Hyderabad’s Rahil Pillarisetty (RACR Castrol Power1) pulled off his first win in 4 years as he pipped favourite Sarthak Chavan, the Pune teenager, to say the honours within the premier Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open race whilst the primary spherical of the MRF-MMSC-FMSCI National Motorcycle Racing Championships got here to an abrupt finish resulting from a thunderstorm on the Madras International Circuit right here on Sunday.
The heavy rains accompanied by robust winds early afternoon prompted appreciable injury to the power whereas it additionally pressured cancellation of day’s remaining two races which will probably be run within the second spherical in August.
Earlier, Ann Jennifer (RACR Castrol Power1) from Chennai and Bengaluru’s Varun Patil (Mad Rabbit Racing) accomplished a double apiece within the Girls (Stock 165cc) and Stock 301-400cc (Novice) classes, respectively, whereas younger Kedarnadh (Motul KTM Gusto Racing) from Tirupati topped the Stock 165cc (Novice) race.
The outcomes (Provisional, all six laps until talked about): Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open (Race-2): 1. Rahil Pillarishetty (Hyderabad, RACR Castrol Power 1) (11mins, 03.229secs); 2. Sarthak Chavan (Pune, Petronas TVS Racing) (11:03.501); 3. Chiranth Vishwanath (Bengaluru, Petronas TVS Racing) (11:03.543).
Stock 301-400cc (Novice) Race-2: 1. Varun Patil (Bengaluru, Mad Rabbit Racing) (12:22.078); 2. Kamal Navas (Chennai, Rockers Racing) (12:22.412); 3. Jagadeesh Nagaraj (Bengaluru, 12:23.382).
Stock 165cc (Novice) Race-2: 1. Kedarnath (Tirupati, Motul KTM Gusto Racing) (13:09.435); 2. Rajender Beedani (Hyderabad, MAI Racing) (13:15.456); 3. Yashwant Varma (Visakhapatnam, Motul Sparks Racing) (13:25.449).
Girls (Stock 165cc) Race-2 (5 laps): 1. A.S. Ann Jennifer (Chennai, Motul Sparks Racing) (10:55.279); 2. Jagathishree Kumaresan (Chennai, One Racing) (10:57.190); 3. Rakshitha Dave (Chennai, RACR Castrol Power 1) (10:58.280).
Petronas TVS One-Make Championship: Rookie (Apache RTR 200) Race-2 (4 laps): 1. R. Hari Haran (Coimbatore) (09:11.487); 2. Poojitha Anil Kumar (Bengaluru) (09:19.950); 3. Hesali Nehansa Peiris (Sri Lanka) (09:20.010).
Electric RTE (4 laps): 1. Sarthak Chavan (Pune, Petronas TVS Racing) (07:21.348); 2. Chiranth Vishwanath (Bengaluru, Petronas TVS Racing) (07:27.075); 3. C. Senthilkumar (Coimbatore, Petronas TVS Racing) (07:35.232).
Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup: Honda CB 300F (Race-2, 8 laps): 1. R. Solomon (Bengaluru) (17:03.481); 2. Deepak Kumar (Chennai) (17:13.576); 3. Swaroop Krishna (Chennai) (17:24.441).
Published – June 08, 2025 05:29 pm IST
