Karamjit,
born & brought up in Malaysia, started rallying with the support of
his friends in 1986, with the first rally car being Peugeot 404, belonging
to his father. By 1988, Karamjit was driving the 'works Proton' for EON.
Rally
of Thailand was Karam's first international event in 1991, where he won the
2WD category, driving 1600 cc twin-cam powered Saga and finished 6th overall
ahead of a fleet of 4WD cars. In 1993, Karam finally got into EON teams'
re-developed 4WD Iswara and also won the first National Rally Champion title
of his career.
In 1997, Karam won the coveted Group N title at Asia Pacific Rally
Championship. By 1999, Karam had six consecutive Malaysian National Rally
Championship titles to his claim, besides several victories at other rallies
such as Rally of Indonesia, Rally of Philippines & Rally of Thailand.
Making his Indian debut under Team JK Tyre, Karam participated at 5 out of 8
rallies, which were part of Indian National Rally Championship. While he won
Rally-de-Endurance at Bangalore, he ended up as runners-up in two other
rallies.
In 2000, Karam gave a spellbinding performance, winning the Asia Pacific
Rally Championship. Beginning his year 2001 with Asia Zone Rally
Championship 2001 under Team JK Tyre, Karam is definitely one hot driver to
look out for…
