BENGALURU: Pratap Jayaram (Mantra Racing) won the Indian Open class for cars at the MMSC FMSCI National Drag Racing Championship at the Taneja Aerospace facility near Bengaluru on Sunday.
Riding a fully modified Reva, Jayaram clocked 11.055 seconds for the 400 metres dash. If not for a problem with his engine, he could have clocked a faster time.
It did have an effect elsewhere, as Jayaram couldn’t enter the Unrestricted class because the vehicle couldn’t be repaired in time. Joel Joseph won the title with a timing of 11.992s.
In the Unrestricted class under Superbikes, Rizwan Khan took the honours in 9.746 seconds, just fractions ahead of Mohd Riyaz (9.898)
Provisional results (National Championship): Cars: Unrestricted: 1. Joel Joseph, 11.992s; 2. Stephen Pachigalla, 13.166; 3. V. Jayant, 13.898.
Indian Open: 1. Pratap Jayaram, 11.055; 2. Joel Joseph, 12:042; 3. Jagadish Gowda, 12.653s.
MMSC Drag Races (Pro-Stock, winners only): Pavan Rangaraj (1450cc), Dheeraj Manae (1450cc), Siddharth Singh Jhala (2550cc), Vineet Abhiram (3050cc), Vivek Ramachander (2050cc Diesel).
Superbikes: Unrestricted: 1. Rizwan Khan, 9.746; 2. Md Riyaz 9.898; 3. Stephen Pachigalla, 10.110.
Above 1050cc: 1. Zubair Ali Jung, 10.647; 2. Mohammed Asif Ullah, 10.812; 3. Y.A. Naveen, 11.133.
Up to 1050cc: 1. Rameez Khan, 9.820; 2. Md Riyaz, 9.874; 3. Rizwan Khan, 9.942.
Up to 750cc: 1. Mohammed Asif Ullah, 11.530; 2. Aftab Khan, 11.714; 3. Zubair Ali Jung, 11.735.
