National Motorcycle championship: Rajini dominates superbikes class

Krishnan Rajini

Chennai - Krishnan Rajini (Moto-Rev India), K. Jagan, Kamlesh Thakur (Sparks Racing) and Arun Muthukrishnan achieved a double apiece in their respective classes in the second round of the MMSC-SIDVIN National Motorcycle championship, held here over the weekend.

Rajini dominated the Superbikes (600cc) class while Jagan topped the Group B 165cc (Open) class that had just four riders, Thakur was unbeatable in the Group D Novice (130cc) category while Muthukrishnan had his way in the 165cc class.

The results:

Superbikes (600cc, Open) – Race 1 (8 laps): Krishnan Rajini (Moto-Rev India) 1; Deepak Ravikumar (Preethi Racing) 2; M Gautham (Moto-Rev India) 3. Race 2 (8 laps): Rajini 1; Ravikumar 2; Gautham 3.

Group B (165cc, Open) – Race 1 (6 laps): K Jagan 1; Harry Sylvester 2; Shyam Shankar 3. Race 2 (6 laps): Jagan 1; Sylvester 2; P Karthick 3.

Group C (165cc, Open) – Race 1 (6 laps): Sumit Lucas Toppo (Performance Racing) 1; Shyam Shankar (Moto-Rev India) 2; N Abhishek (Moto-Rev India) 3. Race 2: Shyam Shankar (Moto-Rev India) 1; M Sudhakar (Ten10 Racing) 2; A Prabhu (Moto-Rev India) 3.

Group D (130cc, Novice) – Race 1 (6 laps): Kamlesh Thakur (Sparks Racing) 1; Abdul Wahab (TVS Racing) 2; KY Ahmed (TVS Racing) 3. Race 2: Thakur 1; Wahab 2; R Ramesh Kumar (Moto-Rev India) 3.

165cc Novice (6 laps) – Race 1 (6 laps): Arun Muthukrishnan 1; Meka Vidhuraj 2; Sandesh P 3. Race 2 (6 laps): Arun Muthukrishnan 1; S Prem Hari (Performance Racing) 2; R. Ramesh Kumar (Moto-Rev India) 3.

One-Make Series: Honda (CBR 250R, Open) – Race 1 (6 laps): M Gautham (Moto-Rev India) 1; A Prabhu (Moto-Rev India) 2; D Dinesh Kumar (Moto-Rev India) 3. Race 2 (6 laps): Prabhu 1; Dinesh Kumar 2; Gautham 3.

CBR 150 (Open, 6 laps): Arvind Ganesh 1; Sumit Lucas Toppo 2; Rajesh Rathina Kumar 3. CB Twister (Novice) – Race 1 (6 laps): Md Inthekhab Alam 1; Mekha Vidhuraj 2; E Saravanan 3. CBF Stunner (Open, 6 laps): S Padmanabhan 1; Santosh GR 2; Alwyn Jebaz 3.

TVS (Apache RTR, Open) – Race 1 (6 laps): SK Prakash 1; Aravind Ganesh 2; P Ananth Raj 3. Race 2 (6 laps): Prakash 1; P Ananth Raj 2; Ganesh 3.

Novice – Race 1 (6 laps): Abdul Wahab 1; Arun Muthukrishnan 2; Rahul G Rathod 3. Race 2: Wahab 1; Muthukrishnan 2; Prashanth Kumar 3.

Yamaha (R15, Novice) – Race 1 (6 laps): R Ramesh Kumar 1; Arun Muthukrishnan 2; Meka Vidhuraj 3. Race 2 (6 laps): Prem Hari 1; Rahul Rathod 2; Sandesh P 3.

R15 Open (Race 1, 5 laps): Shyam Shankar 1; Sudhakar Kesavan 2; M Sudhakar 3. Race 2 (6 laps): D Dinesh Kumar 1; Shyam Shankar 2; Sudhakar 3.