DR AMIT Samarth, will be participating again at one of the toughest cycle races in the world — Race Across America 2023. Race Across America is 5000 km cycle race from West Coast to East Coast of America to be completed in exactly 12 days. The race route goes through deserts of Arizona, rocky mountains of Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana and West Virginia. The race is going to start on June 13 from Oceanside California.

Dr Samarth is nominated as Brand Ambassador for Akshaya Patra Foundation USA. He will be riding to do fund-raising for Akshaya Patra Foundation at Race Across America. The foundation delivers midday meals to 20 lakh children everyday across India through 67 kitchens. His mission will be to appeal to four million Indians in America and many across the world to donate for Akshaya Patra Foundation.

Dr Samarth will be crewed by Vivitt Walwe, Mukul Samarth, Dilip Warkad, Anirudh Pandya, Ravindra Paranjpe, Vijaya Samarth, Jeetendra Nayak, Arushi Nayak, Jeetu Jodhpurkar, Vishwas Chati, Vikramsingh Jadhav, Yogesh Sappray, Yogesh Bhagadkar, Ashwin Mendhi, Vikas Bhatnagar, Yash Kalburgi and Ayaan Samarth. Dr Samarth is a well known cyclist and Ironman athlete in the national and international arena having numerous laurels to his name.

His entire journey of cycling started with Race Across America 2017 where he outperformed and became the first Indian rookie to crack the gruelling RAAM in first attempt. In 2018, he conquered the RedBull Trans Siberian Extreme (9100 kms) stage race, which no Indian or Asian has ever attempted. Team Amit Samarth is sponsored by Indian Origin SBI Life Insurance to support the importance of health and fitness. Scott Sports India is the Bike Partner and Garmin is Timing Partner for the event. Supporting partners include — Tigerman Sports Pvt Ltd, Hyperice, Oakleys, Vittoria, T10 Sports Merchandise.