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Deepak Paul Chinnappa takes ITC pole: MMSC Indian National Racing Championship

Deepak Paul Chinnappa (Bengaluru), who took pole position in Indian Touring Cars class in Chennai on 15 Sept 2017. Image by Anand Philar

Chennai, 15 Sept. 2017: Bengaluru drivers Deepak Paul Chinnappa of Race Concepts and schoolboy Yash Aradhya grabbed pole positions in their respective categories while Hyderabadā€™s Anindith Reddy was overall quickest in the MRF F1600 practice session in the fifth and final round of the MRF MMSC fmsci Indian National Racing Championship at the MMRT track here on Friday.

Championship contenders Anindith Reddy and Sandeep Kumar (Chennai) set the early pace in the two practice sessions. Anindith was overall quickest, albeit by a mere three-hundredth of a second with a best of one minute, 40.130 seconds to Sandeep Kumarā€™s 01:40.164, but the real battle lies over the weekend when three races are scheduled after Saturdayā€™s qualifying session.

Behind the leaders was local challenger Chetan Korada who showed improvement with every lap, clocking a best of 01:40.815 and then going even quicker in the second session when he did a 01:40.350.

The qualifying session in the premier Indian Touring Cars class reflected the closeness of contest among the front-runners. Chinnappa who leads the championship by just seven points, was the quickest in both the practice sessions, and followed it up with a blistering lap of 01:53.068 in the qualifying ahead of the Red Rooster Performance pair of defending champion Arjun Narendran (01:53.132), second in the championship, and Ashish Ramaswamy (01:53.140).

Yash Aradhya (Momentum Motorsport), second on the leaderboard, topped the charts in both the Formula LGB 1300 categories (National and Rookie Cup) categories in the qualifying, well clear of team-mate Puneā€™s Aanjan Patodia (DTS) and championship leader Arya Singh (DTS Racing).

Also finishing on pole in their respective categories were: Mihkhail Merchant of Team Game Over (Indian Junior Touring Cars), Bala Vijay of Performance Racing (Super Stock) and Raghul Rangasamy of Performance Racing (Esteem Cup) while Mumbaiā€™s Saurav Bandyopadhyay qualified first in the Volkswagen Ameo Cup.

The results (qualifying):

Indian Touring Cars: 1. Deepak Paul Chinnappa (Race Concepts) (01min, 53.068secs); 2. Arjun Narendran (Red Rooster Performance) (01:53.132); 3. Ashish Ramaswamy (Red Rooster Performance) (01:53.140).

Formula LGB 1300 (National): 1. Yash Aradhya (Momentum MotorSport) (01: 50.749); 2. Aanjan Patodia (Momentum Motorsport) (01: 51.052); 3. Rupesh Siva Kumar (DTS Racing) (01: 51.376). Rookie Cup: 1. Yash Aradhya; 2. Aanjan Patodia; 3. Arya Singh (DTS Racing) (01: 51.520).

Indian Junior Touring Cars: 1. Mikhail Merchant (Team Game Over) (02: 06.289); 2. Kamlesh Parmar (Team N1) (02:06.421); 3. Diljith (DTS Racing) (02: 08.963).

Super Stock: 1. Barla Vijay B (Performance Racing) (02:00.394); 2. RP Rajarajan (Performance Racing) (02: 00.745); 3. Varun V Anekar (Race Concepts Motorsports) (02: 01.397).

Esteem Cup: 1. Raghul Rangasamy (Performance Racing) (01:59.041); 2. Narendran Sankaran (RAD Racing) (01:59.246); 3. Anantha Pithawalla (Team N1) (02: 00.374).

Volkswagen Ameo Cup: 1. Saurav Bandyopadhyay (Mumbai) (01:54.193); 2. Anning Sun (Shanghai) (01:54.249); 3. A Sandeep Kumar (Chennai) (01:54.716).

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