the world, the London to Sydney Rally, covering 30,000 kms passed through India, creating a lasting Impression that was about to change Indian Motorsports. While this was happening, another team built a car that was going to leave a lasting Impression for generations to come.

  6. Play Passion for Domination
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    Passion for Domination

    2026-08-27

    The current crop of Indian racers were ready to take their passion to the neighbouring country of Ceylon to dominate. But it was not going to come easy.

  7. Play Dominating Sholavaram
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    Dominating Sholavaram

    2026-09-03

    The racing at Sholavaram reached its peak to attain its glory with the Formula cars dominating Sholavaram. This passion for dominating Sholavaram spread like a wildfire to get participants from across the world, while etching the grandeur of Indian racing across the globe.

  8. Play Dominating Sholavaram (Continuation)
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    Dominating Sholavaram (Continuation)

    2026-08-27

    Continued from the previous episode. Dominating Sholavaram becomes so important that Team McDowells decides to bring in foreign drivers to compete against Indian racers. Can the Indian racers hold and defend the fort.

  9. Play Rendezvous with Vijay Mallya
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    Rendezvous with Vijay Mallya

    2026-08-27

    A Rendezvous with Vijay Mallya and Vicky Chandhok, the two arch-rivals on the track and friends for life off of it. The conversation takes an emotional journey, spoken with an open heart about Racing.

  10. Play The Breeding Grounds
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    The Breeding Grounds

    2026-08-27

    For nearly four decades, the defunct airstrips served as the breeding grounds for the petrol heads and created a strong foundation for Indian Motorsports before they closed down, thus putting an end to an era that was called the "Golden era of Indian Motorsports".

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