Chennai’s R. Hari Krishnan (Honda Ten10 Racing) and Jagan Kumar (TVS Racing) showed their might in the Rolon round of the MRF MMSC-FMSCI Indian National motorcycle racing championship here on Sunday.
Hari, who won Race 1 on Saturday, completed a double in the pro-stock 165 class while Jagan dominated the super sport Indian category.
Hari won a close battle with Vivek Pillai in Race 2 for a double delight. Jagan, on the other hand, got off to a flying start and kept his lead to finish ahead of teammate Harry Sylvester.
Sri Lanka’s Aaron Gunawardena, the 13-year-old who participates in the Suzuki Asia Challenge (underbone class), won a double in the Suzuki Gixxer Cup (novice) category.
A couple of crashes late in the afternoon led to the cancellation of the day’s last two races. Prativ Selvaraj crashed in the Suzuki Gixxer Cup Open and was rushed to Ortho-One hospital in the trackside ambulance.
He was subsequently discharged after precautionary x-ray and treatment.
In the next race (Honda CBR 250 Open), Rajiv Sethu of Honda Ten10 Racing suffered a hip injury following a crash and was also rushed to the same hospital in the second ambulance.
The race was red-flagged after six laps.
With a minimum of two ambulances required to be present at the track as per safety norms, but only one available trackside, the officials decided to cancel the day’s remaining two races on safety grounds.
The results (provisional):
National championship: Super Sport Indian: Race 2 (10 laps): 1. Jagan Kumar (TVS Racing) 12:50.845 secs; 2.Harry Sylvester (TVS Racing); 3.Sarath Kumar (Honda Ten10 Racing).
Pro-Stock 165: Race 2 (10 laps): 1. R. Hari Krishnan (Honda Ten10 Racing) 13:18.461; 2. S. Vivek Pillai (Pvt.); 3. Prabhu Arunagiri (Rajini Academy for CR).
Stock 165: Race 1 (10 laps): 1. A.D. Shetty (United Tech Torque Racing) 13:30.661; 2. E. Antony Peter (RMC Racing); 3.S.S. Sannake (Pro Lap Racing).
MMSC One-Make championship: MMSC-Honda CBR 250 Open (10 laps): Race 1: 1. S. Mathana Kumar (Honda Ten10 Racing) 13:10.588; 2. S. Rajiv (Honda Ten10 Racing); 3. V.S Kishoar (Apex Racing Academy).
Race 2: V. Abhishek (Rock Star Racing) 7:56.852; 2. S. Rajiv; 3. S. Mathana Kumar.
MMSC-Honda CBR 150 Novice: Race 1 (6 laps): 1. Anish D. Shetty (Hubballi) 8:48.209; 2. Mahesh Murali (Kerala); 3. Shreyas Shankar (Miraj). Race 2: 1. Anish D. Shetty 9:14.565; 2.Shreyas Shankar; 3. Shane Thompson (Bengaluru).
MMSC-TVS Apache RTR 200 Open: Race 1 (10 laps): 1. Kannan Subramaniam (Chennai) 13:40.259; 2. R. Arvind Ganesh (Chennai); 3.G.A.Sunil (Chennai).
MMSC-TVS Apache RTR 200: Novice (6 laps): 1. R.L. Yashas (Bengaluru) 09:20.159; 2. R. Hari Prasath (Chennai); 3. R. Asfak Ahamed (Coimbatore).
Suzuki Gixxer Cup Open (10 laps): 1. B. Rajnikanth (Chennai) 15:17.444; 2. Vivek Mani (Chennai); 3. V. Prabhu (Chennai).
Suzuki Gixxer Cup (Novice): Race 2 (6 laps): 1. Aaron Gunawardena (Sri Lanka) 9:15.735; 2. Joseph P. Mathew (Chennai); 3. Amarnath Rajan (Chennai).
