MMSC FMSCI Indian National Racing Championship Round 4 Day 1

CHENNAI: Sudanand Daniel of Anish Racing team brought into play all his experience and rode his luck to win the Formula LGB1300 race in the fourth round of the MMSC FMSCI Indian National Racing Championship at the MMRT track here on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Karthik Tharani Singh pulled off a near-perfect lap at the fag end of the qualifying session to pip Arjun Narendran to the pole position in the MRF F1600 category.

Tharani Singh, the championship leader ahead of Parekh by just one point, enjoyed a fruitful morning when he topped the time charts during free practice and carried the form into qualifying session.

Daniel, starting third on the grid, was involved in a close fight with championship leader and team-mate Mohit Aryan as the two exchanged places at the front of the pack after pole-sitter Prashanth failed to start the race due to a gear-box problem.

Aryan, with Daniel hot on his heels, seemed to hold position until he spun with about three laps of the 10 left. Daniel needed no second invitation and forged ahead to score a comfortable win while Aryan finished third behind Chetan Korada of Wallace Sports.

“It was a good race. Mohit (Aryan) and I were on the same pace, but I kept up the pressure and when he spun entering the Bridge Complex section, I moved ahead,” said Daniel who is an airline pilot by profession.

Siddharth Sundaram (Red Rooster Racing), an automobile student from Coimbatore, and Varun Anekar of Race Concepts came up trumps in the Indian Junior Touring Cars and Super Stock classes, respectively, after surviving early battles that saw several cars coming into contact with one another up and down the grid.

Arjun Narendran of Red Rooster Racing, put in a fine lap to grab the pole position in the Indian Touring Cars class ahead of team-mate Ashish Ramaswamy and veteran B Vijayakumar (Prime Racing).

The results (provisional):

Formula LGB1300 (10 laps): Sudanand Daniel (Anish Racing) 1 (19:43.654); Chetan Korada (Wallace Sports) 2 (19:52.244); Mohit Aryan (Anish Racing) 3 (19:57.597).

Indian Junior Touring Cars (10 laps): Sidharth Sundaram (Red Rooster Racing) 1 (20:46.598); Keith D’Souza (Unimek Racing) 2 (21:01.410); Anant Pithawalla (Team N1) 3 (21:04.337).

Super Stock (10 laps): Varun Anekar (Race Concepts) 1 (21:54.627); Sudanand Daniel (Performance Racing) 2 (21:59.438); Imran Majid (Team Game Over) 3 (22:20.077).

Qualifying – MRF F1600: Karthik Tharani Singh (Chennai) 1 (1:42.850); Arjun Narendran (Coimbatore) 2 (1:43.695); Goutham Parekh (Chennai) 3 (1:43.870).

Indian Touring Cars: Arjun Narendran (Red Rooster Racing) 1 (01:52.597); Ashish Ramaswamy (Red Rooster Racing) 2 (01:54.859); B Vijayakumar (Prime Racing) 3 (01:55.200).

CAPTIONS:

Image-1: Karthik Tharanisingh who qualified for pole position in the MRF F1600 category in the fourth round of the MMSC FMSCI Indian National Racing Championship in Chennai on Saturday.

Image-2: Arjun Narendran of Red Rooster Racing on way to pole position in the Indian Touring Cars category at the fourth round of the MMSC FMSCI Indian National Racing Championship in Chennai on Saturday.

Image-3: Sudanand Daniel of Anish Racing (No.26), winner of the Formula LGB1300 race, edging ahead of team-mate Mohit Aryan in the fourth round of the MMSC FMSCI Indian National Racing Championship on Saturday.

Image-4: Sidharth Sundaram of Red Rooster Racing (No.11) leading the pack on way to winning the Indian Junior Touring Cars race in the fourth round of the MMSC FMSCI Indian National Racing Championship in Chennai on Saturday.

Image-5: Varun Anekar of Race Concepts (No.88) powering his way through the corner while winning the Super Stock race in the fourth round of the MMSC FMSCI Indian National Racing Championship in Chennai on Saturday.