- Super Speeds
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company_name = Super Speeds Pvt. Ltd.
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foundation = 1979
founder =S.Karivardhan
location_city =Coimbatore ,Tamil Nadu
location_country =India
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key_people = B.Vijay Kumar, Managing Director
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industry = Automobile tuning & parts manufacturer for street and motorsports
products = Automobile tuning, racing products and race cars
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owner = L.G.Balakrishnan and Brothers
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footnotes =Super Speeds is a company in
India which designs and constructs open wheeledFormula Cars for Indian National championship series.For more than three decades this outfit has been the only full fledged Indian company entirely dedicated to indegeniousdesign andconstruction of racecars inIndia .Founding and beginnings
It was started by late Indian motorsport legend
S.Karivardhan in 80's inCoimbatore as aAutomobile racing team.During his years the outfit was operated as a Racecar Team .From 1988 to 1995 the Team also enteredFormula 3 withTOM'S Toyota andDallara Mugen Honda for the annualMadras Grand Prix races.In 1995 Super Speeds entered into an agreement with JK Tyres to establish their Rally team and also provide technical assistance to establish their Racing activities.Later afterKarivardhan 's demise in 1995 the company was purchased by LGB,the makers of Rolon chains and sprockets and was turned into a Race car construction company.Today the company is headed by B.Vijay Kumar.Recent Years
In recent years the company has designed and constructed
Formula LGB Swift ,Formula LGB Hyundai andFormula Rolon Chevrolet cars.Tough part of LGB,the parent company rarely promotes Super Speeds.The Companies current activities is to design and construct racecars , Automotive engine servicing and leasing and PrecisionMachining .The company is sole supplier ofFormula Cars to its sister company LG Sports.List of Cars constructed
Karivardhan Years
* Formula India (Fiat)
*Formula Atlantic (Black Beauty)
*Formula Monoposto India
*FISSME - 1987
*McDowell 1000 - 1987LGB Years
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Formula LGB Swift - 2003
*SuperSpeeds Zen Saloon - 2003
*LGB Sportster - 2005
*Formula Rolon Chevrolet - 2005
*Formula LGB Hyundai - 2006Further Resources
* [http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/04/28/stories/2005042801500400.htm Presenting Formula Rolon]
* [http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=137171 Financial Express News]
* [http://in.news.yahoo.com/060815/32/66oqf.html The Indian formulas]
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