Vishwas, Badal Doshi share honours in top-class: Sprint Nationals

Bengaluru, 18 October 2020: Local star Vishwas SD and Badal Doshi of Mumbai shared the honours in the first two rounds in the top-class, while it was another Bengaluru biker Suhail Ahmed, who hogged the limelight with a grand double in both the rounds in the Motorsport Inc FMSCI Indian National Rally Sprint Championship 2020 which began the season conducting the first two rounds in the Kanakapura forests on Saturday and Sunday.

The Indian National Rally Sprint Championship (INRSC), is one of the first National events, after the Drag Nationals, to restart the calendar with the support of Hero MotoSports and Red Bull under a strict bio-bubble taking all the safety precautions as per Corona guidelines.

In the Foreign Bikes category, Group A Upto 800cc Class first round, Vishwas SD took the honours but it was Badal S Doshi who claimed the victory in Round 2 and Sinan Francis, who came second in Round 1, stuck his ground pushing Vishwas to third on Sunday.

The INRSC’s complicated class, the Group B upto 260cc, had 20entries, and the Mysore youngster Imran Pasha won both the rounds and clocked the fastest time in the first round winning the Star of Karnataka in 4 min 28.43 seconds covering the 6.5km Special Stage in forward direction, astride his TVS Apache.

Suhail Ahmed who won the Bullet Class and the upto 400cc Group B Class, in both the rounds, becoming the top-achiever of the week-end.

Ishaan Chandra from Mangalore, riding a Hero Impulse, claimed a double winning both the rounds `upto 165 CC’ category.

 “We have made elaborate arrangements for the safety of the riders and others taking part in the event and all the precautionary measures for COVID-19 were in place,” said Jaidas Menon, of Motorsport Inc, the Promoter. “Hero MotoSports are also encouraging the Xpulse riders with special prizes at the end of the Championship,” added Menon, who took the responsibility to make sure that Sprint Nationals is held this year.

Defending champion in Group A, Badal Doshi from Mumbai said: “I was looking forward to participate and win this year’s INRSC, and winning one round is a good beginning. I am glad the season finally, started.”

The third and fourth rounds will be held in Devanahalli area on November 21 and 22.

Final Results (provisional): 2020 Round 1: (119 entries)

Group A Upto 800cc Class: 1. Vishwas SD (Bengaluru) Suzuki, (04:40.82); 2. Badal S Doshi (Mumbai) KTM-500 EXCF (04:48.27); 3. Sinan Francis (Ernakulam) KTM-EXC450 (04:52.66).

Group B 131cc to 165cc: 1. Ishan Chandra (Mangalore) Hero Impulse (04:47.96); 2. Mohammed Zaheer (Bengaluru) Hero Impulse (4:57.43); 3. Pavan BK (Bengaluru) Hero Impulse (4:58.54).

Group B 261cc to 400cc Class: 1. Suhail Ahmed (Bengaluru) KTM-390 (05:00.77); 2. Sudeep Kottary (Mangalore) Duke 390 (05:07.20); 3. Vikram K (Coimbatore) KTM-90 (05:17.20).

Group B Upto 130cc Class: 1. Noldin Thomas (Ernakulam) Yamaha-YBX (05:28.36); 2. Varun Kumar A (Bengaluru) Yamaha-YBX (05:32.14); 3. Vikram Shekar (Coimbatore) Yamaha YBX (05:32.14).

Group B 166cc to 260cc Class: 1. Imran Pasha (Mysore) TVS Apache (04:28.43); 2. Sachin D (Bengaluru) TVS Apache (04:35.44); 3. Samuel Jacob (Udupi) TVS Apache (04:51.63).

Bullet Class: 1. Suhail Ahmed (Bengaluru) Himalayan (04:55.68); 2. Mohammed Zaheer (Bengaluru) Himalayan (05:07.77); 3. Vishwas SD (Bengaluru) Himalayan (05:18.48).

Ladies Class: 1. Ryhana Bee (Chennai) Hero Impulse (05:36.74); 2. Arpitha VM (Mangalore) Honda-Stunner (06:16.78); 3. Tanika Shanbhag (Satara) Hero Impulse (06:21.79).

Scooter Class: 1. Karthik Naidu (Bengaluru) TVS N-Torq (05:20.88); 2. Pinkesh Thakkar (Pune) Aprilla-SR125 (05:29.01); 3. Venkatesh Shetty (Mumbai) Aprilla-SR150 (05:43.68).

Star of Karnataka: 1. Imran Pasha (Mysore) TVS Apache (04:29.57); 2. Sachin D (Bengaluru) TVS Apache (04:41.02); 3. Sanjay Somashekar (Bengaluru) Hero Xpulse (04:59.35).

2020 Round 2: (117 entries):

Group A Upto 800cc Class: 1. Badal S Doshi (Mumbai) KTM-500 EXCF (04:10.19); 2. Sinan Francis (Ernakulam) KTM-EXC450 (04:14.57); 3. Vishwas SD (Bangalore) Suzuki, (04:23.16).

Group B 131cc to 165cc: 1. Ishan Chandra (Mangalore) Hero Impulse (04:19.66); 2. Abrar Ahmed  (Mysore) Hero Impulse (4:25.96); 3. Pavan BK (Bengaluru) Hero Impulse (4:30.26).

Group B 261cc to 400cc Class: 1. Suhail Ahmed (Bengaluru) KTM-390 (04:15.55); 2. Sudeep Kottary (Mangalore) Duke 390 (04:15.84); 3. Vikram K (Coimbatore) KTM-390 (04:45.47).

Group B Upto 130cc Class: 1. Rakesh Kumar V (Bengaluru) Yamaha YBX (04:51.19); 2. Durgesh J (Mysore) Honda Stunner (04:51.96); 3. Noldin Thomas (Ernakulam) Yamaha-YBX (04:57.34).

Group B 166cc to 260cc Class: 1. Imran Pasha (Mysore) TVS Apache (04:14.83); 2. Sachin D (Bengaluru) TVS Apache (04:15.81); 3. Samuel Jacob (Udupi) TVS Apache (04:21.90).

Bullet Class: 1. Suhail Ahmed (Bengaluru) Himalayan (04:30.12); 2. Vishwas SD (Bengaluru) Himalayan (04:36.15); 3. Devaraj Venkatewh (Bengaluru) Himalayan (04:37.22).

Ladies Class: 1. Ryhana Bee (Chennai) Hero Impulse (05:10.24); 2. Tanika Shanbhag (Satara) Hero Impulse (05:14.55); 3.Arpitha VM (Mangalore) Honda-Stunner (05:24.99).

Scooter Class: 1. Karthik Naidu (Bengaluru) TVS N-Torq (04:57.84); 2. Goutham N (Bengaluru) TVS N-Torq (05:10.60); 3. Amarendra Sathe (Pune) Aprilla-SR150 (05:13.41).

Star of Karnataka: 1. Anish Shetty (Hubli ) Hero Impulse (04:20.16); 2. Samuel Jacob (Udupi) TVS Apache (04:20.66); 3. Ishan Chandra (Chikmagalur) Hero Impulse (04:24.84).