Bengaluru, 9 June 2026: Bengaluru’s Vinay Madaiah of Trackmeisters emerged as the fastest driver of the Motorsports Inc Dust to the Clouds-4, an FMSCI-approved hill climb event for four-wheelers that concluded at Mallappa Konda, near Kuppam on Sunday.
The fourth edition of the series, organised by Jaidas Menon of Motorsport Inc, attracted a strong field of 146 competitors from across South India, for one of the region’s premier grassroots motorsport competitions.
“With 117 timed runs and a highly competitive field, this was one of the toughest hill climbs I have contested. Winning the King of the Hill title at Mallappa Konda and finishing as the Overall Fastest Driver is an achievement I will cherish for a long time. I thank Joel Joseph and the Race Concepts team for preparing a fast and reliable Honda City, and Motorsports Inc for organising a flawless event,” said Vinay Madaiah.
Driving a Honda City prepared by Bengaluru-based tuner Joel Joseph, Madaiah clocked the fastest time of the event, 3 minutes, 32.393 seconds, to win the highly-competitive Indian Open class and stamp his authority on the fourth edition of the popular hill climb.
Vinay was among the most consistent performers of the day, winning the Up to 1650cc class, Indian Open and Unrestricted category while also finishing runner-up in the Up to 2000cc. His Indian Open-winning ascent proved to be the benchmark run of the event and earned him the Fastest Driver award.
Vinay Madaiah of Bengaluru with his trophies.
The Up to 2000cc class, provided the closest competition of the day with Hussain Mujawar driving an Esteem beating Vinay Madaiah by a mere 0.596 seconds, one of the closest margins recorded during the event.
In the Indian Open event, Vinay Madaiah edged Hussain Mujawar by just 2.448 seconds, while Kiran Reddy completed the podium. Mujawar, however, enjoyed an impressive outing himself, securing victories in the Up to 1400cc, Up to 2000cc and Club Open categories.
Among other notable winners, Leo Paul topped the Up to 1100cc category, Mariam won the Ladies Class, Syed Asif Ahmed claimed the Diesel Class, Vivek Ramchandran emerged victorious in SUV Open, Mohammad Ismail won the Super Stock 2000cc & Above category, while Aaryav G topped the 2000cc & Above class.
Results:
Up to 1100cc: 1. Leo Paul (4:10.691), 2. Geethalata Rai (4:19.759), 3. Siddarth Das (4:22.542).
Up to 1400cc: 1. Hussain Mujawar (3:38.575), 2. Vedant Jouhari (3:48.336), 3. Jason (4:03.089).
Up to 1650cc: 1. Vinay Madaiah (3:34.056), 2. Hussain Mujawar (3:37.323), 3. Jason (4:02.334).
Up to 2000cc: 1. Hussain Mujawar (3:36.266), 2. Vinay Madaiah (3:36.862), 3. Kiran Reddy (3:37.615).
Unrestricted: 1. Vinay Madaiah (3:42.021), 2. Aneesh Nath (4:06.681).
Indian Open: 1. Vinay Madaiah (3:32.393), 2. Hussain Mujawar (3:34.841), 3. Kiran Reddy (3:36.846).
Club Open: 1. Hussain Mujawar (3:32.657), 2. Mohammad Ismail (3:37.316), 3. HariKeshav (3:37.344).
Ladies Class: 1. Mariam (4:07.429), 2. Amitha Anish (4:25.860), 3. Trishna Das (4:27.548).
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