Bangalore, 23 Dec 2003: It was grit, skill and motoring endurance that was at display in the dusty tracks of Bangalore's Palace Grounds and in the end TVS Racing emerged victorious by taking top honours in 5 out of 6 races held today including the prestigious Indian Expert-Foreign Open upto 250 CC where it also emerged as the Champions with C. Vijaykumar's formidable lead of 26 points (214 points) from the nearest competitor. The fiercely fought battle between TVS Racing and Yamaha Racing at the 6th and final round of MRF National Motocross Championship, saw the best of motor racing the country has ever seen. With this win, TVS Racing sealed the Championship position by taking 3 top positions of the possible 6. The prestigious foreign open was won by TVS Racing. 

C. Vijaykumar the young sensation from TVS Racing, also last year's national motocross champion, kept his title by winning number one positions in both the motos of the Indian Expert-Foreign Open upto 250 CC. His splendid performance today, won him 'the best rider of the day' title as well.

The huge crowd that turned out today was treated first with the daredevil acts of the riders at Moto One of the Indian Experts - Foreign Motorcycles Class Group A for motorbikes upto 250 cc. And they were not disappointed! C. Vijayakumar riding TVS 250 X was lagging behind 5 racers ahead of him at the end of first lap and soon shot himself into the lead at the end of 6th lap and kept the tempo going right till the end where he cleared the 'tabletops' with ease. Yogesh Barguje of Yamaha Racing was behind him but was in no position to catch up with Vijaykumar. The second moto of the same class turned out to be an almost repeat performance of the moto one where the top three positions were the same except this time Vijaykumar kept his initial lead throughout. 

The other classes too saw TVS taking the honors where the popular 'TVS Victor', displaying excellent performance. In a separate add on to the motoring entertainment Paul Broomfield, the Australian Trainer of TVS Racing performed some daredevil stunts that enthralled the crowd. In no time he became the most popular guy in the field. 

Speaking on the occasion Arvind Pangaonkar, General Manager, R&D, TVS Motor Company commented, "We have once again proved that we are the leaders of motocross race in India having one this coveted title. This is the fourth continuous year that we are winning the championship and all credit goes to the brilliant performance by our riders. This has given us a strong reinforcement and we promise our supporters a good motoring entertainment in the next year as well"

C. Vijaykumar too was thrilled beyond words, "I am happy with the performance and I hope to do even better for my Team in the rest of the years to come."

MRF NATIONAL MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 6 - HYDERABADINDIAN EXPERTS FOREIGN OPEN - GROUP A - UPTO 250 CCMOTO ONESl. No Rider Team Motorcycle1. C. Vijayakumar Team TVS Racing TVS 250 X2. Yogesh Barguje Yamaha Racing YZ 2503. Sayed Eathasham Yamaha Racing YZ 250 FMOTO TWOSl. No Rider Team Motorcycle1 C. Vijayakumar Team TVS Racing TVS 250 X2 Yogesh Barguje Yamaha Racing YZ 2503 Sayed Eathasham Yamaha Racing YZ 250 FOverall Winner at the end of the ChampionshipC. Vijaykumar -TVS Racing - 214 points Yogesh Barguje - TVS Racing - 188 pointsINDIAN NOVICE - GROUP D - ABOVE 80CC UPTO 150 CCSl. No Rider Team Motorcycle1 Chandan K P TVS Racing Shogun2 V. Lokesh Yamaha Racing RX 1353 Sridhar Urs Yamaha Racing RX 135Overall Winner at the end of the ChampionshipLokesh Gowda -Yamaha Racing - 97 pointsINDIAN EXPERTS - GROUP D - ABOVE 80 CC UPTO 110 CCSl. No Rider Team Motorcycle1 Syed Rahman TVS Racing TVS Victor2 Shivkumar Yamaha Racing Yamaha Crux3 C. D Jinan TVS Racing TVS VictorOverall Winner at the end of the ChampionshipShivkumar of Yamaha Racing -111 pointsINDIAN EXPERTS - GROUP B - ABOVE 80 CC UPTO 150 CCSl. No Rider Team Motorcycle1 Yogesh Barguje Yamaha Racing RX 1352 Syed Rahman TVS Racing TVS Shaolin3 T. K. Vishwanath Yamaha Racing RX 135Overall Winner at the end of the ChampionshipYogesh Barguge of Yamaha Racing -92 pointsC. Vijay Kumar of TVS Racing - 88 points Locals Group C 110 CC to 180 CCSl. No Rider Team Motorcycle1 M.D Azgar Privateer RX 1352 Deepak John Privateer TVS Shogun3 Manavalan Privateer RX 135INDIAN EXPERTS GROUP D 110 to 180 CCSl. No Rider Team Motorcycle1 B. V Suresh TVS Racing TVS Fiero2 Sayed Rehman TVS Racing TVS Fiero3 Rustom Patel TVS Racing TVS FieroOverall Winner at the end of the ChampionshipSayed Rehman of TVS Racing - 106 points TVS Fiero INDIAN EXPERTS GROUP B 110 to 250 CCSl. No Rider Team Motorcycle1 G. Prasad TVS Racing TVS Fiero2 Rustom Patel TVS Racing TVS Fiero3 Pinkesh Thakkar TVS Racing TVS FieroOverall Winner at the end of the ChampionshipG. Prasad of TVS Racing - 112 points

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