Bengaluru: Jagan Kumar from Chennai (TVS Racing) and Bengaluru’s Sofyyan Ahamed (Quick Shift Racing) secured a double each in the first round of the MMSC FMSCI National Drag Racing Championship at the Taneja Aerospace facility near here on Saturday.
Jagan, riding a TVS RTR Apache, clocked 14.250 seconds for the 400-metre sprint in the ‘Up to 165cc’ class, finishing ahead of K.Y. Ahmed. Later, he claimed top spot in the Indian Open class too with a time of 13.484, which was the quickest in the National Championship category.
“I could have probably clocked a better timing had I reacted to the start lights faster. I am not used to having lights so low. So, my reaction time was a bit slow, and I also did a wheelie unintentionally, but it was a good run nevertheless,” said Jagan, the National track racing champion.
Also achieving a double was Sofyyan Ahamed, who topped in the 360cc and 225cc classes of the National Championship. The championship concludes on Sunday, when the super-bikes and cars compete.
Provisional results (National Championship — all 4-Stroke): Indian Open: 1. Jagan Kumar 13.484s; 2. Ashwin Kumar 13.707; 3. Aiyaz 13.723.
Up to 550cc: 1. Zaker Baig 13.689; 2. Aiyaz 13.725; 3. Anantharaj 13.946.
Up to 360cc: 1. Sofyyan Ahamed 15.410; 2. R. Avinash 15.944; 3. Abdul Hafeez 17.130.
Up to 225cc: 1. Sofyyan Ahamed 15.527; 2. R. Avinash 15.831; 3. V. Harsha 16.604.
Up to 165cc: 1. Jagan Kumar 14.250; 2. K.Y. Ahmed 14.385; 3. Khalid Pasha 15.796.
MMSC Drag Races (2-Stroke — winners only): Kalim Pasha (Indian Open), Attaullah Baiq (350cc), Md. Touheed (165cc), and Khalid Pasha (130cc).
