NK (Narain Karthikeyan) Racing Academy seals Sr National title on debut

David Bodapati January 12, 2021

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Arjun Maini was the star attractioin at Meco Kartopia the last few rounds along with Narain Karthikeyan and Kush Maini. Photo by Shajahan

Bengaluru,12 Jan 2021 : The ROTAX MAX National Karting Championship 2020 concluded here at the Meco Kartopia was dominated by NK Racing Academy drivers by the very rapid brothers Arjun and Kush Maini, a press release said here on Tuesday.

The CRG factory team founded and operated by India’s first Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan ran five KT2 karts in the Senior MAX category.
It was yet another dominant stint for the team after its strong revival during the first two rounds of the Championship. The weekend begun with the very fast Kush Maini re-entering the Championship battle on Round 3, bagging pole position and the win closely followed by his brother Arjun Maini, the LMP2 driver who will represent India in the Asian Le Mans series with drivers Naveen Rao and Narain Karthikeyan himself.

The academy rookie drivers Divy Nandan from Delhi and David Ryan from Chennai displayed strong pace as well, finishing P10 and P11 respectively with Sohil Shah was yet again, the reserve driver for the team running the fifth kart finishing P8 in the race with some strong moves in the race.
Round 4 was a very similar story with Kush Maini and Arjun Maini dominating qualifying 1-2 and the pre-final, final races. David Ryan put an impressive show making some moves to finish P8 while Divy Nandan placed P10 after losing out at the start. There was a change in the reserve driver line-up where, Sohil Shah was replaced by Nigel Abraham Thomas, who got to grips with the new kart immediately and put an impressive show at P6.

The Final Round of the Championship concluded with Arjun Maini winning both drivers and the team Championship with a dominant 31 points lead . Sohil Shah was back in the seat and performed remarkably finishing P7. The Rookie drivers David and Divy sailed home in P8 and P10 with the latter running Engine problems towards the end.

Self help is the best help, drivers are expected to know their machine and are also expected to talk and give feedback to their engineers and mechs. Photo By Shajahan

Thus, NK Racing academy capped of a dominat debut season and gave CRG its first championship in India. Narain said “We achieved what we set out to do, most importantly in the development of young drivers from India. Also it was a great effort from CRG in giving us a dominant chassis specially made for our Indian track conditions.“

NK Racing Academy is proudly supported by Usha International Pvt Ltd., Exgel Motorsport and Turtle Wax.

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