Harith Noah claims INRC 2w victory after a tie: Rally of Coimbatore
Coimbatore, 30 July 2018: Harith Noah of Team TVS riding a TVS RTR 450 motorcycle, had tie with Abdul Wahid of the same team, clocking 47 minutes and 33 seconds. Applying the tie breaker rule, Harith Noah who had clocked the fastest time in the first stage was declared the overall winner of the MRF Rally of Coimbatore, the fifth round of the MRF MoGrip FMSCI National Rally Championship for two-wheelers, here on Sunday.
“The route was very challenging and I enjoyed riding the stages,” said Shoranur based winner Harith Noah. “This is one of the best event I haven taken part“, he added.
He clocked 47 min, 33 seconds to complete the challenging Special Stages set around the wind farms near the Kethanur (Palladam) area.
The total distance of the route was approximately 111.11 kms, with the total distance of the Special Stages approximately 56 kms. This time around, unlike last year, there were two Special Stages – the Black Thunder Stage (14.85 km) and the Thunder World Stage (14.45 km).
R. Nataraj, winner of the opening four rounds, came overall third in a time of 49 minutes and 09 seconds.
Seventy Four riders took part in the in the rally organised by Coimbatore Auto Sports Club, while Local lad K. Sasikumar won the Star of Tamil Nadu category exclusively for riders from Tamil Nadu and was placed overall 14 with a time of 58 minutes and 16 seconds.
The ceremonial flag off was from Hotel Gokulam Park by R Kanagaraj, MLA, Sulur Constituency on Saturday, 28 July 2018 at 05.00 PM. Ivan Oswald, Regional Sales Manager, MRF Limited was the chief guest for the prize distribution function which was held at the same venue on Sunday, 29 July at 06.30 PM.
Organisers, CASC would like take this opportunity to thank M/s.MRF Limited and M/s.Godspeed for sponsoring the event as well as the Championship, and look forward to their continued support.
RESULTS
OVERALL WINNER
1st Place Harith Noah (TVS Racing) Shoranur 2nd Place Abdul Wahid (TVS Racing) Mysore 3rd Place R.Nataraj (TVS Racing) Bangalore
WINNER OF C-1 – Super Bike Pro Expert
1. Harith Noah (TVS Racing) Shoranur; 2. Abdul Wahid (TVS Racing) Mysore 3. R.Nataraj (TVS Racing) Bangalore
WINNER OF C-1A – Super Bike Expert
1. Badal Doshi, Privateer, Mumbai; 2. Jatin Jain Privateer Nagpur 3. Aakash Aital, Privateer, Puttur.
WINNER OF C-2 – 130 cc
1. Rakesh Kumar Privateer Bangalore 2. Santhosh Privateer Coimbatore 3. Vignesh Privateer Coimbatore.
WINNER OF C-3 – 165 cc
- J Imran Pasha TVS Racing Mysore 2. V.Thirinesh Privateer Bangalore 3. D. Sachin Privateer Bangalore
WINNER OF C-4 – 260 cc
1. R.E. Rajendra TVS Racing Shimoga 2. Samual Jacob Privateer Hosur 3. Jeeva Rathinam Privateer Bangalore
WINNER OF C-5 – 400 cc
1. Venu Rameshkumar Privateer Coimbatore
2. D. Karthikeyan Privateer Coimbatore 3. Prabhu Chandramohan Privateer Trivandram
WINNER OF C-6 – 550 cc
1. Sreekanth Komana Privateer Trivandram 2.MR Ranjith Privateer Trissur 3. Abijith Joy Privateer Eranakulam.
WINNER OF C-7 – Scooter Class
1. Pinkesh Thakar Aprilla Racing Pune 2. Syed Asif Ali TVS Racing Hosur 3. Syed Zeeshan Privateer Thane
WINNER OF C-8 – Ladies Class
1. U Fazeela Privateer Cochin.
WINNER OF C-9 Star of Tamil Nadu
- K Sasikumar Privateer Coimbatore 2. M. Santhosh Privateer Coimbatore 3. Sam Issiah Privateer Coimbatore.
(Last updated: 21 July 2023)
