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Schoolboy Aradhya’s day out

Teen winner: Yash Aradhya is flanked by second placed Goutham Parekh, left, and third placed Raghul Rangasamy after Race 3.

Teen winner: Yash Aradhya is flanked by second placed Goutham Parekh, left, and third placed Raghul Rangasamy after Race 3.  

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Holds off pole-sitter Parekh to win his maiden F1600 race

Yash Aradhya (17) of Bengaluru marked his first season in the MRF F1600 class with a maiden win in the fourth round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Racing Championship (INRC) at the MMRT here on Sunday.

Aradhya started Race-3 from the third position on the grid, but got past pole-sitter Goutham Parekh and Sandeep Kumar within two laps and defended his position throughout.

The results (Provisional, all 8 laps unless mentioned): MRF F1600: Race-2 (7 laps): 1. Goutham Parekh 11:55.958s; 2. Sandeep Kumar 11:59.036; 3. Arya Singh 11:59.807; Race-3: 1. Yash Aradhya 13:38.672; 2. Parekh 13:39.045; 3. Raghul Rangasamy 13:39.335.

Indian Touring Cars: Race-2: 1. Arjun Narendran (Arka Motorsports) 15:18.697; 2. Arjun Balu (Race Concepts) 15:18.972; 3. Ashish Ramaswamy (Arka Motorsports) 15:27.011.

Turbo: Race-2: 1. Karthik Tharani (VW Motorsport) 15:26.584; 2. Rayomand Banajee (VW Motorsport) 15:40.368; 3. Ishaan Dodhiwala (VW Motorsport) 15:48.720.

Super Stock: Race-2: 1. Varun Anekar (Race Concepts) 15:47.827; 2. Srinivas Teja (Performance Racing) 16:25.497; 3. R.P. Rajarajan (Performance Racing) 16:25.743.

Indian Junior Touring Cars: Race-2: 1. Nikunj Vagh (Team N1) 16:46.717; 2. Chris Desouza (Unimek Racing) 16:59.674; 3. A.S. Prabu (Arka Motorsports) 17:22.050.

Esteem Cup: Race-2: 1. Biren Pithawala (Team N1) 16:45.958; 2. Raghul (Performance Racing) 16:56.231; 3. R. Shyam (Prime Racing) 17:22.349.

Volkswagen Ameo Cup: Race-2: 1. Shubhomoy Ball 15:40.496; 2. Affan Sadat Safwan Islam (Bangladesh) 15:41.536; 3. Dhruv Mohite 15:41.784. Race-3: 1. Mohite 15:38.206; 2. Saurav Bandyopadhyay 15:45.963; 3. Ball 15:48.007.