Abdul Waheed Tanveer of TVS Racing edged out his experienced teammate Aravind KP by seven seconds to bag his maiden Pro Expert class for Super Bikes crown in the MRF 3rd Rally of Karnataka, the opening round of the 2016 MRF MoGrip FMSCI National Rally Championship for two-wheelers, in Bengaluru on Sunday (May 1)
Tanveer clocked a penalty time of 1 hour, 1 minute and 38 seconds to take his maiden victory in the national championship in this class, a release from the organisers Karnataka Motor Sports Club said. The second round of the six-round championship will take place in Nashik on May 14 and 15.
In the Super Bike Expert Class A, Vishwas SD won with a time of 1:10:18 while Yashraj Rathod came second, followed by Syed Jaffer.
Akash Ithal won the Super Sport 550-M5 class while Shreyas Chandra (400 M4), Yuva Kumar (260 M3) Asad Khan (165 M2), Saravana Kumar (130 M1) and Syed Asif Ali (scooter upto 210cc) emerged winners in their respective classes. Trinesh won the Star of Karnataka and he was also a creditable overall 20th among 50 riders, the release added.
Lady rider Shreya Sundar Iyer of TVS Racing had to miss this round due to an injury to her left elbow during a practice session.
Results
Overall
- Abdul Waheed Tanveer (TVS Racing) 1 hour, 01 min, 38 seconds
- Aravind KP (TVS Racing) (1:01:45)
- Yuva Kumar (TVS Racing) (1:08:49)
Super Bike Pro-Expert Class A
- Abdul Waheed Tanveer (Team TVS Racing) 1 hour, 01 min, 38 seconds
- Arvind KP (Team TVS Racing) (1:01:45)
Super Bike Expert Class A
- Vishwas SD (privateer) (1:10:18)
- Yashraj Rathod (Pvt) (1:14:18)
- Syed Jaffer (Pvt) (1:15:09)
Super Sport 130 B
- Saravana Kumar (1:12.43)
- Mahesh Chandu MN (1:16:51)
- Mohammed Zaidan Azeem (1:17:35)
Super Sport 165 B
- Asad Khan CA (1:09:28)
- Rajendra RE (1:10.06, including road penalty of 1 min)
- Febin Jose (1:10:08)
Super Sport 260 B
- Yuva Kumar (Team TVS Racing) (1:08:49)
- Suhail Ahmed (1:10:46);
- Harish C (1:13:12)
Super Sport 400B
- Shreyas Chandra (1:19:04);
- Venu Ramesh Kumar (1:19:22).
Super Sport 550 B
- Aakash Ithal (1:11.08)
- Shahrukh Mohammad (1:19:06, including 1 min road penalty)
- Prabhu Chandramohan (1: 1:24:50, including 1 min 30 second road penalty)
Scooter 210 B
- Syed Asif Ali (1:12:54)
- Abijith Shetty (1:19:43, including 2 min road penalty)
- Nilesh Y Thakare (1:22:44)
Star of Karnataka
- Trinesh V (1:14:58, including 2 min road penalty)
- Mohammad Ansar (1:15:49, including 10 second road penalty)
- Madhan Mohan (1:15:53)