Clean sweep by Allwyn Jebaz, Ramesh Kumar in Round 4
Irungattukottai (Chennai), 30 Sept 2012: Round 4 of the 2012 MMSC-SIDVIN FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship came to a close with 14 action packed races today and mixed results across the various Championships.
Day 2 started with the Honda One Make Championship (CBF Stunner Open) where Vivek Mani of Chennai took the win ahead of Rajesh Rathinakumar with S. Madhana Kumar of Trichy rounding out the top 3, with all three riders crossing the finish line within a second of each other. The Honda CBR 150R Open category witnessed another fine ride from Ranchi’s Sumit Lucas Toppo who took the win ahead of Rajesh Rathina Kumar from Chennai while Sudhakar crossed the line 7 seconds off in third. The CBR 250R Open category took place in tricky conditions following a short downpour but it didn’t stop M. Gautam of MotoRev India who took a strong win ahead of K. Rajini, also of MotoRev India, with Sarath Kumar of MP Ten10 Racing completing the podium.
The TVS MMSC One Make Championship kicked off today with the Apache RTR 180 Novice category where yesterday’s top two finishers battled once again with MD. Intekhab Alam from Chidambaram this time taking the win ahead of Abdul Wahab of Chennai and R. Venkatraman, also from Chennai. The Apache RTR 180 Open category saw another fine performance from Rajesh Rathina Kumar, who has been impressive in various categories through the weekend, this time taking the win ahead of Vivek Mani and S. Padmanabhan, making it an all Chennai podium.
Yamaha’s MMSC One Make Championship saw riders battle it out in the YZF R15 Open category where Allwyn Jebaz seemed to ride a different race to everyone else in Race 1, crossing the finish line almost 15 seconds ahead of Shyam Shankar and M. Sudhakar who finished in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Race 2 of the Open category was also held today but not much changed for Allwyn Jebaz who made it a clean sweep with another dominant win ahead of Vivek Pillai and Shyam Shankar, once again making it a Chennai 1-2-3. The YZF R15 Novice race saw MD Intekhab Alam from Chidambaram put in an impressive ride once again with a win ahead of Chennai’s Ramesh Kumar and Rahul Rathod of Yavatmal.
Moving away from the manufacturer’s One Make Championships now where Ramesh Kumar of MotoRev India led his teammate, Meka Vidhuraj from Andhra Pradesh across the line, ahead of Performance Racing’s P. Sandesh in the Group D 165cc Novice category. Race 20 of Round 4 saw riders in the Group D 165cc Novice category battle it out once again with no change in the result as MotoRev India’s Ramesh Kumar came out trumps once again ahead of his teammate, Meka Vidhuraj from Andhra Pradesh while Sandesh .P completed the podium in 3rd.
Riders in the Group B 165cc Open category faced tricky conditions as the rain came down handing K. Jagan of TVS Racing a unique win under shortened race conditions of only 3 laps with every other rider giving in to the conditions and not seeing the chequered flag.
The Group D 130cc Novice race witnessed an inspired ride from Jalgaon’s Kamlesh Thakur (Sparks Racing) who crossed the finish line ahead of Chennai riders, Abdul Wahab of TVS Racing and K. Kunal Kumar.
Mother nature’s sudden downpour dampened proceedings briefly and although great efforts were taken by the MMSC Officials to kickstart proceedings once again, the time delay meant a cancellation of two races, the Group A 600cc Superbikes and Group C 165cc Open category.
The final round of the INMRC, Round 5, will take place in Chennai on 21-23 December, 2012.
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