Sarthak leads Petronas TVS Racing’s podium sweep

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Sarthak Chavan won the Super Sport 301-400cc Open race. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Pune’s 19-year-old Sarthak Chavan shrugged off jet lag and a last-row start to win the premier Super Sport 301-400cc Open race in the second round of the MRF Indian National Racing Challenge 2W at the Madras International Circuit (MIC) here on Saturday.

Sarthak, who arrived in Chennai early on Saturday after an overnight journey from Spain and missed practice and qualifying, took advantage of leader Rahil Pillarisetty’s retirement on the penultimate lap. Chennai teenager Rakshith Dave finished second, while Bengaluru’s Chiranth Vishwanath completed the Petronas TVS Racing podium sweep.

Sixteen-year-old Kabilesh, son of former National champion Rajini Krishnan, won the Super Stock 301-400cc Open. Chennai’s former National women’s champion Ann Jennifer claimed the Super Stock 165cc Intermediate title after starting last.

Mohamed Mikail won the Pro-Stock 200cc Open, K.K. Anandhu took the Stock 301-400cc Novice honours, and Yashwant Verma led a 1-2 finish for Motul Sparks Racing in the Stock 165cc Novice class.

The results (Provisional – all six laps unless mentioned): Super Sport 301-400cc Open (Race-1): 1. Sarthak Chavan (Petronas TVS Racing) 11:03.311s; 2. Rakshith Dave (Petronas TVS Racing) 11:03.506; 3. Chiranth Vishwanath (Petronas TVS Racing) 11:06.187.

Pro-Stock 200cc Open (Race-1): 1. Mohamed Mikail (Team MRA) 11:51.610; 2. K. Amarnath Menon (Kozhikode, MadRabbit Racing) 11:51.831; 3. R.S. Abdul Basim (Chandra LGE Racing) 11:53.924.

Super Stock 301-400cc Open (Race-1): 1. Kabilesh Rajini Krishnan (RACR Castrol Power1) 11:38.273; 2. Kamal Navas (Rockers Racing) 11:41.065; 3. Seshadri (Motul Gusto Racing) 11:41.153.

Super Stock 165cc Intermediate (Race-1): 1. A.S. Ann Jennifer (Motul Sparks Racing) 12:46.048; 2. D. Annish Samson (Motul Sparks Racing) 12:53.234; 3. K.K. Anandhu (Veedol C2 Racing) 12:55.971.

Stock 301-400cc Novice (Race-1): 1. K.K. Anandhu 12:15.190; 2. Rehbar Islam Baktoo (Motul Gusto Racing) 12:17.181; 3. R. Ashwin (Bengaluru) 12:17.860.

Stock 165cc Novice (Race-1): 1. Yashwant Varma (Motul Sparks Racing) 13:09.445; 2. Raja Sreeharsha Singamsetty (Motul Sparks Racing) 13:09.792; 3. Dev Agastya (Bengaluru) 13:10.097.

Petronas TVS Racing One-Make Championship: Expert (Apache RR 310) (Race-1): 1. Rajender Beedani (Hyderabad) 11:42.499; 2. A.S. James (Bengaluru) 11:42.612; 3. Kamal Navas 11:44.190.

Women (Apache RTR 200, 5 laps): 1. Poojita Anil Kumar (Bengaluru) 11:14.009; 2. Hannah Akkineni Joshitha (Hyderabad) 11:43.872; 3. Mansi Ashok Walunj (Pune) 11:43.884.