JK Tyre FMSCI NRC : Saturday Report

JK Tyre FMSCI NRC : Saturday Report (2 Replies, Read 283 times)

vsshriakant	# February 14, 2009, 8:22 pm
Group: Member Post Group: Working Member Posts: 136 Status:	Chennai, February 14, 2009: Valentine’s Day this year also signaled the beginning of yet another affair between man and machine heralding the new racing season for formula cars with the 12th edition of the JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship getting off to a rousing start today at the Madras Motor Race Track at Irungaatukottai. India’s premier motor sport championship witnessed full grids in both Formula Rolon Chevrolet and Formula LGB Swift categories. With the top cream of the Indian racers including several past and present champions over the last few years in the fray the 12 year old championship has all the makings of a thriller in the offing. And today’s results did prove that the experienced and the youth shared honors. In the Formula LGB Enduro races Sudanand Rajan of Team Wallace Sports stole the thunder with a dominating performance displaying therein his tremendous driving skills. In the allotted time frame the experienced pilot racer from Chennai completed 22 laps with a timing of 45:28:724. Finishing second with 22 laps in a timing of 45:28:952 was Akkhil Devrag from Team Rams Racing. And taking the third spot was Akkhils’s team mate Vishnu Prasad : 22 laps in a timing of 46:12:851. Race 1 in the Formula LGB Swift class saw Chennai youngster Vishnu Prasad of Team TVS Girling recording his maiden win in the National championship. Starting on pole, Vishnu blazed away to build up a comfortable lead from which there was no looking back. Finishing in second place was Vishnu’s team mate Sudarshana Rao from Bangalore while Prithveen Rajan of Team Wallace Sports came in third. Sudanand Rajan of Team Wallace Sports Dilip Roggers In Race 1 of the JK Tyre Super Bike Cup in the 600 cc expert class which featured some of the country’s top international riders, it was the young man from Chennai Dilip Rogger who came up with an enthralling display of speed which left the viewers breathless. Displaying superb riding skills and tremendous control Dilip – the fastest Indian on two wheelers and India’s first Asia GP racer - roared away on his Honda CBR bike to record a comprehensive win in his category. Dilip’s victory was all the more commendable as he stood first after he was imposed a 20 second fine for a false start. Finishing a distant second was S. Gopinandhan while Kiran Babu came in third. In the 600 cc general category Vivek Pillai took the honors with K.V.Balaji and Alisha Abdullah finishing second and third respectively. It was an all Bangalore show in the 1000 cc class with V. Vikram taking the chequered flag with a thumping win way ahead of his nearest rival Mazher Ahmed. Sanjay Kumar finished third. Earlier In the day the qualifying sessions Team TVS Girling took the top three positions in the grid for the Formula LGB Swift category. Chennai lad Vishnu Prasad took the pole with a lap timing of 01:57:214. Team mates Sudarshana Rao of Bangalore and Akkhil Devrag from Chennai will start in second and third places. In the Super Saloons category , it was Team Prime Racing taking the days honors with the top 3 grid positions. And dominating this category was the trio of veterans – Akbar Ebrahim in pole followed by B. Vijayakumar and C. Rajaram. Akbar had a lap timing of 02:01:945. In the Formula Rolon Chevrolet category, the pole was clinched by the defending Champion Gaurav Dalal of Red Rooster Racing, followed by Aditya Patel of Team Wallace Sports followed by another Red Rooster Sarosh Hataria. Apart from the winning trio of last year from Team Red Rooster - Gaurav Dalal, Sarosh Hataria and Akhil Khushlani - tomorrows races in the premium Formula Rolon Chevrolet category will also feature Ashwin Sundar from Team NK Racing. Ashwin will be racing in India in spite of his International racing commitments. Karthik Shankar who won last years Formula LGB Swift category drives for Team Rams Racing while another promising youngster and former champion Saran Vikram also joins the fray. The races on Sunday, 15th February will commence at 10 am. Entry for the public is free. Results : Formula LGB Hyundai Enduro :45 minutes 1. Sudanand Rajan 2.Akkhil Devrag 3.Vishnu Prasad Formula LGB Swift – 8 laps Race 1 : 1. Vishnu Prasad 15:51:203 2. Sudarshana Rao 15:53:096 3. Prithveen Rajan 15:57:869 Super Bikes 600 cc – Expert – 8 laps Race 1 : 1. Dilip Rogger 15:33:881 2. S. Gopinandhan 16:16:011 3. Kiran Babu 16:49:161 600 cc –General – 8 laps Race 1 : 1. Vivek Pillai 16:40:569 2. K.V.Balaji 16:45:553 3. Alisha Abdullah 17:05:936 Super Bikes 1000 cc – 8 laps Race 1 : 1. V. Vikram 15:41:779 2. Mazher Ahmed 16:19:726 3. Sanjay Kumar 16:40:793
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