In the same year, Karna was selected through Red Rooster Racing's Talent Identification Programme by N. Leelakrishnan and went on to win the Rally Star Cup Championship.
[3] In 2012, Karna finished 1st runner up in the overall Indian National Rally Championship driving a Mitsubishi Group N Cedia prepared by N.Leelakrishnan of Red Rooster Performance.
Karna's co-Driver Nikhil V. Pai happens to have over 35 years of motorsport experience as well as having co-driven for the top drivers in the country since the early 1980s.
Both the cars were prepared by N.Leelakrishnan of Red Rooster Performance While the team's primary goal was to secure yet another subcategory national title, the surprise was indeed in store.
Karna did not disappoint his team's efforts and secured a well fought second place in Nashik having just lost by 1 second and in the third round in Rally de North even managed to defeat the mightier Mahindra's XUV's to finish an overall second to the Volkswagen Polo R2 spec of Arjun Rao.
[6][7] In 2022, Karna Kadur and Nikhil Pai once again won the fmsci Blueband Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) for four-wheelers with a round to spare.
In 2024, Karna Kadur and Musa Sherif paired up after Nikhil Pai Chose to retire and move overseas.
They are fully backed & mentored by the Indian Legendary tuner & team principle N Leelakrishnan of Arka motorsports, Coimbatore.