Indore, 4 May 2025: TVS Racing star and defending champion, Rajendra RE, began his 2025 campaign with a comfortable victory in the first round of the MRF Mogrip fmsci National Rally Championship for two-wheelers here on Sunday. He clocked the fastest times in two of the three Special Stages organised by AW events and promoted by Godspeed Racing headed by 7-time former National champion Shyam Kothari.

The 39-year-old from Shivamogga, Rajendra, overcame some hiccups in the second special stage and polished off the narrow gap of one second to emerge victorious by 10.518 seconds. Astride a TVS APACHE RTR 450, he clocked an time of 48 minutes, and 24.257 seconds for his Overall triumph over teammate and Udipi rider Samuel Jacob, who lost about 8 second in the final stage.

Meanwhile, Aishwarya Pissay, TVS Racing, won the Ladies class with ease and grace. Hailing from Bengaluru, she has etched her name in history as the first Indian woman to win a world title in motorsports and after a hiatus of two years she is back in the ladies class. She dominated the Indian National Rally Championship, winning six consecutive titles from 2017 to 2022 and is a strong contender this year too. Somyya Chaudhary A of Jaipur came second followed by Ernakulam's Misriya KS.

Abdul Waheed Tanveer, also from TVS Racing, completed a podium sweep for the Hosur factory team in the premier Superbike Pro-Expert Group A class, with former TVS rider Nataraj R in Overall fourth for the VM Sports Foundation. Mysore’s Nataraj, backed by Vamcy Merla, won the Superbike Expert Group A class followed by Bengaluru teammate, Naresh VS, the Indian Bruce Lee, also from VM Sports. Privateer Aman Pawde from Nagpur completed the podium in the Expert class.

Astride a Hero Impulse, Abdul Reheman of Shivamogga topped the Class 3 Supersport 165cc Group B, to get another Class victory for Vamcy Merla Sports Foundation, which swept all the podium places in this class. He clocked 55min, 56.6sec and was streets ahead of second placed teammate Bharat L from Bengaluru. Another Bengaluru rider, Varun Kumar A, also on a Hero Impulse took the final step on the podium for VM Sports.

Talented youngster from Meghalaya Banteilang Jyrwa of TVS Racing put paid to the hopes of Hero MotoSports, as he clinched the victory in Class 4, ahead of Hassan's T Arun, who managed a lone podium for Hero MotoSports. Another TVS rider from Mysore, Imran Pasha took third place.

Rajesh Narajan Swami of Raigad Pen won Class 5 while Syed Asif Ali led a podium sweep of the Scooter class for TVS Racing. Karthik Naidu of Bengaluru and Shamim Khan of Nashik finished second and third.

Jagadeesh of Coimbatore won Class 8 while popular Devaraj Venkatesh of Tribal Cafe in Bengaluru clinched the victory in Class 9. Local star Shadab Karim Chisthi won the Star of Madhya Pradesh cup.

Provisional Final Results:

(#Bike number) (All privateers unless mentioned)

Overall: (top-10 riders)

1. #1 Rajendra RE (Bengaluru, TVS Racing) (48 minutes, 24.257 seconds);

2. #3 Samuel Jacob (Udupi, TVS Racing) (48:34.775);

3. #2 Abdul Waheed Tanveer (Bengaluru, TVS Racing) (48:38.729);

4. #28 Banteilang Jyrwa (Meghalaya, TVS) (50:15.448);

5. #24 Arun T (Hassan, Hero MotoSports) (50:35.159);

6. #23 Imran Pasha (Mysore, TVS) (50:53.694);

7. #4 Nataraj R (Mysore, VM Sports Foundation) (52:20.108);

8. #30 Karan Kumar (Bengaluru, Hero MotoSports) (52:57.952);

9. #6 Naresh VS (Bengaluru, VM Sports) (53:18.674);

10. #29 Yuva Kumar (Bengaluru, Hero MotoSports) (53:23.721).

Class 1: Superbike Pro-Expert upto 500cc Group A:

1. #1 Rajendra RE (Bengaluru, TVS Racing) (48 minutes, 24.257 seconds);

2. #3 Samuel Jacob (Udupi, TVS Racing) (48:34.775);

3. #2 Abdul Waheed Tanveer (Bengaluru, TVS Racing) (48:38.729).

Class 2 Superbike Expert upto 500cc Group A:

1. #4 Nataraj R (Mysore) (52:20.108);

2. #6 Naresh VS (Bengaluru) (53:18.654);

3. #10 Aman Pawde (Nagpur) ( 53:57.413).

Class 3 Supersport 165cc Group B:

1. #14 Abdul Reheman (Shivamogga) (55:56.646);

2. #20 Bharat L (Bengaluru) (57:17.171);

3. #17 Varun Kumar A (Bengaluru) (57:18.295).

Classs 4: Supersport 165 to 260cc Group B:

1. #28 Banteiling Jyrwa (Meghalaya, TVS) (50:15.448);

2.  #24 T Arun (Hassan, Hero MotoSports) (50:35.159);

3. #23 Imran Pasha (Mysore, TVS) (50:53.694);

Class 5: Supersport 261 to 400cc Group B:

1. #34 Rajesh Narajan Swami (Pen) (53:38.498);

2. #40 Syed Aquib (Mudigere, Karnataka) (57:33.846);

3. #39 Hemanth M (Bengaluru) (58:42.284).

Class 6: Scooters up to 210cc Group B:

1. #42 Syed Asif Ali (Bengaluru, TVS, NTorq) (59:37.706);

2. #43 Karthik  Naidu (Bengaluru, TVS, NTorq) (01:00:16.041);

3. #44 Shamim Khan (Nashik, TVS, NTorq) (01:01:36.944).

Class 7: Women’s Class Group B:

1. #49 Aishwarya Pissay (Bengaluru, TVS Racing) (01:02:32.112);

2. #48 Somyya Chaudhary A (Jaipur) (01:04:46.807);

3. #51 Misriya KS (Ernakulam) (01:08:28.522).

Class 8: Super Stock above 165cc to 260cc Group D:

1. #55 Jagadeesh G (Coimbatore) (59:24.178);

2. #61 Navaneeth Kumar (Puducherry) (59:43.070);

3. #53 Nitish Chaudhari (Mumbai) (59:48.482).

Class 9: Super Stock above 260cc upto 460cc Group D

1. #67 Devaraj Venkatesh (Bengaluru) (01:02:14.777);

2. #69 Chetan B Hosatti (Hubli) (01:03:13.711);

3. #71 Durgesh J (Bengaluru) (01:03:41.373).

Class 10 Star of Madhya Pradesh:

1. #74 Shadab Karim Chisthi (Indore) (01:10:37.968);

2. #73 Ravi Patidar (Indore) (01:31:39.037);

3. #75 Harshith Chourasiya (Gurugaon) (01:48:52.170);

Editor's Note: All results are provisional and as per Live Timings and are NOT official until audited.