Tata Technologies, the engineering services and manufacturing enterprise IT solutions provider, participated in the country’s first ever T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship, hosted by Tata Motors, as a team sponsor. Of the six teams in the fray, it took third place.

The Tata Technologies Motorsports team of two Prima trucks was steered by David Jenkins (2011, BTRA Division 1 champion) and Brain Burt (2013, BTRA Division 2 second place).

The inaugural championship featured 12 Tata Prima trucks in a pack of six teams and saw participation from experienced international drivers drawn from the British Truck Racing Association (BTRA), UK and European Truck Racing Championship grids.

Commenting on the event, Patrick McGoldrick, MD and CEO, Tata Technologies, said. “Tata Motors trucks have seen extensive involvement from Tata Technologies over the years. We are honored to support this exciting new development in the Indian motorsport arena. We welcome this opportunity to demonstrate Tata Technologies’ advanced automotive engineering and design capabilities and reinforce our longstanding commitment to superior product development for the commercial vehicles industry.”

“Tata Technologies has consistently served Tata Motors as the preferred partner for automotive engineering and IT and contributed significantly to all commercial vehicle platforms including the Prima range,” said Ravi Pisharody, executive director, Commercial Vehicles, Tata Motors.