Yuvakumar of Hero Motosports begins campaign in style

David Bodapati August 21, 2021

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Yuvakumar of Hero Motosports on way to gold in the Round 1 Group B upto 260cc Class on Saturday. Photo by Sriharsha Nadiger

Bengaluru, 22 August 2021: Celebrated Hero MotoSports rider Yuvakumar of Bengaluru bagged the overall honours and opened his 2021 campaign in serious style winning fastest rider tag of Round 1 in the Motorsport Inc FMSCI Indian National Rally Sprint Championship for motorcycles for South Zone at the Moto Farm in Kanakapura near here on Saturday.

Astride a Hero Xpulse200, the three-time Desert Storm winner, who also has five National titles in two-wheeler Rally and Dirt Track, clocked the fastest time 08 min, 36 seconds for the 7.5km dash on way to a gold in the Group B upto 260cc Class. “Today the track was really tough and tricky but I managed to finish first overall competing against the foreign bikes. I thank Hero team for the well-tuned bike,” said the 34-year Bengalurean.

Sarath Mohan of Malappuram had a commanding victory in the Open Class upto 600cc but the Asura garage supported 25-year rider missed the Overall honours by 2 seconds clocking 8min 38sec astride a Suzuki RMX 450.

Yuvakumar of Hero Motosports at Moto Farm, Kanakapura on Saturday. Photo by Sriharsha Nadiger.

Vishwas SD, Rakesh Kumar V, Naresh VS, Sudeep Kottary, Suhail Ahmed, Elango, Sanjay Somasekhar and Sneha won their respective classes.

“The Championship began in a strict bio-bubble and a Covid officer was appointed to take care of the safety protocols and the welfare of the riders and other participants,” said Jaidas Menon of Motorsports Inc, the promoters.

Round 1 Sprint Nationals 2021 Final (provisional) results (Sat):

1. Group A Upto 600cc Class (Foreign bikes only): 1. Vishwas SD (Bengaluru) (09min, 03sec); 2. Badal Subash Doshi (Pune) (09:06); 3. Sarath Mohan (Malappuram) (09:11).

2. Group B Upto 130cc Class: 1. Rakesh Kumar V (Bengaluru) (09:35); 2. Sudeep Kottary (Mangaluru) (09:41); 3. Ajin Abraham (Kottayam) (09:48).

3. Group B 131cc to 165cc: 1. Naresh VS (Bengaluru) (08:55); 2. Pavan BK (Bengaluru) (09.10); 3. Subramanya T (Bengaluru) (09:14).

4. Group B 166cc Upto 260cc Class: 1. Yuvakumar (Bengaluru) (08:36); 2. Pavan BK (Bengaluru) (08:48); 3. Suhail Ahmed (Bengaluru) (08:49).

5. Group B 261cc to 400cc Class: 1. Sudeep Kottary (Mangalore) (09.26); 2. V Venu Rakesh Kumar (Coimbatore) KTM-90 (10:12); 3. Sajeesh Reghunathan (10:15).

6. Group D upto 260cc Class: 1. Yuvakumar (Bengaluru) (08:42); 2. Samuel Abraham (09:08); 3. Sajay Somasekhar (Bengaluru) (09:09).

7. Scooter Class: 1. Elango G (Erode) (09:50); 2. Subramanya T (09:56); 3. Karthik N (Bengaluru) (10:00).

8. Bullet Class: 1. Suhail Ahmed (Bengaluru) (09:17); 2. Naresh VS (Bengaluru) (09:18); 3. Sharath Kumar S () (09:20).

9. Open Class upto 600cc: 1. Sarath Mohan (Malappuram) (08:38); 2. Badal Subhash Doshi (Pune) (09:01); 3. Sinan Francis (Ernakulam) (09:06).

Non-Championship classes: Ladies Class: 1. Sneha (09:56).

South Zonal Star (formerly Star of Karnataka): 1. Sanjay Somashekar (Bengaluru) (09:12); 2. Karan M (10:34).

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