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Mon, 09/15/2008 - 09:16 by Staff   Tags:

Triple slam for T.K. Vishwanath

Double delight for Vinoth, Deva, Sarath, Vivek and Umesh

Former national champion T.K. Vishwanath made a spectacular comeback to road racing after a long gap. He marked his return with 3 wins, one second place  and one third place finish.  Bike races in Chennai have always drawn huge crowds over the years and today was no exception.  As the speed machines roared into action at the Madras Motor Race Track in Irungattukottai for the third round of the Ucal Rolon National Racing Championship 2008, around 120 riders from various parts of the country were seen in action.  The day saw a combination of spectacular racing and speed as machines vied against each other in three different classes – Experts, Intermediate and Novices.

 

Experts

T.K Vishwanath, Yamaha, Anya Racing, R15, Champion

T.K. Vishwanath on the new Yamaha YZF R15.

 

Group D 4 Stroke 165 cc:  Pole leader and former national champion T.K.Vishwanath of Team ANYA Racing started his comeback trail in style by annexing his first win of the day in Race 1.   Off to a good start, Vishwanath held on the lead comfortably till the end. Finishing second and third were the duo from Team TVS Racing - K.Rajini and Emmanuel Jebaraj.  Race 2 saw T.K.Vishwanath registering his second win of the day comfortably.  Harry Sylvester of Team TVS Racing and teammate Emmanuel Jebaraj finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Group B 4 stroke 165 cc:  K.Rajini of Team TVS was in his winning mode as he went on to register his first win of the day.  Veteran racer Sriskandarajah of Team ANYA finished second.  R.Deepak finished third. Race 2 once again saw T.K.Vishwanath in full cry as he went to record his third win of the day.  The Team TVS Racing duo of K.Rajini and Harry Sylvester finished 2nd and 3rd.

Group B 4 stroke 260 cc: Race 1 saw a three way fascinating tussle between T.K.Vishwanath, K.Vinoth - both from Team ANYA - and R Deepak. Ultimately in a thrilling finish Vinoth prevailed to take the chequered flag followed by Vishwanath and Deepak.  Race 2 witnessed a pulsating duel between Vinoth and Deepak with Vinoth ultimately finishing ahead by a fraction. T.K.Vishwanath came in 3rd.

 

Intermediate

Group C 2 stroke 165 cc:  Pole leader P. Deva Kumar was off to a rousing start in Race 1. Building up a huge lead Deva took the chequered flag by a huge margin. S.Kumar finished second and Umesh Babu came in third.  Race 2 saw another commanding performance from Deva Kumar as he took the chequered flag with a huge margin. S.Krishna Prasad finished second while Umesh Babu finished third.

Group D 4 Stroke 165 cc: Pole leader V.Sameer coastied to a comfortable win in Race 1. Finishing 2nd and third were Emmanuel Clarke and Sudhakar Kesavan.  In Race 2 it was Shyam Shankar who took the chequered flag ahead of Emmanuel Clarke. Sudhakar Kesavan finished third.

 

Novice

Praveen and Alok dazzle in Group A Super bikes

600 cc -  Race 1 saw Praveen Keerthi continuing his dominating run in this class as he came up triumphs once again. Gopinadhan and Mohammed finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. Race 2 saw a repeat result for the first two places. Sarosh finished third.

1000 cc -   It was a nail biting duel for the top slot all the way between Alok Sashidhar and Vikram .  However, it was Alok taking the chequered flag just a whisker ahead.   K.V.Balaji finished third.  Race 2  results was a repeat of Race 1.

Group D 4 stroke 130 cc:  Sarath Kumar took the honors winning both the races in this class. Alok Sashidhar finished a close second while S.Ravi came in third.  In Race 2. K. Jagan finished second while once again S.Ravi came in third.

Group D 2 stroke 165 cc :  It was a glorious double for S.Vivek Pillai as he clinched comfortable wins in both the races in this category. Starting in pole, Vivek had good starts in both the races helping him clinch both wins effortlessly.  Finishing second and third in Race 1 were S.Vinoth and R.Karthick respectively.  S.Vinoth and A.Gowri Shankar finished second and third places in Race 2.

Mopeds: For K. Umesh Babu it was once again a double treat as he took the honors in both races with comfortable margins.

 

TVS Race a Bike Scheme

Earlier on Saturday the TVS Race A Bike scheme races were held. D.Dinesk Kumar  won both the races in A group.   The races in B Group saw S. Suman Stanley and Arjun J Pillai sharing the honors.

 

Race results

Expert class

Group D 4 stroke 165 cc – 5 laps

  • Race 1
  1. T.K.Vishwanath 06:27:553
  2. K.Rajini 06:28:058
  3. Emmanuel Jebaraj  06:31:089
  • Race  2
  1. T.K.Vishwanath 06:32:447
  2. Harry Sylvester 06:34;289
  3. Emmanuel Jebaraj 06:37:972

Group B 4 stroke 165 cc   Race 1  -  5 laps   Race 2  -  8 laps

  • Race 1
  1. K.Rajini 10:37:581
  2. Sriskandarajah 10:43:603
  3. R.Deepak 10:52:949
  • Race  2
  1. T.K.Vishwanath 16:48:193
  2. K.Rajini 17:03:884
  3. Harry Sylvester 17:19:612

Group B 4 stroke 260 cc   Race 1  - 5 laps   Race 2  - 8 laps

  • Race 1
  1. K.Vinoth 10:38:151
  2. T.K.Vishwanath 10:38:415
  3. R.Deepak 10:38:643
  • Race  2
  1. K,Vinoth 16:49:736
  2. R.Deepak 16:49:750
  3. T.K.Vishwanath 16:58:183

Intermediate class

Group D 4 stroke 165 cc – 5 laps

  • Race 1
  1. V.Sameer 06:30:901
  2. Emmanuel Clarke 06:32:758
  3. Sudhakar Kesavan 06: 36:812
  • Race  2
  1. Shyam Shankar 06:34:888
  2. Emmanuel Clarke 06:35:523
  3. Sudhakar Kesavan 06:37:940 

Group C 2 stroke 130 – 165 cc – 6 laps

  • Race 1
  1. P.Deva Kumar 11:04:907
  2. S.Kumar  11:26:343
  3. Umesh Babu 11:27:717
  • Race  2
  1. S.Deva Kumar 17:48:015
  2. S.Krishna Prasad 18:12:943
  3. Umesh Babu 18:13:882 

Novice class

Group A - Race 1  - 5 laps   Race  2  - 8 laps

  • 600 cc Race 1
  1. Praveen Keerthi 10:03:092
  2. S.Gopinadhan 10:21:449
  3. S.J.Mohammed 11:11:594
  • 600 cc Race 2
  1. Praveen Keerthi 16:24:088
  2. S.Gopinadhan 16:28:736
  3. Sarosh 17:48:141
  • 1000cc Race 1
  1. Alok Sashidhar 10:20:068
  2. Vikram 10:20:353
  3. K.V.Balaji 10:57:565
  • Race 
  1. Alok Sashidhar  16:27:887
  2. Vikram 16:28:026
  3. K.V.Balaji 17:51:634

Group D 4 stroke 130 cc – 5 laps

  • Race 1
  1. Sarath Kumar 07:08:857
  2. Alok Sashidhar  07:08:957
  3. S.Ravi 07:14:930
  • Race 2
  1. Sarath Kumar 06:46:381
  2. K.Jagan 06:48:954
  3. S.Ravi  06:59:632 

Group D 2 stroke 165 cc – 5 laps

  • Race  1
  1. S.Vivek Pillai 06:53:314
  2. S.Vinoth 06:56:431
  3. R.Karthick 07:04:310
  • Race 2
  1. S.Vivek Pillai  06:57:770
  2. S.Vinoth 07:02:737
  3. A.Gowi Shankar 07:08:816 

Mopeds – upto 65 cc -  3 laps

  • Race 1
  1. K. Umesh Babu 04:31:060
  2. A.Vinoth Kumar 04:38:868
  3. Mohammed Rafi  04:42:116
  • Race  2
  1. K.Umesh Babu 04:30:843
  2. A.Vinoth Kumar  04:43:552
  3. Mohammed Rafi 04:44:675
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