Bengaluru-based fitness trainer Anish Damodara Shetty (Idemitsu Honda Ten10 Racing) posted his sixth win in a row to clinch the Pro-Stock 201-300cc title in the fifth and final round of the MRF-MMSC fMSCI National motorcycle racing championships here on Saturday.
Meanwhile, 15-year-old Mohamed Mikail from Chennai chalked up his sixth consecutive win and seventh from eight starts in the NSF 250R (FIM Moto3-spec bikes) category of the Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup. Finishing second behind Mikail was 12-year-old Sarthak Shrikant Chavan from Pune.
Also scoring a decisive win was Abhimanyu Gautam (Sparks Racing) from Jind, Haryaya, in the Novice (Stock 165cc) category to move to the top of the leaderboard in this class.
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Experienced Sarath Kumar (Idemitsu Honda Ten10 Racing) eked out a close win over TVS Racing’s Jagan Kumar to jump into championship lead in the Pro-Stock 165cc category. He leads teammate Rajiv Sethu by six points.
The results (Provisional, all 6 laps unless mentioned):
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Pro-Stock 201-300cc (Race-1, 4 laps): 1. Ansih D Shetty (Idemitsu Honda Ten10 Racing) (08:02.611); 2. S. Mathana Kumar (Honda Erula Atomic Racing) (08:04.556); 3. P.K. Mithun Kumar (Honda Erula Atomic Racing) (08:06.279).
Pro-Stock 165cc (Race-1, 4 laps): 1. S. Sarath Kumar (Idemitsu Honda Ten10 Racing) (08:05.465); 2. K Jagan Kumar (TVS Racing) (08:05.639); 3. K. Kannan (Idemitsu Honda Ten10 Racing) (08:06.066).
Novice (Stock 165cc) Race-1: 1. Abhimanyu Gautam (Sparks Racing) (13:05.011); 2. Manoj Y (Team Motomaniacz Racing) (13:08.802); 3. Annish Samson (Team Speed-Up Racing) (13:08.970).
One-Make Championship organised by MMSC: Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup – NSF 250R (Race-1): 1. Md Mikail (Chennai) (11:07.289); 2. Sarthak Shrikant Chavan (Pune) (11:10.531); 3. Kritik Vasant Habib (Gadag) (11:10.624). CBR 150 (Race-1): 1. Lal Nunsanga (Aizwal) (13:11.576); 2. AS James (Chennai) (13:14.024); 3. Samuel Martin (Bengaluru) (13:15.938).
TVS Open (RR 310) Race-1): 1. P.M. Soorya (Chennai) (11:56.038); 2. R. Anand (Chennai) (11:57.899); 3. Sivanesan Sethu (Chennai) (12:00.715). Novice (RTR 200) Race-1: 1. Anish Samson (Bengaluru) (13:13.028); 2. V. Manoj (Chennai) (13:13.061); 3. Ullas Santrupt (Bengaluru) (13:13.188).
Girls (RTR 200) 5 laps: 1. Lakiya Lee (Chennai) (11:29.416); 2. Nivetha Jessica (Chennai) (11:39.457); 3. Haritha Muralikrishnan (Chennai) (11:40.534) .