K. Rajini of Moto-Rev India continued his dominant showing by winning the second race in the Group ‘A' Super Bikes 600 CC Open category in the fourth round of the FMSCI National motorcycle racing championship at Irungattukottai near here on Sunday.
R. Deepak and Rohit Giri of Preethi Racing finished second and third respectively. M. Gautham, who came third in the first race on Saturday, failed to finish. The race began as a tight contest with Deepak breathing down the neck of K. Rajini in the first five laps.
However, Rajini maintained his composure to seal the race almost 10 seconds ahead of Deepak. With this win, Rajini has 70 points and remains atop the championship standings in the Super Bikes category.
Deepak is close on his heels with 64 points. The fifth and final round of the championship will be held here between September 30 and October 2.
The results: Group A: Super Bikes 600 CC (Race two): 1. K. Rajini (Moto-Rev) 14:29.911; 2. R. Deepak (Preethi Racing) 14:39.295; 3. Rohit Giri (Preethi Racing) 14:45.379. Group B: 4S 165 CC Open (Race two): 1. R. Deepak 11:47.561; 2. P. Devakumar (Thunderbolt) 12:10.955; 3. Harry Sylvester (TVS Racing) 12:13.411. Group D: 4S 165 CC Open (Race one): 1. Shyam Shankar (Moto-Rev) 13:22.434; 2. P. Devakumar 13:22.519; 3. D. Dinesh Kumar (Moto-Rev) 13:29.606. Group D: 4S 165 CC Open (Race two): 1. D. Dinesh Kumar 13:11.748; 2. A. Prabhu (Moto-Rev) 13:12.628; 3. Shyam Shankar 13:13.740. Group D: 4S 165 CC Novice (Race two): 1. E.B. Arjun 11:23.597; 2. N. Abhishek (Moto-Rev) 11:28.662; 3. V. Abhishek (Apex Racing) 11:29.595. Group D: 4S 130 CC Novice (Race two): 1. P. Anand Raj (TVS Racing) 12:05.137; 2. Abdul Wahab 12:13.439; 3. Rajesh Rathina Kumar (TVS Racing) 12:16.503.
Yamaha R15 Open (Race two): 1. K. Vinoth 13:13.589; 2. D. Dinesh Kumar 13:14.263; 3. Arun J. Pillai 13:14.993. Honda Twister Novice (Race two): 1. J. Allwyn Jebaz 11:32.523; 2. S. Prativ 11:33.129; 3. Kr. Sanjay 11:33.191. Honda CBR 150 CC Open: 1. M. Sudhakar 13:22.434; 2. Aravind Ganesh 13:22.519; 3. Deepak Papineni 13:29.606. Yamaha R15 Novice (Race two): 1. S. Madan 10:20.386; 2. J. Allwyn Jebaz 10:24.446; 3. Vivek Mani 10:27.367. Honda Stunner (Race two): 1. M. Sudhakar 14:09.904; 2. S. Padmanabhan 14:10.100; 3. R. Thamarai Kannan 14:14.342. Honda CBR 250 CC Open: 1. Shyam Shankar 13:09.724; 2. Sumit Lucas Toppo 13:09.927; 3. S. Vivek Pillai 13:15.894.
