an Indian rider on the international circuit. He also became the MRF Supercross Challenge champion and won the Gulf Dirt Track championship for the second time. 2009 Santosh won the 2009 Maharagama Motocross in Sri Lanka. 2010 2010 was a successful year for Santosh as he won MRF National Supercross championship, the Rolon National Dirt Track championship as well as finishing 6th overall in the Asian MX championship. He also secured a Foxhill Supercross win in Sri Lanka later that year. 2011 Santosh won the Gajaba Supercross as well as the Gunner's Supercross. Both held in Sri Lanka. He also won the Sigiri Rally Supercross and finished an impressive 2nd in the Fox Hill Supercross of 2011. 2012 In 2012, he participated in the Raid-de-Himalaya, which is the only Indian motorsport event listed on the off-road rallies calendar of FIM (Federation Internationale Motorcyclisme), Geneva, Switzerland. He won the race in his maiden attempt in record time. It ranks among the top ten toughest motorsport rallies in the world and was a milestone in his racing career. He also finished 2nd in the Cavalry Supercross. 2013 Santosh became the first Indian to debut at the World Cross Country Rally Championship in 2013 but an unfortunate fire accident injured him badly during the 3rd stage. He was running in the top 10 in his class. With third degree burns, he had a long recovery period that lasted till the end of the year. 2014 Santosh took 2014 by storm and started it off by winning the Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm in India. Again, in his maiden attempt. This was a 2200 km long rally spread over six days, making it India's longest off-road motorsport annual event that traversed through the scorching deserts of Rajasthan. He also finished 9th in the 2014 World Cross Country Championship. 2015 The Dakar Rally being the world's toughest off-road motorsport event, is very selective about their participants. One has to earn an invite to get an opportunity to take the challenge. CS Santosh became the first Indian to compete in the history of this magnanimous motorsport event. He finished the Dakar at 36th position, the two weeks at the Dakar were the hardest two weeks of his life physically, mentally and emotionally. He also won the 2015 Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm and finished 13th in the Baja Aragon. 2016 Santosh returned to the Dakar in 2016 with