Jagan Kumar of TVS Racing produced yet another commanding performance to seal the premium Super Sport Indian (165cc) class title on the penultimate day of the fifth and final round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National motorcycle racing championship at the MMRT track, Sriperumbudur, on Saturday.
With just one more race on Sunday and a maximum of 25 points available, 28-year-old Jagan, who registered his fourth win from nine starts, took his tally to 166, well beyond the reach of his nearest rival and teammate Kannan Subramaniam (122).
Spaniard Ami van Poederooijen (Rockstar Racing) clinched the Super Sport Indian 300-400cc, claiming his sixth win in nine races.
Anthony Peter (Performance Racing) despite finishing behind Bengaluru’s R.L. Yashas in the concluding Stock 165cc race earned sufficient points to win the title ahead of Anish Shetty.
The results (provisional): (all six laps unless mentioned): National Championship – Super Sport Indian (300-400cc): 1. Ami van Poederooijen (Rockstar Racing) (12mins, 09.200secs); 2. Amarnath Menon (Rockstar Racing) (12:13.491); 3. Abhishek Vasudev (Rockstar Racing) (12:20.926).
Super Sport Indian (165cc): 1. Jagan Kumar (TVS Racing) (12:14.805); Harry Sylvester (TVS Racing) (12:16.422); 3. Mathana Kumar (Honda Ten10 Racing) (12:18.772).
Pro Stock (165cc): 1. Rajiv Sethu (Honda Ten10 Racing) (12:43.867); 2. Mithun Kumar (Honda Ten10 Racing) (12:48.541); 3. Prabhu Arunagiri (RACR) (12:49.197).
Stock (165cc): 1. Yashas RL (Bengaluru) (13:28.353); 2. Antony Peter (Performance Racing) (13:28.368); 3. Soorya PM (Speed Up Racing) (13:28.513).
MMSC One-Make Championship – TVS Apache RTR 200 (Open): 1. Kannan Karnan (Chennai) (13:22.756); 2. Arun Muthukrishnan (Chennai) (13:23.539); 3. Prashanth Kumar (Karimnagar) (13:23.605). Novice: 1. Yashas RL (Bengaluru) (09:13.274); 2. Peddu Sriharsha (Chennai) (09:15.052); 3. Aditya Rao Immaneni (Bengaluru) (09:17.922).
Honda CBR 250 (Open): 1. Hari Krishnan R (Honda Ten10 Racing) (15:06.767); 2. Mathana Kumar S (Honda Ten10 Racing) (15:07.349); 3. P. Ananth Raj (Pro Lap Racing) (15:07.919). CBR 150 (Novice, 4 laps): 1. Piyush Ranjan (Patna) (09:05.163); 2. M. Mahesh Murali (Kerala) (09:07.506); 3. P.M. Soorya (Chennai) (09:08.460).
Suzuki Gixxer Cup (Novice, 4 laps): 1. Joseph Mathew (Chennai) (09:11.643); 2. S. Vishal (Chennai) (09:22.692); 3. A.S. Alexander (Chennai) (09:24.259).
All Ladies support races (4 laps) – Honda: 1. Aishwarya Pissay (Bengaluru) (09:27.007); 2. A. Ryhana Bee (Chennai) (09:39.365); Niranjanie Ravishankar (Chennai) (09:56.603). Alisha Abdullah Training Academy (4 laps): 1. R. Haritha (Bangalore) (9:41.731); 2. Olesya V Dias (Goa) (10:09.644); 3. Renuka Gajendran (Bangalore) (10:29.673) .