Barno Burman hogs the limelight along with Sprint King Yuva: Sprint Nationals

Kolkata, 19 Sept. 2021: Ace International motorcycle rider who is dubbed as ‘Sprint King’, Yuva Kumar of Hero Motosports, was crowned as the fastest rider as he conquered the East Zone third round but it was local rider Barno Burman who became the only other rider to clock under 4-minute time in the Motorsports Inc FMSCI Indian National Rally Sprint Championship here on Sunday. Y

The two-wheeler stage rally returning to the ‘City of Joy’ after a gap of 18 years saw the Hero rider  clock a stunning time of 3 minutes 42.7 seconds for the mixed-tarmac and murram dirt terrain in the jungles of Bardhaman district about 160km from here. The Hero MotoCorp sponsored event attracted 72 entries and was supported by  Reach home Safe, BMC and Race dynamics and Bengal Motor Sports Club did an admirable job setting up the stage despite the rains.

His Hero teammate Satyaraj Arumugam, also from Bengaluru, took the second place in overall honours but it was the local riders who thrilled the motorsports fraternity with competitive times. With the Hero rider already qualified for the finals from South Zone, it is Barno Burman, who hogged the limelight displaying good riding skills on technically tough and wet terrain as he clocked 3:57.500 for the 8-km closed Special Stage in Round 3.

Other local riders also put in excellent performances with Janardhan P taking a double while old timer Vishal Das won a gold along with Jayant Dutt and Sumantra Aich in their respective classes. Hansraj Saiki from Assam who won the Bullet Class also excelled in the feature event taking second behind Yuva and qualified on top in the Group D upto 260cc Class clocking 4min 16.8sec. Uday Ganguli and Anoop Manjappa too returned good times.

The South Zone rounds were held in August and two more events in North and West Zone would culminate in the Grand Finale at Goa from November 6 to 7.

Championship classes Provisional Results: East Zone (Top five qualify for Goa finals):

Round 3: Overall:  1.#37 Yuva Kumar (Hero Motosports) 03min, 42.700sec; 2.  #55 Yuva Kumar 03:43.600; 3. #100 Sathyaraj Arumugam (Hero Motosports) 04:39.200;3.#90Barno Barman 03:57.500; 5. #34 Janardhan P 04:03.200; 6. #72 Barno Burman 04:04.400; 7. #51 Anoop Manjappa 04:04.700; 8. #1 Janardhan P 04:05.900; 9. #60 Anoop Manjappa 04:06.800; 10. #25 Janardhan P 04:08.700; 11. #33  Anoop Manjappa 04:10.900; 12. #96 Uday Ganguli 04:12.000; 13. #42 Hansraj Saikai 04:16.800.

Class 2: Group B upto 130cc: 1.#27 Vishal Das 05:20.500; 2. #41 Akash Ojha 05:56.100; #61 Mohammad Irfan DNF.

Class 3: Group B 131cc to 165cc: 1. #25 Janardhan P 04:08.700; 2. #33  Anoop Manjappa 04:10.900; 3. #63Barno Barman 04:19.100;

Class 5: Group B 261cc to 400cc: 1. #23 Jayant Dutt 04:23.000; 2. #22 Uday Ganguli 04:29.300; 3. #26 Subhajit Show 04:40.900.

Class 6: Group D upto 260cc: 1. #37 Yuva Kumar 03:42.700; 2. #42 Hansraj Saikia 04:16.800; 3. #91 Ratnadeep Nath 04:24.000; 4. Baishali Nath 04:51.100; 5. #77 Vishal Das 05:04.700;

Class 7: Scooter Class: 1. #59 Sumantra Aich 05:40.200; 2. #52 Janardhan P 05:40.900; 3. #50 Vishal Das 05:41.100; 4. #8 Subhajit Show 05:45.000.

Class 8: Bullet Class: 1. #20 Hansraj Saikia 04: 17.500; 2. #49 Kaustab Choudhary 04:25.200; 3. #44 Uday Ganguli 04:27.300; 4. #92 Sumit Biswas 04:37.200; 5. #17 Niyar Kamal Saikia 04:42.600;

Class 9: Open Class upto 600cc: 1. #34 Janardhan P 04:03.200;2. #51 Anoop Manjappa 04:04.700; 3. #9 Dwairath Manna 50:25.900.

Supporting race (non-championship):

Zonal Star: 1. #90 Barno Barman 03:57.500; 2. #96 Uday Ganguli 04:12.000; 3. #4 Sisir Kumar Raha 04: 20.800; 4. #84 Jayant Dutt 04:22.300; 5. #7 Debjit Paul 04:26.500.

Note: All privateers except when mentioned; Riders took part in different classes with different bikes or shared bikes; Same rider can get second best time in a different class; If a rider, who is already qualified is in the top-5, the next rider will qualify for the finals in Goa. Legend: # = Competition/bike number.