Arjun Maini dominates Junior category
Kolhapur, June 12, 2011: Round 2 of the 8th edition of the JK Tyre FMSCI National Rotax Max Karting Championship 2011 saw dominating performances by Arjun Maini emerge as leader in the Junior category at the Circuit 09 track in Kolhapur.

In the Junior Max category, all eyes were on Jehan Daruvala and Dhruv Mohite out of the 12 karters in the fray.It was a battle for the top position between Mumbai lad Jehan Daruvala from Team Rayo Racing and 13 year old Kolhapur boy Dhruv Mohite from Team Mohites Racing.With an absolute control over his machine, Jehan came up with a scorching performance to record a very comfortable win.Finishing in a very distant second place was Dhruv Mohite and third place was taken by Mumbai boy Arya Gandhi from Team Rayo Racing.

After a comfortable win in the pre–finals, Jehan Daruvala started off in the lead position in the formation lap.After a disappointing qualifying and pre–finals, there was manifold improvement in Arjun Maini from Team Maini Racing as he was back in form and took charge of the grid in the third slot after overtaking Arya Gandhi and slowly making his way to the lead. After ruling the tracks in the few initial laps, Jehan was overtaken by Dhruv Mohite and there was a fierce battle between Jehan and Arjun for the second place.The game entirely changed when Arjun overtook Dhruv in the last few laps of the race.From there it was no looking back for Arjun as he led his way to the chequered flag.Following him closely was Dhruv Mohite in the second place.Jehan who started off well could not hold on to his pole position and finished third in the final race.