Round 2 of MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship concludes

Round 2 of the MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship ended on Sunday at the MMRT track in Sriperumbudur which celebrated its silver jubilee this year.

In the Group B 165cc Open class, TVS Racing's Jagan Kumar finished first on his RTR 160 with little difficulty against fellow competitors such as Rajini Krishnan of Moto-Rev Yamaha and Harry Sylvester of TVS Racing who finished behind him in that order. Jagan swept up a lead by Turn-1 and slowly widened the gap during the race. He was quoted saying, "I had a good start and by the first corner, I was comfortably ahead. However, in the first three laps, I controlled the pace and was prepared to push, but I did not receive much of a challenge."

Jagan Kumar of TVS Racing powering to victory in the showpiece Group B (165cc) Open class on Day One of the second round of the MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship

On Day Two though, he had a stroke of bad luck with a flat tyre on his second lap, but managed to finish the race. Rajini grabbed this opportunity and placed first ahead of Harry Sylvester and Sarath Kumar of Ten10 Racing.

Rajini Krishnan of Moto-Rev Yamaha Racing, winner of the Group B (165cc) Open class race on Day Two of the MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship

In the Group C 165cc Open class race, Prabhu Arunagiri of Moto-Rev Yamaha Racing finished ahead of veteran Sumit Lucas Toppo of Pro Lap Racing and Ananth Raj P of Kingdom Racing India on Day One.

Prabhu Arunagiri of Moto-Rev Yamaha Racing team, winner of the Group C (165cc) Open race on Day One of the second round of the MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship

Day Two however saw Ananth Raj on top of the podium with Mathana Kumar S and Harikrishnan R of Ten10 Racing finishing behind him.

Ananth Raj P (Kingdom Racing India) on way to winning the Group C (165cc) Open class race on Day Two ?

Vishwadev Muraleedharan won both the Group D 165cc Novice class races in Round 2 extending his victories from Round 1 in Coimbatore. In both races, he was followed by Amarnath Menon K of Apex Racing Academy.

Vishwadev Muraleedharan of Sparks Racing leading the charge while winning the Group D (165cc) Novice race

In the one-make series Sumit Lucas Toppo won both races of the Honda One-Make Championship in the CBR250 Open Class after sweeping up quite an early lead from rival Sarath Kumar on Day Two.

Sumit Lucas Toppo (No 47), winner of the CBR 250 (Open) race in the Honda One Make Championship

Vishwadev Muraleedharan seemed to have quite a winning streak this weekend as he finished first in both races of the Suzuki Gixxer Cup in the Novice category in addition to his Group D victories.

Ananthraj (No 15) in the lead at the last corner while winning the Suzuki Gixxer Cup (Open) race

Similarly, Ananth Raj won both races of the Suzuki Gixxer Cup's Open class. The second race was red-flagged twice due to crashes and was finally reduced to two laps from the planned six.

Rajini Krishnan (centre) of Moto-Rev Yamaha Racing team, who won the Group B (165cc) Open race, flanked by second-placed Harry Sylvester of TVS Racing (right) and third placed Sarath Kumar of Ten10 Racing (left)

Results

Day 1:

• Group B 165cc Open Class (6 laps): 1.Jagan K, (TVS Racing) (11:42.156); 2.Rajini Krishnan (MotoRev Yamaha Racing) (11:53.477); 3.Harry Sylvester, TVS Racing (11:56.290)
• Group C 165cc Open Class (6 laps): 1.Prabhu Arunagiri (MotoRev Yamaha Racing) (12:41.384); 2.Sumit Lucas Toppo (Pro Lap Racing) (12:48.658); 3.Ananth Raj P (Kingdom Racing India ) (12:54.617)
• Group D 165cc Novice Class (6 laps): 1.Vishwadev Muraleedharan (Sparks Racing) (13:23.157); 2.Amarnath Menon K (Apex Racing Academy) (13:29.062); 3.K Kannan (United Tech Torque Racing ) (13:29.543)
•  Honda MMSC One-Make Championship

  • CBR 250 Open (6 laps): 1.Sumit Lucas Toppo (Pro Lap Racing) (12:25.390); 2.Sarath Kumar (Ten10 Racing) (12:42.021); 3.Rajiv Sethu (Ten10 Racing) (12:42.344).
  •  CBR 150 Novice (6 laps): 1.Kishor VS (07:47.256); 2.Piyush Ranjan (07:48.066); 3.Aravind B (07:48.175)

•  Suzuki Gixxer Cup

  • Open (6 laps): 1.Ananth Raj (13:26.065); 2.Sathish Kumar (13:27.125); 3.Prakash SK (13:27.363)
  • Novice (6 laps) (Short Loop): 1.Vishwadev Muraleedharan (07:50.103); 2.Malsawmdawngliana (07:52.466); 3.Amarnath Menon K (07:54.811)

Day 2:

• Group B 165cc Open Class (6 laps): 1.Rajni Krishnan (MotoRev Yamaha Racing) (11:53.132); 2.Harry Sylvester (TVS Racing) (11:56.599); 3.Sarath Kumar S (Ten10 Racing) (12:04.685)
• Group C 165cc Open Class (6 laps): 1.Ananth Raj P (Kingdom Racing) (12:52.761); 2.Mathana Kumar S (Ten10 Racing) (12:54.206); 3.Harikrishnan R (Ten10 Racing) (12: 54.925)
• Group D 165cc Novice Class (6 laps): 1.Vishwadev Muraleedharan (Sparks Racing) (13:29.846); 2.Amarnath Menon K (Apex Racing Academy) (13:33.463); 3.Shankar Guru A (13:34.610)
• Honda MMSC One-Make Championship

  • CBR 250 Open (6 laps): 1.Sumit Lucas Toppo (Pro Lap Racing) (12:28.972); 2.Sarath Kumar (Ten10 Racing) (12:46.138); 3.Harikrishnan R (Ten10 Racing) (12:50.970).
  • CBR 150 Novice (6 laps): 1.Sivanesan S (07:45.124); 2.Mahesh Murali M (07:45.334); 3.Aravind B (07:45.872)

• Suzuki Gixxer Cup

  • Open (2 laps): 1.Ananth Raj (04:35.370); 2.Arvind Ganesh (04:35.387); 3.Abhishek Vasudev (04:36.909) (Note: Race stopped at 50 per cent distance – Only half points awarded)
  • Novice (6 laps) (Short Loop):1.Vishwadev Muraleedharan (7:45.498); 2.Malsawmdawngliana (7:46.583); 3.Amarnath Menon K (7: 47.195)