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  • Alwin Sundar takes pole position in Novice category

    Alwin Sundar takes pole position in Novice category

    Chennai, September 9: Local collegian Alwin Sundar (AS Motorsports) grabbed pole position in the Novice (Stock 165cc) category as the second round of the MRF MMSC fmsci Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship commenced at the MMRT, here on Friday.

    Sundar, who leads the championship after his double in the previous round last month, clocked a best of 02 minutes, 07.596 seconds, followed by two riders from Thrissur, Allwin Xavier (Sparks Racing) (02:08.911) with Anfal A (Rockstar Racing) (02:09.069). The trio will head a 38-bike grid for the first race tomorrow.

    Earlier, Bengaluru-based Anish Damodar Shetty (Race Concepts), who is placed second in the championship astride a KTM RC 390, topped the practice session in the premier Pro-Stock 301-400cc category, clocking a best lap of 01:53.332, ahead of Hyderabad’s Rahil Shetty (Gusto Racing, 01:53.469), also on a KTM, and Soorya PM (Rockers Racing, 01:53.876) on a Yamaha.

    Championship leader, Rajini Krishnan (RACR, 01:54.126), who won both the races in Round-1 last month, was slightly off the pace in fifth position on his Yamaha R3, behind Jagadeesh N (Sparks Racing, 01:53.968).  

    In the other premier category, the Pro-Stock 165cc, Idemitsu Honda SK69 Racing’s Rajiv Sethu (01:56.899) was the quickest in the practice session, with two TVS Racing riders, defending champion and arch-rival Jagan Kumar (01:57.132) and Deepak Ravikumar (01:57.773) trailing in second and third spots.

    The qualifying session for both the Pro-Stock category will be held tomorrow followed by first of the two races.

    The Girls (Stock 165cc) too warmed up for tomorrow’s qualifying session with title holder Ann Jennifer (Sparks Racing) emerging quickest in practice run with a 02:10.097, followed by Round-1 race winner Ryhana Bee (RACR, 02:10.277) and Puducherry’s Lani Zena Fernandez (Speed Up Racing, 02:10.578).

    In the One-Make Championships organized by the Madras Motor Sports Club, Navaneeth Kumar from Puducherry (TVS Open), Hyderabad’s Baddam Deepika Reddy (TVS Girls) and Prakash Kamath from Bokaro Steel City (Idemistu Honda CBR 150) qualified for pole positions in their respective categories. 

  • Yuvakumar of Hero Motosports begins campaign in style

    Yuvakumar of Hero Motosports begins campaign in style

    Bengaluru, 22 August 2021: Celebrated Hero MotoSports rider Yuvakumar of Bengaluru bagged the overall honours and opened his 2021 campaign in serious style winning fastest rider tag of Round 1 in the Motorsport Inc FMSCI Indian National Rally Sprint Championship for motorcycles for South Zone at the Moto Farm in Kanakapura near here on Saturday.

    Astride a Hero Xpulse200, the three-time Desert Storm winner, who also has five National titles in two-wheeler Rally and Dirt Track, clocked the fastest time 08 min, 36 seconds for the 7.5km dash on way to a gold in the Group B upto 260cc Class. “Today the track was really tough and tricky but I managed to finish first overall competing against the foreign bikes. I thank Hero team for the well-tuned bike,” said the 34-year Bengalurean.

    Sarath Mohan of Malappuram had a commanding victory in the Open Class upto 600cc but the Asura garage supported 25-year rider missed the Overall honours by 2 seconds clocking 8min 38sec astride a Suzuki RMX 450.

    Yuvakumar of Hero Motosports at Moto Farm, Kanakapura on Saturday. Photo by Sriharsha Nadiger.

    Vishwas SD, Rakesh Kumar V, Naresh VS, Sudeep Kottary, Suhail Ahmed, Elango, Sanjay Somasekhar and Sneha won their respective classes.

    “The Championship began in a strict bio-bubble and a Covid officer was appointed to take care of the safety protocols and the welfare of the riders and other participants,” said Jaidas Menon of Motorsports Inc, the promoters.

    Round 1 Sprint Nationals 2021 Final (provisional) results (Sat):

    1. Group A Upto 600cc Class (Foreign bikes only): 1. Vishwas SD (Bengaluru) (09min, 03sec); 2. Badal Subash Doshi (Pune) (09:06); 3. Sarath Mohan (Malappuram) (09:11).

    2. Group B Upto 130cc Class: 1. Rakesh Kumar V (Bengaluru) (09:35); 2. Sudeep Kottary (Mangaluru) (09:41); 3. Ajin Abraham (Kottayam) (09:48).

    3. Group B 131cc to 165cc: 1. Naresh VS (Bengaluru) (08:55); 2. Pavan BK (Bengaluru) (09.10); 3. Subramanya T (Bengaluru) (09:14).

    4. Group B 166cc Upto 260cc Class: 1. Yuvakumar (Bengaluru) (08:36); 2. Pavan BK (Bengaluru) (08:48); 3. Suhail Ahmed (Bengaluru) (08:49).

    5. Group B 261cc to 400cc Class: 1. Sudeep Kottary (Mangalore) (09.26); 2. V Venu Rakesh Kumar (Coimbatore) KTM-90 (10:12); 3. Sajeesh Reghunathan (10:15).

    6. Group D upto 260cc Class: 1. Yuvakumar (Bengaluru) (08:42); 2. Samuel Abraham (09:08); 3. Sajay Somasekhar (Bengaluru) (09:09).

    7. Scooter Class: 1. Elango G (Erode) (09:50); 2. Subramanya T (09:56); 3. Karthik N (Bengaluru) (10:00).

    8. Bullet Class: 1. Suhail Ahmed (Bengaluru) (09:17); 2. Naresh VS (Bengaluru) (09:18); 3. Sharath Kumar S () (09:20).

    9. Open Class upto 600cc: 1. Sarath Mohan (Malappuram) (08:38); 2. Badal Subhash Doshi (Pune) (09:01); 3. Sinan Francis (Ernakulam) (09:06).

    Non-Championship classes: Ladies Class: 1. Sneha (09:56).

    South Zonal Star (formerly Star of Karnataka): 1. Sanjay Somashekar (Bengaluru) (09:12); 2. Karan M (10:34).