Triple Pole for T.K.Vishwanath
Superbike poles for Praveen and Vikram while Vivek, Alok, Deva, Umesh & Sameer share honors in other classes
It was a spectacular return to road racing by the former national champion T .K. Vishwanath. On a hectic and action packed day, the qualifying sessions for Round 3 of the Ucal Rolon National Racing Championship got underway today at the Madras Motor Race Track in Irrungattukottai near Chennai today. Vishwanath capped the day with three poles to his credit. In the Super Bike class it was Praveen Keerthi and Vikram who took the honors. S.Vivek Pillai, V.Sameer, Alok Shashidhar and K.Umesh Babu were among those in the limelight today as they achieved pole positions in their respective classes.
The pole positions and fastest lap timings in various categories are as follows-:
Group A (Super Bikes)
- 600 cc – Praveen Keerthi 01:54:886
- 1000 cc – Vikram 02:00:369
Expert
- Group D 4 stroke 165 cc - T.K.Vishwanath 01:16:025
- Group B 4 stroke 165 cc - T.K.Vishwanath 02:05:683
- Group B 4 stroke 260 cc - T.K.Vishwanath 02:05:293
Intermediate class
- Group D 4 stroke 130 – 165 cc – V.Sameer 01:16:706
- Group C 2 stroke 130 – 165 cc – P.Deva Kumar 02:11:798
Novice
- Group D 4 stroke 130 cc – Alok Shashidhar 01:22:320
- Group D 2 stroke 130 to 165 – S. Vivek Pillai 01:20:325
- Moped - K.Umesh Babu 01:25:429
An added attraction on Sunday during the main races - which is bound to bring the house down - will be the races in the Super Bikes classes featuring 600 cc and 1000 cc foreign bikes.
The main races will commence on Sunday at 9 am. Entry for the public is free.
