Sayed finally opened his account this season by finishing 2nd at the podium, while MSport’s Vishnu Prasad finished a close 3rd.
The action-packed Day commenced with the Race 2 of the Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup. It started off smooth but soon turned out to be unlucky for seasoned campaigner and yesterday’s podium topper Anish D Shetty as he lost control and retired midway. It was Navaneeth Kumar, who took this opportunity to claim the top spot today.
Category-wise, in the pro category, Navaneeth took the lead, with Allwin coming 2nd, and Ullas S Nanda finishing 3rd. Soorya PM continued his lead in the Amateur category followed by Varun Gowda at 2nd, Pradeep C at 3rd, respectively.
There was a bit of disappointment in the JK Tyre Novice Cup as Momentum Motorsports’ Arjun Syam Nair, who led Race yesterday, toppled over after getting hit by Aman Nagdev’s car. It was Arjun’s teammate Chetan Surineni, who showed a surprising run to clinch the top spot at the podium, as DTS Racing duo Vinith Kumar, and Joel Joseph, came a close 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
In the JK Tyre Presents Endurance League Cup featuring 20 teams of two riders each racing on 250cc bikes non-stop for 60 minutes with a rider change was the real test of endurance. After an hour-long test of endurance and racing intellect, it was the pair of Abhishek Vasudev and Amarnath Menon, who topped the podium, followed by Rohit Lad and Abhinav G at the 2nd, and Prabhu V and Sarvesh Hamunnavar at the 3rd spot.
The Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup. was won by Allwin Xavier while Sudheer Sudhakar, and Meka Vidhuraj, came in with superb performances to clinch the 2nd, and 3rd spot, respectively.
Soorya PM was consistently at top of the podium in the Amateur category, while Varun Gowda, and Pradeep C again finished 2nd, and 3rd respectively.
Chetan Surineni again came in with a superb finish to claim the top spot at the podium in the Race 4 of the JK Tyre Novice Cup. Hasten Performance’s Aadithya Parasuram bounced back to clinch the 2nd spot at the podium, while his teammate Adheet Parashar finished 3rd.
This podium finish puts Aadithya Parasuram 10 points ahead of Kyle Kumaran in the overall tally, who missed this round due to World Motorsport Games in Marseille.
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MOTORSPORT: VISWAS VIJAYARAJ TOPS LGB FORMULA 4 RACES, CHETAN SURINENI WINS THE JK TYRE NOVICE CUP
Harpal Singh Bedi - 2022-10-30 16:02
Coimbatore: Seasoned campaigner Viswas Vijayaraj held his nerves as piped veteran Ahura Racing’s Amir Sayedin an intense race to win the Race 2 of the LGB Formula 4 of the Round 2 of the 25th JK Tyre National Racing Championship at the Kari Motor Speedway here on Sunday.