Nirmal Umashanker, Ishaan Madesh continue domination: X30 JK Tyre Karting Nationals Round 3

David Bodapati July 12, 2019

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Nirmal Umashanker takes the chequered flag in the X30 Race 1 on Friday at Meco Kartopia. An INDIAinF1 image

Bengaluru, 12 July 2019: Nirmal Umashanker of Chennai, who is leading the Championship table, notched up another comfortable win in the first race as the Round 3 of the X30 JK Tyre-FMSCI National Karting Championship 2019 began at the Meco Kartopia on the outskirts of Bengaluru here on Friday.

In a facile win, Nirmal Umashanker clocked 15 minutes, 44.209 seconds over 15 laps to beat Bala Prasath of Coimbatore who was way behind by over 10 seconds while MR Rishon finished third. Nirmal also recorded the fastest lap in his 6th lap clocking 55.680. Debarun Banerjee, who was second on the championship table, before Round 3 began, could not even complete even one lap.

In the Junior Class, Arjun S Nair of Bengaluru timed 11:24.498 to win Race 1 defeating MR Rishon in a tough battle which saw all the top-3 racers fight till the end. Ruhaan Alva who clocked the best lap in 55.344 had to be content with the third place but garnered important championship points. Before the race, Ruhaan was leading the overall championship table. With 2 races to be run during the weekend, Arjun looks to keep his momentum and jump to the top slot but Ruhaan is ready to give a tough fight to keep his top standing.

Shravanthika Lakshmi #15, who started Juniors Race 2 on pole giving a tough fight to the boys. She finished 5th.

In the Second race of the Junior Class, Shravanthika Lakshmi S of Coimbatore started on pole in the reverse grid and the only girl in this class, a 10th standard student, defended well against some of the national champion boys, but ultimately finished fifth. MR Rishon won the race while Ruhaan Alva finished second and Rohan Madesh came third. All the three are from Bengaluru and Ruhaan put in the fastest lap.

In the Cadet Class, Ishaan Madesh of Bengaluru, the championship leader began Round 3 with a bang, notching up one more win. He timed 10:30.420 for the 10 laps around the Meco Kartopia circuit keeping at bay the girl from Pune, Shriya Lohia, who was within a second but had to settle for a second in 10:31.283. Raiden Samervel from Mumbai took the third place. Ishaan also got the fastest lap at 1min 2.172sec.

Provisional Unaudited Results: X30 Round 3;

Senior Class: Race 1 (15 laps): 1. Nirmal Umashanker (Chennai) (15:44.209); 2. A Bala Prasath (Coimbatore) (15:54.237); 3. MR Rishon (Bengaluru) (15:58.004); Best lap: Nirmal 00:55.680.

Junior Class: Race 1 (12 laps): 1. Arjun S Nair (Bengaluru) (11:24.498); 2. MR Rishon (Bengaluru) (11:25.310); 3. Ruhaan Alva (Bengaluru) (11:26.941). Best Lap: Ruhaan 00:55.344.

Race 2 (2 laps): 1. MR Rishon (2:26.691); 2. Ruhaan Alva (2:27.054); 3. Rohaan Mahadesh (Bengaluru) (2:31.581). Best lap: Ruhaan Alva – 1:02.922.

Cadet Class: Race 1 (10 laps): 1. Ishaan Madesh (Bengaluru) (10:30.420); 2. Shriya Lohia (Pune) (10:31.283); 3. Raiden Samervel (Mumbai) (10:41.962). Best lap: Ishaan 01:02.172.

Note: RESULTS ARE NOT OFFICIAL.

The 3 classes:
a) X30 Cadet – Age group – 7-12 yrs
b) X30 Junior- Age group – 13-15yrs
c) X30 Senior- Age group – 16 and above

Grid order for the four races:
RACE 1 – QUALIFYING FASTEST LAP
RACE 2 – RACE 1 – REVERSED TOP 6
RACE 3 – QUALIFYING 2nd FASTEST LAP
RACE 4 – FINISHING ORDER OF RACE 3

Note: The JK Karting Nationals are eligible for anyone who possesses a valid National or International Karting License issued by the ASN (National Sporting Association – FMSCI) for the year 2019, and who has done at least one Training Program with an Academy registered with fmsci.