K.Y. Ahamed scored a sensational last-lap victory in the Super Sport Indian 165cc class to lead a one-two finish for TVS Racing in the fourth round of the MRF MMSC FNSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship at the MMRT here on Saturday.
On a day which witnessed crashes in virtually every race, Prabhu Arunagiri of Team Alisha Abdullah took the honours in the Pro-Stock 301-400cc class race that was red-flagged and re-started.
Senthil Kumar (Honda Ten10 Racing) was gifted a victory in the Pro-Stock 165cc race after leader and teammate Mithun Kumar went down.
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Close fight
Meanwhile, Ann Jennifer, a 17-year old collegian from Chennai, chalked up her third win of the season in the Girls (Stock, 165cc) race after surviving a close fight with Sparks Racing teammate Ryhana Bee.
The final outcome of the Super Sport race was in suspense till the last lap with Ahamed, defending champion Jagan Kumar and Honda Ten10 Racing’s Rajiv Sethu locked in a tight battle.
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On the last lap, going into the right-hander before the Bridge Complex ‘S’, Sethu ran wide and crashed even as Jagan dipped on the inside to overtake.
It put Ahamed in the clear as he flashed across the finish line ahead of his mentor Jagan for his third win of the season.
Honda Ten10 Racing’s Mathana Kumar came home a distant third, followed by teammate Sarath Kumar while Sethu picked himself up to finish fifth.
The results (provisional):
Super Sport Indian 165cc (Race-1, six laps): 1. K.Y. Ahamed (11:43.269); 2. Jagan Kumar (11:43.938); 3. S. Mathana Kumar (11:47.955).
Pro-Stock 301cc-400cc (Race-1, five laps): 1. Prabhu Arunagiri (9:47.289); 2. Rahil Shetty (9:53.426); 3. Peddu Sri Harsha (9:58.214).
Pro-Stock 165cc (Race-1, six laps): 1. Senthil Kumar (12:09.582); 2. Kevin Kannan (12:11.485); 3. Rahil Shetty (12:11.778).
Girls (Stock, 165cc, five laps): 1. A.S. Ann Jennifer (11:11.767); 2. Ryhana Bee (11:12.072); 3. Shruthi Nagarajan (11:25.611).
Yamaha-MMSC One-Make Championship (Novice, Race-1, 5 laps): 1. Varun Sobhan (Cherthala) 11:07.221; 2. Ajai Xavier (Pune) 11:07.843; 3. Hari Prasath (Vellore) 11:20.423.