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  • Champions Yacht Club brings big time motorsports to Vijayawada: INAC finals

    Champions Yacht Club brings big time motorsports to Vijayawada: INAC finals

    File photo of Mysore Autocross 2019 for representational purpose courtesy Keshava Murthy

    By Jayaram Sridhar

    Vijayawada (AP), 30 Dec 2019:  Big time motorsport is all set to enter Vijayawada as the finals of the Indian National Autocross Championship (INAC) will be held at Pavithra Sanghamam from January 10 to 12 in which as many as 64 cars are participating, according to Merla Vamsi of Champions Yacht Club, which is organizing the event.

    Speaking at the pre-event press conference, he said the motor racing will be held at the 2-km track laid at the parking area of Pavithra Sanghamam in which around 10 to 12 curves would be designed for the cars to tackle. “Top racers like Gaurav Gill, Dean Mascarenhas and other top Indian drivers will set the track ablaze,” he added.

    “The driver eligibility for the INAC final was based on the performance in the four regional rounds – South Zone, West Zone, North Zone and East Zone. Run under the aegis of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI), Auatocross is an entry point for many budding drivers to kick-start a career in motorsports. The championship is based on a point system”.

    He said the cars will be allowed to drive a distance of 200 metres at a single stretch before they prepare to tackle a curve. “Two cars will take the track simultaneously with a speed limit of 80 kmph”.

    Vamsi said efforts were on spruce up galleries for 10,000 spectators. “The galleries will be properly barricaded and it will be spruced up 30 feet away from the track. We are taking all precautionary steps for the safe conduct of the event which will witness several nail-biting finishes,” said senior rally driver Phalguna Urs, who is in charge of the team that designed the track.

    “Ambulances, fire tenders and hospital backup and all safety arrangements for the event are in place,” he added.

    Vamsi said the cars will enter the city on the trailers and would go through various safety checks and official scrutiny before they are allowed to hit the track.

    “It is a good opportunity for the motorsport enthusiasts to witness the race and it is held for the first time in Vijayawada. After Amaravati F1H2O Power Boat racing championship in 2018, this is the biggest sporting event to be held in Vijayawada”.

  • Jacob fastest driver in CASC Autocross; Fabid wins Unrestricted Open: Coimbatore Autocross

    Jacob fastest driver in CASC Autocross; Fabid wins Unrestricted Open: Coimbatore Autocross

    KJ Jacob fastest driver of the day. Photo courtesy CASC

    Coimbatore, 26 Nov 2018: Driving a Volkswagen Polo Thrissur driver KJ Jacob became the Fastest Driver of the Autocross of Coimbatore 2018, the southern qualification round for the FMSCI Indian National Autocross Championship here on Sunday. Jacob clocked 1minute 37.23 seconds in a modified Polo in up to 1650cc Open class, just one-tenth of a second faster than the second fastest driver.

    Palakkad’s Fabid Ahmer, a student of Gaurav Gill’s Drivers’ School of Excellence. Faber clocked 1:37.34 to win the Unrestricted Open, also in a rally-prepared VW Polo, to become the second fastest driver of the event that was well organised by the Coimbatore Auto Sports Club (CASC).

    Jacob also bagged the second place in the Unrestricted Open Class behind Faber while another speedster brought his Honda home in third place. Bengaluru’s Druva Chandrasekhar won the SUV Open class while Coimbatore’s Akshaya Sundar won the ladies class.

    The Autocross event organised by Coimbatore Auto Sports Club (CASC) at Radhakrishna Mills Premises here attracted 67 participants in the 8 classes. Among them, 17 took part in the Open event comprising of SUV and Open class. “The event ran safely with no incidents and competitors enjoyed the track layout as it was quite challenging technically. The feedback from the competitors has been very encouraging,” said Prithviraj, former FMSCI president and the President of CASC as he thanked the team who worked hard to make the event a grand success.

    L Gopalakrishnan, Managing Trustee, PSG Institutions, Coimbatore gave away the prizes.

    Provisional Results (final):

    Class 1: Stock up to 1400cc: 1. Athul Paul, Cochin, 1:51.14; 2. Tony Kurien, Cochin, 1:55.01; 3. Nycil Latheef, Ernakulam, 1:56.62.

    Class2 Stock Over 1400 to 1650cc: 1. MD Ganesh Moorthy, Erode, 1:52.59; 2. Karthick Maruthi, Erode, 1:52.71; 3. A Vinodh, Coimbatore, 2:20.12.

    Class 3 Stock Over 1650cc: 1. Sriju Sadasivan, Bengaluru, 1:45.99; 2. G Arun Kumar, Coimbatore, 1:48.93; 3. Karthick Maruthi, Erode, 1: 49.95.

    Class 4 Open – Upto 1400cc: 1. Mohamed Ismail Khan, Bengaluru, 1:42.91; 2. Ashad Pasha, Chikmagalur, 1:43.11; 3. Lanu, Nagaland, 1:43.48.

    Class 5 Open Over 1400cc to 1650cc: 1. KJ Jacob, Thrissur, 1: 37.23; 2. Ashad Pasha, C’lore, 1:37.93; 3. Philippos Mathai, New Delhi, 1:38.97.

    Class 6 Open Over 1650cc: 1. MR Venkatapathy, Coimbatore, 1:45.80; 2. Sriju Sadasivan, Bengaluru, 1:47.85; 3. Vishal Raj, Bengaluru, 1:50.70.

    Class 7 Open – Unrestrictecd Open: 1. Fabid Ahmer, Palakkad, 1: 37.34; 2. KJ Jacob Thrissur, 1:37.65; 3. Ashad Pasha, 1:38.68.

    Class 8 – Ladies Class: 1. Akshaya Sundar, Coimbatore, 2:09.98; 2. B Sri Varshini, Coimbatore, 2:27.80.

    Class 9 – SUV Class (Open): Druva Chandra Shekar, Bengaluru,1:41.45; 2. Athul Thoma, Kerala, 1: 48.91; 3. Vamci Merla, Vijayawada, 1: 50.09.

    Class 10 Open Class (Local): 1. D Vidya Prakash, Coimbatore, 1:48.00; 2. Karthick Maruthi, Erode, 1: 48.13; 3. MD Ganesh Moorthy, Erode, 1: 48.54.