Aaroh, Shaurya & Raiden dominate IndiKarting Clash of Go Karts
Mumbai, 5 May 2019: Over 500 entries were received and 177 of these qualified to compete for top honours, at Ajmera IndiKarting, Mumbai’s only racing circuit. The Clash of Go-Karts event held on Sunday, under the aegis of the FMSCI witnessed nail-biting competition across multiple categories with participants traveling from Kashmir, Kerala, Vijayawada, Gujarat, Haryana & other parts of the country.
2017 National Champion, Aaroh Ravindra of Team Rayo Racing was in a league of his own, convincingly winning both Race 1 & 3 of the Pro Senior category. The home hero was followed by Amravati’s Sarvesh Bode & Saif Rais from Mumbai in Race 1, while Danesh Banajee & Jonathan Kuriakose were second & third in race 3 respectively.
Race 2 starting grid is the reverse order of Race 1 finishing order, as per the regulations & this ensures spectacular battles throughout the grid. Mumbai lads Danesh Banajee, Raghav Vaishnav & Aaroh completed the podium.
The Pro Junior was dominated by internationally experienced – Shaurya Kapani who comfortably won all 3 races. Hoshmand Elavia & Tej Patel followed him onto the podium in Race 1, while Veer Sheth drove a resilient race to second in Race 2 & Race 3, ahead of Hoshmand in both.
The Pro Cadet for the age group of 7 to 12 year old youngsters, saw Raiden Samervel dominate all 3 races to win ahead of Nirvaan Chandna & Nigel Shaju from Pune.
Jamie Shaw was the clear winner of the Amateur category, ahead of Ayan Sharma & Chandan Hegde. The Women’s category saw Diana Pundole take a sizeable lead, but spin because of a backmarker not giving way. She fell to second behind Jhanvi Bhavsar who made no mistakes to win. Namasvi Bhuptani was third.
Raghav Vaishnav from St. Lawrence High School won the Inter School category, ahead of Tej Patel of Podar International School. In third was Aziz Hirkani from Lilavati Podar School. Suraj Singh Bhui took top honours in the Veteran Category followed by Danesh Banajee & Monish Jain. Prasad Iyer, Sumit Kulkarni & Prashant Sonpar rounded off the podium in the Master Category. Amrit Elastomers, represented by Aman Singh Bhui, won the Corporate finals followed by Monish Jain of Heena Gems & Akshay More of DINS Technology.
Jai Hind College’s Jamie Shaw won the Inter College category & he was followed by Madhav Krishna of Cathedral & John Connon College. Shubham Raje Jr. College’s Ayan Sharma completed the podium. The Open category saw Aman Singh Bhui winning ahead of Danesh Banajee & Akshay More. Utsav Thakkar pipped Yash Doshi to win the Senior Plus category, while Raghav Vaishnav finished third.
The overall Clash of Pros titles were won by Sarvesh Bode in the Senior, Shaurya Kapani in the Junior while Raiden Samervel took the cadet title. Mihir Patel from Mumbai was awarded the prestigious – Akshay Patil Memorial Trophy.
“It was fantastic to see the enthusiasm & the turnout for the event. Racers came in from all parts of the country & this speaks volumes about the appeal that motorsport has. We will be kicking off our National Series later in the year and hope to see participation in even greater numbers. ” said 8 Time National Champion & founder of IndiKarting – Rayomand Banajee.
