2025 Valley Run: 15th edition of the drag racing event was a showcase of pure speed

The latest edition of Valley Run, a premier drag racing event, took place from December 5-7, 2025 at the Aamby Valley airstrip in Maharashtra, and it was a haven for tuned cars, tricked-out superbikes and a temple of speed for both car and bike enthusiasts. This edition of Valley Run saw a crowd of more than 22,000 people in attendance, who had all gathered to witness tuners and their highly-modified cars and bikes in action at the drag racing event.

The latest edition of Valley Run saw a crowd of more than 22,000 people in attendance

The Valley Run was first held in 2013 and the latest edition saw more than 900 participants take part in the 92 race classes, and the fastest time of the event was set by Imran Majid from Mumbai, who decimated the quarter-mile with a time of 9.327 seconds in his tuned Nissan GT-R. The superbike classes were nothing short of spectacular, with the fastest run being set by Alimon Saidalvi on his Kawasaki Ninja H2, with a time of 9.6 seconds. The fastest female rider at the event was Sarah Khan, riding her tuned Suzuki Hayabusa, while the fastest Indian female rider was Samantha D’souza, with her Kawasaki Ninja 400. Some of the biggest names in the car modifying and racing community were also in attendance in both the 2-wheeler and 4-wheeler classes – including Kikshift, Gameover Motorsports, N1 Racing, Venom Performance, MKraft, Race Concepts, Team Fast Track, PBR Racing, Team R Racing, Team JA Tuners and Team Lazy Horsemen.

The Valley Run was first held in 2013 and the 2025 edition saw more than 900 participants take part

One of the most significant moments of the event was in in the H2 Class, which is the premier category for locally-developed performance cars, where Kasareni Dhana Sreeram Chowdary set a time of 9.996 seconds with his Skoda Octavia RS, prepped by ModCrew and Venom Performance. In Class F, where foreign performance cars compete, Gaurav Shetty managed to push his all-wheel-drive Volkswagen Polo running a 2-litre EA888 2-litre TSI engine and clocked a quarter-mile time of 9.881 seconds. This car was tuned by N1 Racing and Nik Trans Motorsport. Diesel performance was represented by Naveen Reddy Kesara and his BMW 520d which put in a 13.228-second run, representing A S Motorsport, while leading the charge amongst the ladies was Laaghavi Sawant who clocked a 15.248-second run in her Polo GT amongst the Indian cars, while Avani Vikram Lone posted a time of 14.587-seconds in her Audi in the foreign car class. The largest contingent at the event, which also boasted the highest number of podium finishes in both 2W and 42 categories, was Team Flying Pistonss.

Speaking about the success of the event, Rongom Tagore Mukerji, director of Elite Octane and the promoter of The Valley Run, said, “I am overwhelmed by the amazing response of the 15th edition of The Valley Run. The brilliant showcase of vehicles and seeing amazing timings not just from the supercars and superbikes – but also the built vehicles, was a treat. It is a true testament to progress when built vehicles start hitting sub 10s timings. The massive support of the sponsors, a huge crowd to cheer the race participants and special segments made it a grand success. Looking forward to an exciting 2026 to take the platform to greater heights.”