MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship round 4 day 2

CHENNAI: Jagan Kumar (TVS Racing) and Mathana Kumar (Ten10 Racing) made it a day to remember by completing a double each in the fourth and penultimate round of the MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship on Sunday at the MMRT track which is celebrating its silver jubilee season.

 One of the stars of the weekend was 21-year old Kannan Karnan, a mechanic from Chennai, who rode away with three wins, including a double in the Yamaha R15 Novice category of the MMSC One-Make Championship and one in the Group D (165cc) Novice class of the National Championship.

 Riding the superbly tuned RTR with aplomb, Jagan Kumar stamped his authority on the top-end Group B (165cc) Open class by winning both the races over the weekend.

 As in the first race on Saturday, Jagan Kumar opened a massive lead by the end of the first lap and went on to win by the proverbial country mile with his TVS Racing team-mate, 19-year old KY Ahmed trailing in second place ahead of Moto-Rev Yamaha Racing team’s Deepak Ravikumar.

 The double saw Jagan Kumar move to the top of the championship standings in his category with a tally of 112 points ahead of veteran Rajini Krishnan (95) who finished third in the first race and fourth in the second after starting from the back of the grid. Championship leader Harry Sylvester slipped two places to third.

 Mathana Kumar, with his second double of the season, exerted similar dominance in the Group C (165cc) Open class and jumped three places in championship stakes to the top spot with a tally of 118 points. In the process, he pushed championship leader Ananth Raj (115) to second place and Sumit Lucas Toppo (96) to third.

 Kannan Karnan’s win in the Group D (165cc) Novice class race moved him to the top of the championship table in this category with 102 points, ahead of Aravind B (94) and Vishwadev Mraleedharan (93) who had won the first race on Saturday.

 The MMSC One-Make Championship saw Ten10 Racing’s Sarath Kumar (Honda CBR 250), Aravind Ganesh (TVS RTR 180 Open) and Satish Kumar (TVS Novice) also chalking up a double each over the weekend.

 The two wins helped Sarath Kumar to pick up 50 points which boosted his tally to 136 on the leaderboad, well clear of other contenders.

 Aravind Ganesh took his championship tally to 83 points, nine clear of KY Ahamed while Satish Kumar moved to the top in his class with 80 points.

 Kannan Karnan was equally dominating in the Yamaha R15 Novice category as his two wins took him clear of the field in the championship stakes, raking up 100 points while Mithun Kumar, with a win and a second place, forged ahead in the Yamaha R15 Open class with a tally of 86 points.

 Sivanesan, with a victory in the second race of the Honda CBR 150 class, moved to the top of the championship table in his category while Ananth Raj (156 points) and Vishwadev Muraleedharan (162) consolidated their positions at the top of the leaderboard in the Suzuki Gixxer Cup Open and Novice categories, respectively.

 Provisional results (all 6 laps unless mentioned):

 National Championship - Group B (165cc) Open (5 laps): Jagan K (TVS Racing) 1 (09 mins, 43.775 secs); KY Ahamed (TVS Racing) 2 (9:48.389); Deepak Ravikumar (Moto Rev Yamaha Racing) 3 (9:55.729).

 Group C (165cc) Open: Mathana Kumar S (Ten10 Racing) 1 (10:33.654); Vivek Pillai S (Ten10 Racing) 2 (10:35.671); Prabhu A (Moto Rev Yamaha Racing) 3 (10:38.368).

 Group D (165cc) Novice (4 laps): Kannan Karnan (Moto Rev Yamaha Racing) 1 (8:49.963); Vishwadev Muraleedharan (Sparks Racing) 2 (8:53.432); Aravind B (privateer) 3 (9:1.600).

 MMSC One-Make Championship – Yamaha R15 (Open): Shyam Shankar (Chennai) 1 (13:24.912); Mithun Kumar PK (Chennai) 2 (13:24.960); Prabhu V (Chennai) 3 (13:34.843). Novice (Short Loop): Kannan Karnan (Chennai) 1 (7:55.268); Daniel Shoham John Philip (Chennai) 2 (7:58.125); Deva U (Chennai) 3 (8: 04.733).

 TVS RTR 180 (Open): Aravind Ganesh R (Chennai) 1 (13:29.335); Kannan S (Chennai) 2 (13:29.478); Arun Muthukrishnan (Chennai) 3 (13:40.009). Novice (Short Loop): Sathish Kumar L (Chennai) 1 (08:06.606); Udipta Kumar Rath (Bhubaneswar) 2 (08:06.906); Romario J (Chennai) 3 (08:07.249).

 Suzuki Gixxer Cup (Open): Ananth Raj P (Chennai) 1 (13:24.979); Sathish Kumar A (Chennai) 13: 25.212); Vivian Gladwin David (Kanpur) 3 (13:25.628). Novice (Short Loop): Vishwadev Muraleedharan (Coimbatore) 1 (07:49.705); Amarnath Menon K (Kerala) 2 (07:49.789); Ajeesh A (Nagercoil) 3 (08:05.880).

 Honda CBR 250 (Open): Sarath Kumar (Ten10 Racing) 1 (12:23.504); Sumit Lucas Toppo (Pro Lap Racing) 12:28.474); Mathana Kumar S (Ten10 Racing) 3 (12:33.053). Honda CBR 150 (Novice, Short Loop): Sivanesan S (Chennai) 1 (7:43.647); Aravind B (Chennai) 2 (7:44.059); Shane Thompson P (Bangalore) 3 (7:45.148).

 CAPTIONS

 Image-1: Jagan Kumar of TVS Racing (centre), winner of the Group B (165cc) Open class race flanked by second placed team-mate KY Ahmed (right) and third placed Deepak Ravikumar of Moto-Rev Yahama Racing team in the fourth round of the MMSC Indian National Morocycle Racing Championship in Chennai on Sunday.

 Image-2: Kannan Karnan (No.10) of Moto-Rev Yamaha Racing, winner of the Group C (165cc) Novice race in the fourth round of the MMSC Indian National Morocycle Racing Championship in Chennai on Sunday. Kannan also won a double in the Yamaha R15Novice category.

 Image-3: Jagan Kumar of TVS Racing, who achieved a double in the Group B (165cc) Open class race in the fourth round of the MMSC Indian National Morocycle Racing Championship in Chennai on Sunday.

 Image-4: Mathana Kumar of Ten10 Racing, who won both the races in the Group C (165cc) Open class in the fourth round of the MMSC Indian National Morocycle Racing Championship in Chennai on Sunday.

 Image-5: Sarath Kumar of Ten10 Racing on way to scoring a double in the Honda CBR 250 class in the MMSC Honda One-Make Championship in Chennai on Sunday.