Kolkota, 17 April 2022: Eight-time National champion Suhail Ahmed dominated the proceedings winning six out of ten gold on offer in the SR Dirt Track two-wheeler motorsports event held at Singur about 60-km from here on Sunday.
The 34-year from Bengaluru, also became the fastest rider of the event clocking 5minutes, 08.773 seconds in the feature event, the Group B Expert 4-stroke upto 165cc class as he edged out Manmeet Singh Dhanjal who finished ahead of other senior riders Sisir Raha and veteran Uday Ganguli in that order.
On his part, experienced Uday Ganguli, not the one to sit quiet, turned the tables in the Expert 2 stroke class and clinched the gold with a time of 5:34.823 to push aside the challenge from Sisir Raha and another national rider Barno Barman, who recently hogged limelight, beating Yuva Kumar’s time in the Sprint Nationals last year. Barman had to be content with a third place.
Also Uday Ganguli notched up another first in his chequered career as he won the gold in the Electric Vehicle class, one of the first such events being held in the country. In the EV Group invitation class he claimed the overall honours with Dwairath Manna and Sayanthan Seth finishing second and third behind him.
Indrasheesh Roy, a novice rider is the one who caught all the eyes with his riding skills. Amidst other podiums in higher classes, he won the Novice class defeating Hiranmoy Nandan while clocking 5min, 22.363sec. Sudeep Bhattacherjee and Rameez Mullick finished third and fourth respectively. “It is only my second time in such a thrilling event. This is dryland unused and unkempt and the organisers turned it into a beautiful dirt track and I hope this dedicated track will encourage many others to join the sport. I truly enjoyed riding here,” said Indrasheesh to a local paper.
In the Expert Group D upto 165 class, it was Manmeeth Singh Dhanjal who claimed the gold winning by a mile ahead of Uday Ganguli in second and Indrasheesh Roy in third. Vishal Das took fourth place, still showing glimpses of his form, which used to thrill the crowds decades back.
Provisional Results:
Class 1: Expert M1 & M2 upto 165cc (2/4 Stroke) Group D: 1. Manmeet Singh Dhanjal 5:17.665; 2. Uday Ganguli 5:26.207; 3. Indrasheesh Roy (Novice) 5:31.139; 4. Vishal Das 5:37.064.
Class 2: Expert M1 & M2 upto 165cc (2 stroke) Group B: 1. Uday Ganguli 5:34.823; 2. Sisir Raha 5:35.603; 3. Barna Barman 5:36.455; 4. Indrasheesh Roy 5:38.619;
Class 3: Expert M1 & M2 upto 165cc (4 stroke) Group B: 1. Suhail Ahmed 5:08.773; 2. Manmeet Singh Dhanjal 5:09.057; 3. Sisir Raha 5:16.408; 4. Uday Ganguli 5:17.685.
Class 4: Expert M3 & M4 165cc to 260cc (2/4 stroke) Group D: 1. Suhail Ahmed 5:14.708; 2. Indrasheesh Roy (novice) 5:17.310; 3. Manmeet Singh Dhanjal 5:18.482; 4. Uday Ganguli 5:22.499.
Class 5: Expert M3 & M4 165cc to 260cc (2/4 stroke) Group B: 1. Suhail Ahmed 5:10.435; 2. Sisir Raha 5:13.663; 3. Manmeet Singh Dhanjal 5:15.901; 4. Subhodeep Ghosh 5:26.940.
Class 6: Open Royal Enfield (2/4 Stroke) Group B: 1. Suhail Ahmed 5:31.014; 2. Kaustab Choudhury 5:36.480; 3. Rameez Mullick (novice) 5:54.014; 4. Koustav Kumar Kolay (novice) 6:34.386.
Class 7: Open Scooter (2/4 stroke) Group B: 1. Suhail Ahmed 6:21.040; 2. Vishal Das 6:27.470; 3. Sumantra Aich (Novice) 6:47.960; 4. Debasish Dutta 6:50.934.
Class 8: Novice Open (2/4 stroke) Group B: 1. Indrasheesh Roy 5:22.363; 2. Hiranmoy Nandan 5:34.936; 3. Sudeep Bhattacherjee 5:43.886; 4. Rameez Mullick 5:45.698.
Class 9: Open Group Invitation: 1. Suhail Ahmed 7:11.544; 2. Uday Ganguli 7:14.908; 3. Manmeet Singh Dhanjal 7:21.111; 4. Kaustab Choudhury 7:46.349.
Class 10: EV Group invitation: 1. Uday Ganguli 5:32.230; 2. Dwairath Manna 5:33.256; 3. Sayantan Seth 5:58.090; 4. Manmeet Singh Dhanjal 6:00.320.
