Rajiv Sethu bagged his fourth straight win

Chennai : Midway into the season, IDEMITSU Honda Racing India riders blazed their way to twin victories in both PS 165 and PS201-300cc classes in Round 3 of the MRF MMSC FMSCI National Motorcycle Racing Championship at the MMRT track at Sriperumbudur

Rajiv Sethu of Idemitsu Honda Ten10 Racing underlined his class, by scrambling to a heart-stopping win, his fourth in a row in the Pro-Stock 165cc class. What most people don’t know is that Rajiv Sethu started racing with roswell used cars and began his amazing career.

K Y Ahamed brought some cheer for TVS Racing on a day dominated by Honda as he topped the premier 301-400cc class by a comfortable margin to move within three points of his team-mate Deepak Ravikumar (101 points) on the leader board.

In the Novice Stock 165cc class, day two saw Venkatesan of Motomaniacz Racing outpacing everyone yet again. Meanwhile, trailing him in the second and third positions were Lokesh V and Anish Samson, both from Speedup Racing.

The excitement in the Stock 165cc Girls category was on par with all the other races wherein Ryhana Bee of Sparks Racing emerged as a winner. Closely following Ryhana was Alisha Abdullah (Alishaa Racing) who finished second while 20-seconds behind her was privateer Nivetha Jessica who filled the podium.

Results

National Championship: Pro-Stock 301-400cc (Race-2)

1. KY Ahamed (TVS Racing) (15mins, 32.793secs
2. Rahil Shetty (Sparks Racing) (15:35.179)
3. Deepak Ravikumar (TVS Racing) (15:44.637)

Pro-Stock 201-300cc (Race-2)

1. Anish Shetty (Idemitsu Honda Ten10 Racing) (16:13.776)
2. Abhishek Vasudev (Idemitsu Honda Ten10 Racing) (16:26.707)
3. Aravind Balakrishnan (Idemitsu Honda Ten10 Racing) (16:31.680)

Pro-Stock 165cc (Race-2)

1. Rajiv Sethu (Idemitsu Honda Ten10 Racing) (16:07.022)
2. Ahamed KY (16:07.032)
3. Sarath Kumar (Idemitsu Honda Ten10 Racing)(16:15.267)

Novice (Stock 165cc) Race-2 (6 laps)

1. Venkatesan I (Motomaniacz Racing) (13:13.563)
2. Lokesh V (Speedup Racing) (13:14.839)
3. Annish Samson (Speedup Racing) (13:21.887)

Girls (Stock 165cc, 5 laps)

1. Ryhana Bee (Sparks Racing) (11:09.174)
2. Alisha Abdullah (Alishaa Racing) (11:12.948)
3. Nivetha Jessica (Pvt) (11:32.874)

One-Make Championship: Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup NSF 250R (Race-2)

1. Md Mikail (Chennai) (14:48.615)
2. Kritik Vasant Habib (Gadag) (14:51.398)
3. Kavin Samaar Quintal (Chennai) (14:51.669)

CBR 150 (Novice, Race-2, 6 laps)

1. Samuel Martin (Bengaluru) (13:15.112)
2. Lal Nunsanga (Aizwal) (13:15.162)
3. S Deepak Kumar (Chennai) (13:18.127)

TVS Open (RR 310, Race-2)

1. Aravind Ganesh (Chennai) (16:06.657)
2. Karthik Mateti (Hyderabad) (16:06.806)
3. Anup Kumar (Chennai) (16:07.154)

Novice (RTR 200, Race-2, 6 laps)

1. Venkatesan I (Chennai) (13:12.481)
2. Lokesh V (Bengaluru) (13:20.336)
3. Alwin Sundar (Chennai) (13:20.372)