CS Santosh (siːɛs sʌnðəʊsh) (born 1 December 1983) is an Indian off-road and enduro motorcycle racer. His full name is Chunchunguppe Shivashankar Santosh. He is a multiple National Supercross and Motocross champion. CS Santosh has spent more than a decade racing motorbikes across challenging terrains and multiple nations. He is a rider who is under the banner of Hero MotoSports, and has spearheaded a rally revolution of sorts in India. Santosh has also given fresh hope to fellow talented riders that they too can make the step up to the global rally level. Early life While growing up, Santosh was always fascinated by adventure and that fascination continues to this day. At the age of 17, he watched his first Supercross race in Bangalore and read about the champion, Vijay Kumar, in newspapers the next day. Since then, he was motivated to become the best off-road racer that the country has ever had. In a country where aspiring for a full-time career in motorsports is still in a very nascent stage, Santosh has shown the way by becoming the first Indian to participate and complete the Dakar rally. Career Santosh is India's most-accomplished rally-raid rider as he has taken part in Dakar Rally for six straight years and completed it thrice. His humble demeanour might not state it, but the trophy cabinet at this home speaks volumes about his accomplishments. There is barely a title or an accolade in the Indian motorsport scene that he has not won. CS, with his persistence, courage and determination has moulded himself perfectly in the sport of motocross. Few men dream of the enigma that is the Dakar, few find the gall to take it up, and fewer still manage to complete it and still look like they've just come out of the library after an hour-long reading session. As for CS himself, things come full circle. 2005 CS Santosh won the MRF National Supercross champion and the Gulf National Dirt Track championship in 2005 at the age of 22. 2006 In 2006, he won the Al-Ain Motocross in Dubai & finished 5th overall in Dubai National MX championship. 2007 He became the National Supercross champion after a successful year. 2008 Thereafter in 2008, he became the first Indian in the Asian Motocross championship, to have qualified with the fastest time in Moto II in Iran, where he finished fourth, the highest ever by