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Sun City (South Africa), 21 May 2025: Indian rally-raid rider Harith Noah was forced to withdraw from the South African Safari Rally, the Round 3 of 2025 FIA-FIM World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC), following a crash at the beginning of Stage 1 on Wednesday. Harith encountered a jackal that jumped in front of his bike and while attempting to brake and maneuver around the animal, he crashed, resulting in significant swelling in his right hand. He got up and showed resilience, riding 20 kilometers more before withdrawing due to loss of grip strength and pain from the fall.

Harith had made a good start to the rally, finishing 5^th in Prologue Stage of Rally 2 with a timing of 7:44.1 s, marking his return to rally-raid after he had an injury-led exit at the Dakar Rally, earlier in January which required surgery to his wrist.

“Fortunately, it’s not the wrist that got injured this time. There was a lot of swelling in my right hand, and I just didn’t have the strength to hold the bike and ride, which forced me to stop,” said Harith from South Africa. “We don’t exactly know what the issue is yet, but nothing appears to be broken, which is a good sign. I’ll be getting an MRI today to check for any further damage”

Noah, who rides for the Sherco TVS Rally Factory team, is hopeful for a swift recovery and aims to return in time for the Baja España Aragón 2025 in Spain, scheduled from 25 to 27 July.

“The important thing is that we are safe. Even though it was just two days of riding, I learned a lot and feel like I have gained valuable experience. I definitely know what can be done and I know I will be back. Hopefully, this is just one step backward to take a bigger step forward,” ended Harith with confidence.

The 2025 W2RC season features five rounds across three continents, pushing riders through a wide spectrum of terrains and conditions. The year kicked off with the legendary Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, followed by the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. Now, the championship heads into uncharted territory with the debut of the South African Safari Rally. The final two rounds will take riders to Portugal for the BP Ultimate Rally Raid in September, before culminating with the iconic Rallye du Maroc in October.

Doha, 13 April 2025: The double in Doha – who’d have thought it? Some might, but not Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team). However, that’s exactly how it unfolded for the #93 as a frantic MotoGP battle played out in a Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar that saw Maverick Viñales clinch a first podium in Red Bull KTM Tech3 colours – or so we thought. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) recovered to P3 at the line after a dissatisfying Saturday, as drama unfolded for Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP), who was forced to settle for P7, which was then P6. 

Why? Because after a tyre pressure penalty for Viñales post-race, most of the points scorers were promoted one position. It saw Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) elevated to P3 – and, of course, Bagnaia to P2. Those +16s demoted Viñales to P14. 

A FRANTIC OPENING 

Marc Marquez was the rider to earn the holeshot into Turn 1, but as the field exited the opening corner, contact was made between the #93 and Alex Marquez, with a piece of bodywork pinging off the rear end of the red machine. This allowed Morbidelli to take the lead into Turn 2 as Viñales made life harder for Alex Marquez. Top Gun was P3 through the fast Turn 3 but fair play to Marquez, he bit back to get behind his older brother once more.

Morbidelli’s lead was up to 0.8s at the beginning of Lap 3, as Bagnaia made a decent start. The Americas GP winner was up to sixth before more contact! Alex Marquez was trying to muscle his way back past Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) into Turn 12 but he misjudged it. Both went wide with Marquez dropping to P7 and the luckless Di Giannantonio being forced back to P21. And for the incident, Alex Marquez was handed a Long Lap penalty.

Meanwhile, Bagnaia was on the move. On the anchors heading into Turn 1 on Lap 5, Bagnaia breezed past Marc Marquez to climb into second place. That meant the Championship leader was third, Viñales was fourth, Johann Zarco (LCR Honda Castrol) was running in P5 with Fermin Aldeguer and BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP teammate Marquez in P6 and P7.

On Lap 6, Marquez completed his Long Lap penalty. The #73 went from P6 to P12, 4.9s away from Morbidelli. At the front, Marc Marquez forced his way back through on Bagnaia for P2 with 16 laps left, and right behind them, Viñales set the fastest lap of the race as Morbidelli’s lead continued to shrink. What were we saying about Viñales? At the end of Lap 7, the #12 passed Bagnaia for P3 and then set his sights on Marquez.

VIÑALES LEADS, MARQUEZ PLOTS RESPONSE

And with 13 laps to go, Viñales got the better of his second factory Ducati. This was stunning from the Tech3 star, and a lap later, he led. Same spot, same outcome. Morbidelli lost the lead for the first time, and Marquez powered past the Italian as well. Bagnaia was then desperate to pass Morbidelli as the VR46 Academy duo swapped positions five times on Lap 11 of 22, but it cost the pair crucial ground. Over the line, Bagnaia was 0.9s behind Marquez.

Zarco was the next rider to get the better of Morbidelli as the Frenchman grabbed P4, and the Italian started to immediately lose ground. With eight laps to go, Viñales was still holding Marquez at bay, with Pecco 0.8s behind the top two. Then, a mistake. Viñales was slightly wide at Turn 6 and that opened the door for Marquez to take the race lead baton with seven laps to go, so what could Viñales and Pecco do now?

PIN PULLED – MARC MARQUEZ STYLE

The answer, for now, was not a lot. Marquez was the fastest of the trio, but only by a tenth over Bagnaia. However, Viñales was 0.3s slower than Marquez on Lap 17, so was this the KTM start beginning to run out of grip and steam? It wasn’t – it was Marquez finding pace. The fastest lap of the race was landed by the six-time MotoGP World Champion – it was two tenths quicker than Viñales and seven tenths faster than Pecco.

Three to go. Another fastest lap of the race for Marquez saw the #93 stretch his lead up to a second, as Bagnaia slipped 1.4s behind Viñales. And heading onto the last lap, it was as you were. Marquez led Viñales by 1.5s, Bagnaia was in a comfortable third and sure enough, as the chequered flag waved, Marc Marquez bounced back from his Austin disappointment with an almighty bang. For the first time since 2014, Marquez claimed victory and with it, strengthened his Championship position ahead of a date with Jerez.

Viñales’ P2 result is a huge boost for KTM – what a ride from Top Gun in Doha. Bagnaia will be disappointed to lose ground in the title chase but after a below-par Saturday, a comeback ride to P3 was a job well done by the Italian.

YOUR POINTS SCORERS IN QATAR

Morbidelli did fight back in the end to earn P4 across the line but as mentioned, that’s now P3 as Zarco held off the efforts of Aldeguer to earn a career best Honda result in P4, while the latter earned his best Grand Prix result in MotoGP with a P5. Alex Marquez’s recovery ended with a P6, a top job to get back there from the Spaniard, but that’s the run of P2s and podiums over.

Starting from the front row for the first time since 2023, Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) bags P7 ahead of Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing), and Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) – the Italian completed the top 10.

Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3) claimed P11, Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) takes home a P12 as Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), Viñales after his penalty and Ai Ogura (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) collected the final points.

Unfortunately, Jorge Martin’s (Aprilia Racing) Grand Prix Sunday comeback ended prematurely after the World Champion suffered a crash. The #1 was taken to the medical centre for a check-up, and then to local hospital. Aprilia have provided updates on rib contusions and fractures, with Martin remaining in hospital for the moment.

NEXT UP: JEREZ
For Marquez at the top, that’s seven wins from eight. And now, a trip home beckons. Marc Marquez leads the MotoGP World Championship ahead of the Spanish GP and we can absolutely promise a party atmosphere awaits in Jerez. The question is, can anyone halt the #93’s momentum?

Chennai, January 12: Defending champion Ashad Pasha clocked the fastest time of the finals and also won a triple crown which made him a nine-time National champion in the Fmsci Indian National Autocross Championships. The 2024 editiion, organized by Madras Motor Sports Club concluded at the Madras International Circuit, here on Sunday.

Pasha, the 31-year-old Chikkamagaluru driver, who is based in Muscat, added three more National titles to his kitty. Ashad Pasha clocked 4min 05.41sec in the premier INAC1 Open Class C finals and later clinched the Class B titles. However, his win in Class C though is awaiting ratification following a protest. He won three titles in 2023 and three in 2022.

In INAC3 stock classes, Amey Desai (Mapusa, Goa), and Kushal Chaudhari (Kolkata) won two titles each. While Desai bagged National titles in the Class A and Class C, Chadhari took Class B and Class E honours.

Pallavi Shamrao Yadav, 43, from Kolhapur, an oil and gas engineer on crude oil drilling rig sites, she bagged her maiden National title winning the Ladies class. Last year, she qualified from the West Zone at Goa but could not attend the finals. She is supported by Vamcy Merla of VM Sports Foundation, A & A Motorsports of wife-and-husband pair Aneeshnath and Amitha Aneesh, who won the Classic title in INRC2024, while the hardworking team at Sprint Motorsports, tuned her car and pushed her to the limits.

Raunak Jana won INAC2 Class E while Nameer Pasha clinched the Amateur Class title. Sravan Kumar Kuttoor of Hyderabad claimed the 4WD Open crown

Caption: Pallavi Yadav’s file photo

The results (Provisional – best laps):

INAC1 Open Class B: 1. Kiran Reddy (Bengaluru) (04mins, 17.28sec).

INAC1 Open Class C: 1. Ashad Pasha (Chikkamagaluru) (04:05.41); 2. Amandeep Singh (Delhi) (04:19.83); 3. Ashish Gupta (Chennai) (05:01.35).

INAC2 Class B: 1. Ashad Pasha (04:08.93).

INAC2 Class C: 1. Ashad Pasha (04:07.932); 2. Sunny Sharma (Faridabad) (04.14.89); 3. Raunak Jana (Kolkata) (04:16.62). Result is provisional pending decision on a protest.

INAC2 Class E: 1. Raunak Jana (04:12.66); 2. Karan Chaudhary (Kolkata) (04:13.34); 3. Nameer Pasha (Chikkamagaluru) (04:17.83).

INAC3 Stock Class A: 1. Amey Desai (Mapusa, Goa) (04:43.59); 2. Kartik Konchady (Mumbai) (04:43.63); 3. Karan Panikar (Navi Mumbai) (05:00.65).

INAC3 Stock Class B: 1. Kushal Chaudhari (New Panvel) (04:35.76).

INAC3 Stock Class C: 1. Amey Desai (04:32.18); 2. Sravan Kumar Kuttoor (Hyderabad) (04:44.63); 3. Pallavi Shamrao Yadav (05:50.75).

INAC3 Stock Class E: 1. Kushal Chaudhari (04:28.56); 2. Areeb Rahman (Kolkata) (04:31.43); 3. Nilanjan Banerjee (Kolkata) (04:42.11).

Ladies Open: 1. Pallavi Shamrao Yadav (Kolhapur) (05:57.36).

4WD Open: 1. Sravan Kumar Kuttoor (04:22.83); 2. Raunak Jana (04:31.32).

Amateur: 1. Nameer Pasha (04:30.95); 2. Ashish Gupta (05:48.66).

Pune, 27 Dec 2024: Top Indian Rally driver Sanjay Takale’s debut at the iconic Dakar 2025 will be a historic day for India as it will be the first-time ever an Indian will take part in the four-wheel section of any class at the Mother of all Rallies, Dakar, which is beginning from January 3, 2025 at Saudi Arabia.

Pune’s aerpace racer Takale, is presented with the Indian flag by former Himalayan Rally champion Anirudha Deshpande and Shrikant Apte of Maharashtra Automotive Sports Association, here after launching the Team colours.

Takale, is gearing up for the ultimate test of endurance and skill as the only Indian in cars at the 2025 Dakar Rally. The race, known for its demanding nature and unpredictable challenges, will once again unfold across Saudi Arabia, with over 8,000 kilometres of treacherous terrain, including more than 5,000 kilometres of 12 timed special stages for 14 days.

Takale, the first Indian to win an Asia Pacific Rally Championship title in the production class, has partnered withCompagnie Saharienne, a French Historic Rally Team, to race a Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ78 at the2025 Dakar Classic. He will be the first Indian to race the DakarClassic, as a car driver with Maxime Raud, as his co-driver.

“My goal is to simply experience the might of Dakar and have fun driving in the dunes. It is a long journey and will be a good learning experience. I am also very proud to be the first Indian to get this opportunity to drive on a four wheeler at Dakar,” said Takale. Some parts of the route ‘are nostalgic’ for this Pune driver, who as a backpacker, visited more than 100 countries from 2001 to 2007.

The motorsport addict began his career with motocross races in June 1987 and won over 100 trophies till 2001 and bid good bye with a big win at the bike National round at Nashik as a TVS factory rider before he drifted into endurance rallies in 2009. A veteran in the Indian National Rally Championship and the Malaysian Rally Championship, he is a regular in the Asia-Pacific Rallies. After many more laurels in the four-wheel section, he became the first Indian to get glory for India at the APRC, winning the Production class title in 2013. In 2018, he switched up gears and made his Rally3 debut at the World Rally Championship3 at Rally Finland. He bagged a creditable 14th in his class behind the wheel of a Ford Fiesta R2, despite virtually no seat time, along with co-driver Darren Garrod, and repeated it at the 2019 edition. In 2022, he represented Team India at the FIA Motorsport Games and finished eighth, along with co-driver Mike Young, in his first tarmac rally in a Peugeot 208 Rally4.

Takale is also a regular at the Asia Cross-Country Rally, winning the T2 category in an Isuzu D-Max in 2011. In August 2024, he drove his Toyota Hilux Revo to a 13th place in the T1D class, for an overall 23rd.

Born on February 2, 1968 in Manjri village, the Director of aerpace, an Indian transportation company, will have Frenchman Maxime Raud as the co-driver and the duo will be piloting a Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ78. The 2025 Dakar Classic runs along with the main Dakar Rally from January 3 to 17 in its 47th edition, the sixth in Saudi Arabia. The route starts at Bisha, crosses the Empty Quarter, and will finish in Shubaytah on Jan 17.

The marathon 48-hour “chrono” stage will be 950km long. Five stages will feature separate routes for cars and bikes and there will be one mass start stage. This Dakar promises more navigation and Classic run with 94 cars in the fray with 36 rookies, is being treated as a learning debut for the Indian speed maestro from Pune, who intends to make a mark among the rookies. The ‘86 to 98 low average class’ driver will be on a 722 number car, the only car from India in Dakar 2025.

Jyvaskyla (Centreal Finland) 3 August 2024:

Taylor Gill will go into Secto Rally Finland’s final leg as the leading FIA Junior WRC driver after a scintillating Saturday turned the leaderboard on its head.

The Australian hotshot languished a lowly eighth this morning after dropping around one minute nursing a rear left puncture through Päijälä, but a sublime afternoon drive saw him rise through the ranks and end the day with a 19.7sec lead.   Excluding championship leader Romet Jürgenson, who was ruled out of contention by a crash on Friday, Gill was the fastest Junior WRC driver on every stage but Päijälä 1. Early hopefuls Norbert Maior and Gerardo Rosselot both crashed and Gill climbed to second when Petr Borodin, who led on Friday, suffered front right tyre damage on the penultimate test. A blistering run over the 32.98km of Ouninpohja pushed the FIA Rally Star driver past Ali Türkkan and into the lead as Tom Rensonnet completed the podium over one minute further back. Borodin dropped to fourth but sits just 21.8sec adrift of the top three with four stages remaining on Sunday. Fabio Schwarz is on course to record his best-ever Junior WRC result in fifth, while Eamonn Kelly overcame a puncture to round out the top six in the M-Sport Poland Ford Fiesta Rally3 field. Jürgenson, who hails from Estonia, made amends for Friday retirement by taking fastest times on four of the day’s six stages – earning himself four Wolf Stage Win points in the process.

Coimbatore, 27 July 2024: Former National champions from Himachal Pradesh Aditya Thakur and co-driver Virender Kashyap of Chettinad Sporting managed to take the lead on the first day of the Rally of Coimbatore, the third round of the of the Blueband Sports fmsci Indian National Rally Championship for four-wheelers, organised by Coimbatore Auto Sports Club and Promoted by Blueband Sports here on Saturday.

In an unfortunate incident, unrelated to the rally, rally driver Premlal died after completing two stages due to cardiac arrest on Saturday.

Of the 68 cars that took the start flag, only 49 survived the day. However, many of them will be taking a restart on Sunday, the final day. Prominent among those who suffered causality, was seven-time National champion and Arjuna Awardee Gaurav Gill, who began with a blistering pace topping the first Special Stage but fell in the next stage. The Speedster from Delhi has been having an awful time for want of a reliable care for the last few rallies.

Two-time National champion Amittrajit Ghosh of Kolkota and co-driver Ashwin Naik from Mangaluru were in second place behind the Himachal pradesh after Leg 1. Another former National champion and one of the favourites, Karna Kadur along with experienced Musa Sherif are trailing in third, by a narrow margin.

Aditya and Kunal are also leading their class, INRC2 while teammates Daraius Shroff  and Arjun Dheerendra, also from Chettinad Sporting, are leading INRC3 class. Abhin Rai and co-driver Moideen Jasher of A & A Motorsports are leading the Junior INRC class while Pragati Gowda, with experienced former National champion Sujith Kumar BS as co-driver, is leading the Ladies class. She put in a good show taking a creditable overall 9th place after Day 1.

The pair of Shaik Aneeshnath S and Amitha Aneesh, also from A&A Motorsports are leading the Classic class while the Mandovi Racing duo of Kavan Kariapa KG and co-driver Gaurav Aiyappa are ahead in the Gypsy Challenge.

Earlier on Friday evening,  Chief Guest  V Balakrishnan, IPS, Coimbatore City Police Commissioner, flagged off the rally R Sundar, Joint Managing Trustee, SNR Sons Charitable Trust, as guest of honour. Blueband Sports Director Premnath was also present.

The Rally of Coimbatore 2024 will feature eight stages. The total distance of the rally is 269.38 kms. Six stages will be run on Saturday with two physical stages being SM Agro and BT2 near L&T bypass road. On Sunday, the rally will return to the traditional stages at Kethanur windmill farms, near Kethanur 4-Corner Junction.

The Round 4 will be held in Hyderabad from October 18 to 20 while Round 5 in Kodagu will be from November 22 to 24. The final Round 6 in Bengaluru is scheduled to be held in December.

Provisional Unaudited classification (After Day1)

Overall:

1. Aditya Thakur/ Virender Kashyap (Chettinad Sporting) 01hours, 25 minutes; 11.2 seconds;

2. Amittrajit Ghosh/ Ashwin Naik (Arka Motorsports) 01:26:28.2;

3. Karna Kadur/ Musa Sherif (Arka Motorsports) 01:26:36.7;

INRC 2:

1. Aditya Thakur/ Virender Kashyap (Chettinad Sporting) 01:25:11.2;

2. Philippos Matthai /PVS Murthy (Arka Motorsports) 01:26:56.1;

3. Harkrishan Wadia / Kunal Kashyap (Arka Motorsports) 01:26:56.1;

INRC3:

1. Daraius Shroff /Arjun Dheerendra (Chettinad Sporting) 01:26:47.0;

2. Jeet Jabhakh/ V Sekar (Chettinad Sporting) 01:27:06.4;

3. Sheshank Jamal/ Aseem Sharma (Arka Motorsports) 01:27:15.9;   

Junior INRC:

1. Abhin Rai/ Moideen Jasher (A & A Motorsports)  01:29:11.9;

2. Ajay Sankar/  Vybhav Mukund Rao (Mandovi Racing) 01:30:58.2;

3. Nikeeta Takkale/ Shivani Parmar (Pvt.) 01:33.34.8;

Ladies Class:

1. Pragathi Gowda /Sujith Kumar BS (Chettinad Sporting) 01:27:13.0;

2. Nikeeta Takkale/ Shivani Parmar (Pvt.) 01:33.34.8;

3. Harshitha Gowda/ M Srivatsa (A & A Motorsports) 01:36:08.9;

Gypsy Challenge:

1. Kavan Kariapa KG/ Ms Gaurav Aiyappa (Mandovi Racing) 01:3618.6;

2. Baljinder Singh Dhillon/ Goutham CP (Pvt.) 01:36:34.3;

3. Sanjay Agarwal/ Dheeraj Manae (Pvt.) 01:36:45.3);

Classic:

1. Shaik Aneeshnath S/ Amitha Aneesh (A&A Motorsports) 01:38:32.2;

2. Brian Michael/ Prakash M (Pvt.) 01: 43:41.9; (Note: only two cars finished in Classic class);

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Championship Leaders after Round 2

Overall:

1. HarkrishanWadia 40 points;

2. Daraius N Shroff 38

3. Karna Kadur 35;

4. Aditya Thakur 32.

INRC2

1. Fabid Ahmer 56 points;

2. Harkrishan Wadia 42;

3. Aditya Thakur 31;

4. Pragathi Gowda 27.

INRC3

1. Daraius N Shroff 56 points;

2. Arnav Pratap Singh 39;

3. Vishak Balachandran 38;

4. Jeet Jhabakh 31.

Junior INRC

1. Arjun Rajiv 44 points;

2. Abhin Rai 32;

3. Ajay Sankar 32;

4. Arnav Pratap Singh 31.

Ladies Class

1. Phoebe Nongrum 70 points;

2. Harshitha Raj Gowda 56;

3. Nikeetaa Takkale 40.

Gypsy Challenge

1. Baljinder Singh Dhillon 78 points;

2. Akarsh Sundar 63;

3. Jayanth Somanathan 27;

4. Sachin Singh 27.

Classic Class

1. Shaik Hussain Pasha 44 points;

2. Praveen Dwarkanath 40;

3. Aneeshnath 28.

Chennai, June 16: It was a day of the “double” at the Madras International Circuit here on Sunday as the first round of the MRF MMSC fmsci Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2024 concluded with the new generation of riders emerging to displace the old guard.

Teenager Sarthak Chavan (Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open), schoolgirl Rakshitha Dave (Girls, Stock 165cc), Abdul Basim (Novice, Stock 165cc), and Kaushik Subbiah Ganesan (Novice, Stock 301-400cc) won both races this weekend in their respective National Championship categories. Barring Pune’s Sarthak, the other three riders are from Chennai.

Sarthak Chavan, the 17-year-old prodigy, established himself as the top gun in the premier Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open class, winning both races over the weekend in an emphatic manner. Following home in P2 in both races was another 17-year-old, Chiranth Vishwanath from Bengaluru, who just couldn’t match Sarthak’s pace. The duo dominated both races leaving the rest to scrap for the other podium spot.

Sarthak, however, missed a possible win, despite starting P7 on the grid, in the other premier category, the Pro-Stock 165cc, when he crashed again after tangling with Chiranth when the two were fighting for 1-2 positions. The Pune youngster had crashed in Race-1 on Saturday when leading.

Though both Sarthak and Chiranth recovered to rejoin the race, veteran TVS Racing team-mates Jagan Kumar, KY Ahamed and Deepak Ravikumar made the best of the free space in front to finish in that order. For Jagan, a multiple National champion, it was his first win of the season after a barren 2023.

Chennai schoolgirl, 15-year-old Rakshitha Dave completed a fine double in the Girls (Stock 165cc) category. Having won Race-1 on Saturday, she extended her domination with a sweeping win in Race-2 today, virtually unchallenged.

Similarly, another Chennai teenager Abdul Basim (Rockers Racing) achieved a clean sweep in the Novice (Stock 165cc) category, winning Race-2 today with as much ease as in the previous outing on Saturday.

Later, another Chennai rider, Kaushik Subbaiah Ganesan also notched a double in the Stock 301-400cc (Novice) class with another fine ride starting from pole position.

Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup: Shyam Sundar (Chennai) came up with a fine ride to win the NSF 250R race after starting from P4 on the grid. He cut through the front-runners to top the six-lapper with Mohsin Paramban (Mallappuram) yet again finishing second, but ahead of yesterday’s Race-1 winner, Rakshith Dave (Chennai).

TVS One-Make Championship: Senthilkumar C (Coimbatore) enjoyed a fruitful weekend as he won both the races in the Apache RR 310 category. Having won Saturday’s Race-1, Senthilkumar displayed relentless pace in topping today’s Race-2 ahead of two Chennai riders, Manoj Yesuadian and Jayanth P.

Bengaluru’s Harshith V Bogar continued to dominate the Rookie category as he finished the weekend with a double by winning Race-2 today on the back of his triumph in the previous outing on Saturday. CS Kedarnath (Tirupati) scrambled to second place while Saranjith KM (Thrissur) finished third.

Earlier, Pune’s Sarthak topped the TVS Electric RTE race quite comfortably with his arch-rival Chiranth Vishwanath finishing second and Chennai’s Alwyn Sundar third.

The results (Provisional – all 6 laps unless mentioned):

National Championship – Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open (Race-2): 1. Sarthak Chavan (Pune,TVS Racing) (11mins, 16.788secs); 2. Chiranth Vishwanath (Bengaluru, TVS Racing) (11:17.567); 3. Alwyn Sundar A (Chennai, Gusto Racing) (11:27.870).

Pro-Stock 165cc Open (Race-2):1. Jagan Kumar (Chennai, TVS Racing) (12:10.176); 2. Ahamad KY (Chennai, TVS Racing) (12:18.302); 3. Deepak Ravikumar (Chennai, TVS Racing) (12:18.611).

Novice (Stock 165cc) Race-2: 1. Abdul Basim RS (Chennai, Rockers Racing) (13:02.075); 2. Kamal Navas (Chennai, One Racing) (13:08.162); 3. Abhinav G (Coimbatore, Chandra LGE Racing team) (13:08.772).

Girls (Stock 165cc) Race-2 (5 laps): 1. Rakshitha S Dave (Chennai, RACR Castrol Power 1 Ultimate) (10:58.378); 2. Ryhana Bee (Chennai, Motul Sparks Racing) (11:01.284); 3. Jagathishree Kumaresan (Chennai, One Racing) (11:02.400).

Novice (Stock 301-400cc) Race-2: 1. Kaushik Subbiah Ganesan (Chennai, RACR Castrol Power 1 Ultimate) (12:21.760); 2. Aldrin Babu (Chalakudy, RACR Castrol Power 1 Ultimate) (12:28.689); 3. Varun Patil (Bengaluru, Pvt.) (12:29.355).

Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup: NSF 250 R (Race-2) (3 laps): 1. Shyam Sundar (Chennai) (05:46.716); 2. Mohsin Paramban (Mallapuram) (05:47.106); 3. Rakshit S Dave (Chennai) (05: 47.806).

TVS One-Make Championship – Open (Apache RR 310): 1. Senthilkumar C (Coimbatore) (11:52.043); 2. Manoj Yesuadian (Chennai) (11:55.840); 3.Jayanth P (Chennai) (11:58.264).

Rookie (Apache RTR 200) Race 2: 1. Harshit V Bogar (Bengaluru) (13:26.291); 2. CS Kedarnadh (Tirupati) (13:26.499); 3. Saranjith KM (Thrissur) (13:41.518).

TVS Electric RTE (4 laps): 1. Sarthak Chavan (Pune) (07:26.459); 2. Chiranth Vishwanath (Bengaluru) (07:28377); 3. Alwyn Sundar A (Chennai) (07:34.190).

Media (Apache RTR 200) (5 laps): 1. Karan Mathur (Gurugram, Auto X) (11:31.475); 2. Praveen Kumar (Chennai, Rev Nitro) (11:31.869); 3. Akash Bhadra (Mumbai, Topgear) (11:34.008).