Coimbatore, 26 Nov 2018: Driving a Volkswagen Polo Thrissur driver KJ Jacob became the Fastest Driver of the Autocross of Coimbatore 2018, the southern qualification round for the FMSCI Indian National Autocross Championship here on Sunday. Jacob clocked 1minute 37.23 seconds in a modified Polo in up to 1650cc Open class, just one-tenth of a second faster than the second fastest driver.
Palakkad’s Fabid Ahmer, a student of Gaurav Gill’s Drivers’ School of Excellence. Faber clocked 1:37.34 to win the Unrestricted Open, also in a rally-prepared VW Polo, to become the second fastest driver of the event that was well organised by the Coimbatore Auto Sports Club (CASC).
Jacob also bagged the second place in the Unrestricted Open Class behind Faber while another speedster brought his Honda home in third place. Bengaluru’s Druva Chandrasekhar won the SUV Open class while Coimbatore’s Akshaya Sundar won the ladies class.
The Autocross event organised by Coimbatore Auto Sports Club (CASC) at Radhakrishna Mills Premises here attracted 67 participants in the 8 classes. Among them, 17 took part in the Open event comprising of SUV and Open class. “The event ran safely with no incidents and competitors enjoyed the track layout as it was quite challenging technically. The feedback from the competitors has been very encouraging,” said Prithviraj, former FMSCI president and the President of CASC as he thanked the team who worked hard to make the event a grand success.
L Gopalakrishnan, Managing Trustee, PSG Institutions, Coimbatore gave away the prizes.
Provisional Results (final):
Class 1: Stock up to 1400cc: 1. Athul Paul, Cochin, 1:51.14; 2. Tony Kurien, Cochin, 1:55.01; 3. Nycil Latheef, Ernakulam, 1:56.62.
Class2 Stock Over 1400 to 1650cc: 1. MD Ganesh Moorthy, Erode, 1:52.59; 2. Karthick Maruthi, Erode, 1:52.71; 3. A Vinodh, Coimbatore, 2:20.12.
Class 3 Stock Over 1650cc: 1. Sriju Sadasivan, Bengaluru, 1:45.99; 2. G Arun Kumar, Coimbatore, 1:48.93; 3. Karthick Maruthi, Erode, 1: 49.95.
Class 4 Open – Upto 1400cc: 1. Mohamed Ismail Khan, Bengaluru, 1:42.91; 2. Ashad Pasha, Chikmagalur, 1:43.11; 3. Lanu, Nagaland, 1:43.48.
Class 5 Open Over 1400cc to 1650cc: 1. KJ Jacob, Thrissur, 1: 37.23; 2. Ashad Pasha, C’lore, 1:37.93; 3. Philippos Mathai, New Delhi, 1:38.97.
Class 6 Open Over 1650cc: 1. MR Venkatapathy, Coimbatore, 1:45.80; 2. Sriju Sadasivan, Bengaluru, 1:47.85; 3. Vishal Raj, Bengaluru, 1:50.70.
Class 7 Open – Unrestrictecd Open: 1. Fabid Ahmer, Palakkad, 1: 37.34; 2. KJ Jacob Thrissur, 1:37.65; 3. Ashad Pasha, 1:38.68.
Class 8 – Ladies Class: 1. Akshaya Sundar, Coimbatore, 2:09.98; 2. B Sri Varshini, Coimbatore, 2:27.80.
Class 9 – SUV Class (Open): Druva Chandra Shekar, Bengaluru,1:41.45; 2. Athul Thoma, Kerala, 1: 48.91; 3. Vamci Merla, Vijayawada, 1: 50.09.
Class 10 Open Class (Local): 1. D Vidya Prakash, Coimbatore, 1:48.00; 2. Karthick Maruthi, Erode, 1: 48.13; 3. MD Ganesh Moorthy, Erode, 1: 48.54.
