Tag: C Vijayakumar

  • CS Santosh hogs limelight winning ‘Best Rider’

    Chandigarh, 20 Nov 2005: TVS Racing team once again dominated the proceedings at MRF National Supercross Championship by taking top honours at the fourth round held in Chandigarh, today. The reigning champion C Vijaykumar of  TVS Racing once again fell behind his fellow rider C. S. Santosh who edged the former by taking top honours in the second moto of the prestigious ‘Foreign Open class’ which made him earn ‘The Best Rider of the Day’ title. Vijaykumar, having taken top honors in the first moto shared the tally with Santosh with 37 points however, latter’s supremacy in the second moto ensured him the winner title by virtue of being number one in the second moto.

    The day began with the First moto of the Indian Experts Foreign Motorcycle where C Vijaykumar of  TVS Racing shot into lead and managing to keep up the momentum in spite of C. S. Santosh of TVS Racing’s aggressive attempts to overtake the former. The Second Moto was where Santosh went all guns blazing with his daredevil skills as he managed to overcome Vijaykumar in the 3rd lap. Both the motos were well-fought encounters between the two with Santosh eventually taking the limelight of the day. Pradeep H. K of TVS Racing took the third spot in this class

    The group B Indian Experts upto 150 CC 2-Stroke title seems destined for C. Vijaykumar of TVS Racing as he emerged at the top repeating the previous round performance held at Vadodara. His teammate C. S. Santosh was the only one who posed to be a threat during the race. A privateer from Jaipur, Abhishek Mishra came 3rd.

    In the stock class of vehicles or in other words motorcycles without any modification; the experienced C. D . Jinan of  TVS Racing proved his class by taking honours in the Indian Experts Group D 80 CC to 110 CC in his TVS Victor. Jinan’s dominance continued even in the Indian Experts Group D 125 CC to 160 CC where he sealed top honours on his TVS Fiero F2.

    In the Novice class upto 150 cc; Dilip Talekar of TVS Racing with a huge lead took the first spot. Abishek Mishra and Abhijit Zavade took the second and third spot respectively.

    Note: Updated the archives on 16 Sept. 2021

  • CS Santosh, Eathasham share honours; Vijaykumar keeps lead

    CS Santosh, Eathasham share honours; Vijaykumar keeps lead

    Pune, 15 May 2005: TVS Racing team continued its dominance at the second round of the MRF National Supercross Championship by winning 4 and sharing honours in the foreign open class among the total of 6 Championship classes held in floodlit Pune’s Deccan College Ground, today. The foreign open class points were shared between C. S. Santosh of TVS Racing and Yamaha’s Syed Eathasham. The reigning champion C Vijaykumar of TVS Racing continues to lead the championship in the prestigious ‘Foreign Open class’ with 70 points closely followed by C. S. Santosh with 67 and Yogesh Barguje of Yamaha with 60 points.

    The day began with the First moto of the Indian Experts Foreign Motorcycle where C. S. Santosh of TVS Racing inspite of having a poor start managed to overcome other riders and emerged victorious with a huge lead. Syed Eathasham of Yamaha racing managed to hold on to his second position though C. Vijaykumar nearly threatened him. Vijaykumar finished third in a well fought battle. The second moto of the race saw a change in fortunes with Syed Eathasham managing to take an early lead and maintain it till the end. Full credit to Santosh to reach second as he was last in the rung till about 5 laps. He zipped past others to emerge a close second. Vijaykumar could manage only a third.

    In the stock class of vehicles or in other words motorcycles without any modification; C. D Jinan of TVS Racing proved his class once again by taking honours in the Indian Experts Group D 80 CC to 110 CC in his TVS Victor and the Indian Experts Group D 125 CC to 160 CC in his TVS Fiero. TVS Racing dominated both these races with all the three podium positions going to the team.

    The group B Indian Experts upto 150 CC 2-Stroke saw a four-way battle between Syed Eathasham, Yogesh Barguje, C. Vijaykumar and C. Santosh. Syed Eathasham proved his class by take the top spot. Vijaykumar of TVS Racing, had to pull back due to technical problem with his bike. C. S. Santosh of TVS Racing capitalized on this and emerged second followed by Yogesh Barguje of Yamaha.

    In the Novice class upto 150 cc; Syed Zubbair of TVS Racing in his Shogun fought it out to win the first spot as he continued his winning spree from the first round held at Goa. Mohammad Azgar of Yamaha closely followed him.

    The local class saw some interesting fight between Pinkesh Thakker and Sunil Mohite; though the former managed to maintain his lead till the end. Vishal Barguje managed third.

    Editor’s Note: This article is manually migrated from archives on 30 July 2023.