Chennai, July 24: Bengaluru businessman Hemanth Muddappa (Mantra Racing) continued his domination in the MMSC fmsci Indian National Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship with a triple crown in the season-opener which concluded at the Madras International Circuit, here on Sunday.
Muddappa, the nine-times National champion, participating in four different categories, emerged triumphant in three (one of them a support race), but his exploits notwithstanding, it was Alimon Saidalvi (Bengaluru) who was the quickest rider over the weekend as he topped the Unrestricted category, clocking a blistering 07.775 seconds for the 302-metre dash on a Kawasaki Ninja.
Muddappa, astride a Suzuki Hayabusa, topped in the Super Sport 1051-1650cc category in which he has remained unbeaten over the past few years. Earlier, riding a BMW S1000RR, Muddappa was the quickest in the Super Sport 551-850cc category after winning in the Super Sport 851-1050cc support race atop a Kawasaki ZX6R machine.
Mumbai’s Hussain Khan won in the Super Sport Indian 361-550cc category ahead of Aiyaz from Bengaluru and local rider Bharath Raj.
Results (all 4-Stroke)
National Championship – Unrestricted
- Alimon Saidalvi (Bengaluru) (07.775secs)
- Attaullah Baig (Bengaluru) (08.090s)
- Siddharth Ratan Parmar (Mumbai) (08.254s)
Super Sport 1051-1650 CC
- Hemanth Muddappa (Bengaluru, Mantra Racing) (08.228s)
- Vignesh Purushotham (Bengaluru) (08.309s)
- Hafizullah Khan (Bengaluru) (08.398s)
Super Sport 551-850 CC
- Hemanth Muddappa (Bengaluru, Mantra Racing) (08.614s)
- Siddharth Ratan Parmar (Mumbai) (08.788s)
- Saurabh Parab (Mumbai) (09.086s)
Super Sport Indian 361-550 CC
- Hussain Khan (Mumbai) (12.247s)
- Aiyaz (Bengaluru) (12.350s)
- Bharath Raj (Chennai) (12.691s)
Support race – Super Sport 851-1050 CC
- Hemanth Muddappa (Bengaluru, Mantra Racing) (08.013s)
- Khaja Awais Ahmed (Hyderabad) (08.281s)
- Saurabh Parab (Mumbai) (08.325)
Support race – Super Sport 166-225 CC
- Badhusha M (Chennai) (13.639s)
- Srikkanth P (Bengaluru) (14.054s)
- Karthik M (Chennai) (15.324s)
