Race Report: MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Racing Championship Round 1

The Indian National Racing Championship was conducted from June 8 – June 11, 2017, at the Kari Motor Speedway racing track in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. On Day 1, all the riders racing in different categories were allowed to practice from 9am to 12pm, after which they were scrutinized. 

The categories of races conducted over the span of these four days included: national championship for open category (anyone successfully completing the qualifying race can participate) or stock bikes up to, national championship for pro stock and super sport (SS) category for Indian riders racing with bikes up to 165cc and national championship for SS category for Indian riders up to 300cc and 400cc. The national championship was open for riders racing bikes from any brand they prefer. 

The second big organizing body for the races was Honda, who conducting the Honda one make championship for CBR150R novice riders which was divided into two batches, CBR250R open category and Honda support race for girls racing the CBR150R. Honda also conducted practice lap sessions with novice media riders who wanted to race on the track and get some track experience. 

TVS also conducted the one make championship which included the Apache RTR 200 novice race, which was divided into two batches: Apache RTR 200 open category race, support race for girls racing the RTR 200s, and a support race which allowed all the automotive media guys to participate in a separately organized race for them (this race was cancelled due to rains and will now be directly conducted in round 2 of the championship to be held at MMRT in July). 

On Day 2, the riders participating in all the formats were allowed to practice on the track in different time slots and qualifying races were held at the end of the day. Day 3 and Day 4 witnessed the final two races being conducted in each category, thus finalizing the winners for round one of the championship. The rains messed up a bit of both the last two days, thanks to which a few races had to be postponed and rescheduled. 

The results for all the conducted races as per categories are listed as follows –

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1) National Championship: Super Sport Indian (up to 165cc) –

In race 1, which was a 6-lap race, Rajiv Sethu from Honda Ten10 Racing with total lap time of 07:53.415 (mins:secs.millisec) clocked the first position; Mathana Kumar from Honda Ten10 Racing with total lap time of 07:53.947 timed second, and Harry Sylvester from TVS Racing finished third with total lap time of 07:56.935. Race 2 was of 15 laps in which Jagan Kumar from TVS Racing secured pole position with total lap time of 19:08.883; Mathana Kumar S of Honda Ten 10 Racing secured second position with total lap time of 19:11.374, and KY Ahamed from TVS Racing finished third with total lap time of 19:53.750. 

2) Pro-Stock (up to 165cc) – 

Race 1 was a 6-lap race in which Mithun Kumar PK from Honda Ten10 Racing knocked the pole position with total lap time of 08:17.120; Soorya PM racing from Honda Ten10 Racing bagged second position with total lap time of 08:19.870, and Yashas RL racing for Rockers Racing finished third with total lap time of 08:25.485. Race 2 was of 15 laps, in whichMithun Kumar PK from Honda Ten10 Racing knocked pole position recording a total lap time of 20:07.186), B. Aravind from Honda Ten10 Racing bagged second position with total lap time of 20:08.278, while Aravind Ganesh from Chennai finished third with total lap time of 20:14.774.

3) Super Sport Indian (300-400cc) - 

Only one race was conducted in the Super Sport category which comprised of 15 laps. Amarnath Menon from Gusto Racing clocked first position with total lap time of 18:56.817, Kishoar VS from Apex Racing Academy secured second position with total lap time of 18:58.897 and Anthony Peter from Kingdom Motorsports finished third with total lap time of 19:16.375.

4) Stock (up to 165cc) - 

The race comprised of 10 laps in which Anup Kumar M from RACR bagged the pole position with total lap time of 14:35.212, Amala Jerald A racing for Honda Ten10 Racing secured second position with total lap time of 14:39.447 while Sri Rahil Pillarishetty from Sparks Racing finished third with total lap time of 14:41.270.

5) Honda One-make Champinship - 

CBR 250 Open -

The race consisted of 10 laps in which Rajiv Sethu from Honda Ten10 Racing came first with total lap time of 13:23.802, Amit Richard Topno from Pro-lap Racing secured second position with total lap time of 13:31.060) and B Aravind from Honda Ten10 Racing finished third with total lap time of 13:32.938.  

CBR 150 (Novice) - 

The race comprised of 8 laps where Satyanarayana from Hyderabad came first clocking total lap time of 14:34.597), Amala Jerald from Chennai came second with total lap time of 14:39.573 and Aditya Rao Immaneni from Bengaluru finished third with total lap time of 14:39.843.

Support Race (Girls) - 

The race comprised of 5 laps in which Ryhana Bee A from Chennai bagged pole position with a total lap time of 07:47.567; Shruthi N, who comes from Chennai, secured second position with total lap time of 07:48.333, and Kalyani Potekar from Madhya Pradesh finished third recording a total lap time of 08:40.809.

6) Apache RTR 200 Open - 

Race 1 comprised of 10 laps where Yashas RL from Bengaluru gunned the pole position with a total lap time of 14:24.644), Prabhu V from Chennai secured second position with a total lap time of 14:28.944) while Yuvraj S from Chennai finished last with a total lap time of 14:30.745. 

In race 2, Sivanesan S from Chennai completed first with total lap time of 14:24.914, Prabhu V fro. Chennai secured second position with total lap time of 14:28.005 while Kamran Dubash from Panchgani finished third with a total lap time of 14:43.268.

Apache RTR 200 Novice - 

The race comprised of 6 laps where Peddu Sri Harsha from Chennai bagged pole position with total lap time of 09:4.222; Shankar Guru A from Chennai secured second position with total lap time of 09:10.164) and Alexander AS from Chennai with total lap time of 09:12.848 finished third.

Watch this space for the second round of the Indian National Racing Championship.