[3] KMSC was started by a group of petrol heads, under the stewardship of Fred Webb, in 1954 under the initial name, Bangalore Motor Sports Club.
In the early years, the K1000 ran over 1000 miles covering dirt tracks of three states, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
In 1996, the rally shifted to European Special Stage format in line with all other INRC rounds under the aegis of FMSCI.
The first rally run in 1975 over 1850 km of mixed roads including gravel, kutcha, tarmac, was won by a Bangalore team Sivaram, D. Vinod Sivappa, Feroze Asgar Ali and Shivprasad, Bangalore in an ambassador.
Former secretary, Praneet Perumal, Janardan Babu and Shanmuga were the members of the managing committee.
[16] Other FMSCI presidents from KMSC include Ravi Gupta in 1980–81, Shramik Masturlal from 1996 to 99.and R Bharat Raj in 2014–15.
[13] Earlier, Shivu Shivappa, the then president of KMSC served as vice-president for a term of two years from 2018.