Dilip Rogger is an Indian superbike racer. He is the first Asian to compete in the German National Championship Endurance Race. In 2009 he qualified as one among 18 racers, selected from a lot of 62 riders, Race - 42. He rode the KTM RC 8 R 1190 cc version of the LC8 bike. He is also a hardware, software and multimedia professional.

Early life

Rogger was born on 26 October. He completed his

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

in Computer Science at Binary College (affiliated with Sunderland University) in

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. Rogger’s interest in bike racing started at age 13, when he rode a Yamaha RX 135, at

Sriperumbudur Sriperumbudur is a town panchayat in the Kanchipuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 40 kilometers southwest of the capital city of Chennai on the National Highway 4 (India)(old numbering), National Highway 4 and i ...

racing track, Chennai. At 16 he raced at the

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and Daytona Park, London, where he passed the qualifying test.

Career

Rogger’s break came at 18, when he participated in the Pirelli Supersports Novice Category of the Malaysian Super Series 2004 (Grand Prix). The championship consisted of 7 rounds and 14 races. He made it to the podium for all the races and finished first in 5 races, second in 8 races and third in 1 race. he rode a Honda CBR600 F4i bike. He won the Championship Title with a total tally of 97 points. Rogger rode a race-spec Yamaha R6 (2005) in the Malaysian Super Series Championship (Open Class) Superbike Category (14 races) in 2005, placing second twice, third twice, fifth twice, and seventh once. He also participated in the FIM Asian Road Racing Championship (Round One) in China at the Zuhai Circuit and placed sixth. Rogger was the only private rider to place in the entire championship. Rogger came back in 2009 Open Class Supersports Category, winning fifth place twice and sixth place twice, competing with five Asian FIM GP riders from PETRONAS Racing, Malaysia and the Yamaha Hong Leong Malaysia (Factory teams) as a privateer. Rogger acted in films such as ''

Udumban ''Udumban'' is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Ramji S. Balan (who previously directed ''Nagareega Komali'') and starring Dilip Rogger, Sana, Keethika, and G. Sunil. Cast *Dilip Rogger as Udumban *Sana as Isaipriya, ...

'' (2012) and ''

Viraivil Isai ''Viraivil Isai'' is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by V. S. Prabhakaran and stars Mahendran, Dilip Rogger, Sanjay Shankar, Shruti Ramakrishnan and Arpana. Cast * Mahendran as Susi *Dilip Rogger as Ram * Sanjay Shankar ...

'' (2015).

Filmography

Awards

*ROLON National Road Racing Championship 2009 *Winner of Race 1 & Race 2 of UCAL Rolon National road racing championship Super Bikes held at Kari Motor Speedway in Chettipalayam, Coimbatore, India 7–8 June 2008. *Winner of Race 1 and Race 2 of JK Tyre National Racing Championship Super Bikes held at Sriperambatur, Chennai, India 9–10 February 2008. *Award for Best Privateer Maintenance Team for year 2007 FIM Asian GP championship. *First Privateer standing in 11th position for the year 2007 FIM Asian GP championship.

References

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