Chidanand-Sujith win pro-stock class; Moorthy-Nagarajan top expert class

Bangalore, 9 Dec 2013: MD Ganesh Moorthy along with navigator T Nagarajan drove a well-judged rally to take the top honours in the Pro-Expert class while Chidanand-Sujith pair won the stock category of the IMG TSD Rally, the 4th round of the Indian National TSD Rally Championship, organised by Karnataka Motor Sports Club (KMSC) which was run along with the The Naveen Kanth Memorial Green Run here on Sunday. Babno Machaiah and Raja G Natarajan pair came second while championship leaders Karthick Maruthi and Sankar Anand finished third.

Ganesh, thus bulldozed himself to the second place bridging the gap in the Drivers’ championship standings to two points. Karthick Maruthi who came third is leading the table with 70 points while Ganesh now has 68 points. Babno Machaiah, who came second today is in third place with 61 points.

In the Pro-Stock class, favourites Chidananda Murthy and veteran navigator Sujith Kumar BS won with a huge margin in a Tata Indica to take a lead in the championship while Alfred Rayamond and Sugumaran came second in their Santro while Gopalakrishnan and Prakash steered their Esteem to a third place finish.

Amarnath GJ who was leading the Drivers’ championship before this legs with 40 points finished a poor seventh and is now pipped to second on the table. The 5th and final round will be held at Coimbatore on Dec 22.

Veteran rider, who took to cars in the recent years, switched to bikes once again and along with Jeevarathinam won the Naveen Memorial Green Run. In the cars section, Phalguna and Sekhar won the Pro-Expert class while Madhu Chandra and Kumar M topped the pro-Stock class.

Results (unaudited):

Pro-Expert class: 1. MD Ganesh Moorthy/ T Nagarajan (Mahindra Bolero) 00:50 seconds; 2. Babno Machaiah C/ Raja G Natarajan (Maruti Esteem) 00: 57; 3. KP Karthick Maruthi/ S Sankar Anand (Mahindra Scorpio) 01: 05.

Pro-Stock class: 1. Chidananda Murthy/ Sujith Kumar BS (Tata Indica) 01: 10; 2. Alfred Rayamond/ Suguraman (Hyundai Santro) 01:43; 3. S Gopalakrishnan/ M Prakash (Maruti Esteem) 02:06.

Naveen Memorial Green Run (Bikes): 1. V Venu Ramesh Kumar/ Jeevarathinam (Suzuki Fiero) 05:40; 2. Jathin Akash Kumar/ Arjun SSB (Honda Unicorn) 07:41; 3. Suresh Babu Vidivala/ Veer Kumar (Yamaha RX 135) 13:20.

Naveen Memorial Green Run (Cars – Pro Expert): 1. Phalguna/ Sekhar V (VW Polo) 01:48; 2. Shivam Garg/ Velmurgan (Maruti Alto) 03:45; 3. Manjunath BB/ Yohan Robin Kumar (Maruti Swift) 19:07.

Naveen Memorial Green Run (Cars – Pro Stock): 1. Madhu Chandra/ Kumar M (Maruti Baleno) 07:28; 2. Sai Prasad/ Ganesh (Maruti Baleno) 33:22; 3. Raveendra/ Abarijathan (Maruti SX4) 38:52.

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