Aravind KP wins MRF Supercross Championship

Aravind KP of TVS Racing fought off the stiff challenge of teammate Santosh CS to ride away with top honors in Foreign Open class in the penultimate round of the MRF National Supercross Championship at the Mohite’s Racing Academy, Kolhapur, on Sunday.

The class run over two motos had both Aravind and Santosh end up with reverses for the top spot on the podium. In the first, Santosh stood tall, before aravind won the second and by virtue of winning the second topped the class. In doing so Aravind won the ‘Rider of the Day’ title.

Both riders in the bargain claimed 37 points each (20 points is awarded for winning a moto).

Later in the day, Aravind yet again took pole position on the podium winning the Indian Experts; Group-B class staving off the challenge of HK Pradeep and Pramod Joshua in a near total TVS Racing domination.

Aravind’s win meant winning two of the three motos he contested in the day.

On a day that had seven classes lined up, TVS Racing won five to top the tables. Pradeep Adnan Ahmed (Novice; Gr-C), Pramod Joshua (Indian Experts; Gr-C), Pinkesh Thakkar (Private Experts; Gr-C) were other TVS class winner of the day apart from Aravind’s two.

The championship now moves to Pune to complete the five-round championship. The Pune-leg of the championship is scheduled for Saturday, December 3.

RESULTS

Class 1: Foreign Open, Gr-A (2/4 Stroke, upto 250cc/ 500cc): 1-Aravind KP (TVS Racing; RTR 250) – 37 points; 2-CS Santosh (TVS Racing; RTR 250) – 37 points; 3-Pradeep HK (TVS Racing; RTR 250) – 30 points, 4-Raju Fernandes (Goa; CR 125) – 23 pts, 5-Shamlal Pardeshi (Pune; CR 125) – 22 pts

(Moto 1): CS Santosh (20 pts), KP Aravind (17 points), Pradeep HK (15 pts), Raju Fernandes (13 pts), Shamlal Pardeshi (11 pts)

(Moto 2): KP Aravind (20 points), CS Santosh (17 pts), Pradeep HK (15 pts), Shamlal Pardeshi (11 pts), Raju Fernandes (10 pts)

Class 2: Novice, Gr-C (2/4 Stroke, Upto 260cc): 1-Adnan Ahmed (TVS Racing; RTR 160), 2-Murthy R (Bangalore; RX 135), 3-Sachin Ghorpade (Kolhapur; Fiero), 4-Amrut Dudhane (Kolhapur; RX 135), 5-Shahrukh Mulla (Ichalkaranji; RX 135)

Class 3: Indian Experts, Gr-B (2/4 Stroke, Upto 260cc): 1-Aravind KP (TVS Racing; RTR 160), 2-Pradeep HK (TVS Racing; RTR 160),3-Pramod Joshua (TVS Racing; RTR 160), 4-Naresh VS (TVS Racing), 5-Shamlal Pardeshi (Pune; RX 135)

Class 4: Locals, Gr-B (2/4 Stroke, Upto 260cc): 1-Sachin Ghorpade (Kolhapur; Fiero), 2-Amrut Dudhane (Kolhapur; RX 135), 3-Shahrukh Mulla (Ichalkaranji; RX 135), 4-Arif Shaikh (Miraj; RXZ), 5-Vasim Badgat (Ichalkaranji; RX 135)

Class 5: Indian Experts, Gr-C (2/4 Stroke, Upto 260cc): 1-Pramod Joshua (TVS Racing; RTR 160), 2-R Natraj (TVS Racing; RTR 160),3-Naresh VS (TVS Racing; RTR 160), 4-Adhan Thakkar (TVS Racing; RTR 160), 5-Pinkesh Thakkar (TVS Apache)

Class 6: Private Experts, Gr-C (2/4 Stroke, Upto 250cc): 1- Pinkesh Thakkar (TVS Apache), 2-Murthy R (Bangalore; RX 135), 3-Amrut Dudhane (Kolhapur; RX 135), 4-Shahrukh Mulla (Ichalkaranji; RX 135), 5-Sachin Ghorpade (Kolhapur; TVS Fiero)

Class 7: Private Foreign Open, Gr-A (2/4 Stroke, Upto 250cc/500cc; 2 Motos): 1- Harith Noah (Kerala; KTM SXF 250) – 40 pts; 2-Allan Sequiera (Goa; KX 250) – 34 pts; 3-Javed Shaikh (Goa; KTM 250F) – 30 pts; 4-Raju Fernandes (Goa; CR 250) – 26 pts; 5-Suraj Kute (Nashik; YZ 250F) – 21 pts

(Moto 1): Harith Noah (20 pts), Allan Sequiera (17 pts), Javed Shaikh (15 pts), Raju Fernandes (13 pts), Suraj Kute (11 pts)

(Moto 2): Harith Noah (20 pts), Allan Sequiera (17 pts), Javed Shaikh (15 pts), Raju Fernandes (13 pts), Suraj Kute (11 pts)

Best Rider of The Day: Aravind KP (TVS Racing).