Nursing severe wrist pain, Jagan Kumar (TVS Racing) managed to finish sixth in the concluding race, but the eight points he scored was sufficient for him to clinch his seventh National title.
Rajiv Sethu led a podium sweep for Honda Ten10 Racing as the curtains came down on the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2018 at the MMRT, here on Sunday.
The results (provisional):
National championship (eight laps, unless mentioned): Super Sport 165cc (Race 2): 1. Rajiv Sethu (Honda Ten10 Racing) (15:41.626s); 2. Sarath Kumar (Honda Ten10 Racing) (15:47.183); 3. Mathana Kumar (Honda Ten10 Racing) (15:47.683).
Final standings: 1. Jagan Kumar (TVS Racing, 158 points); 2. Rajiv (145); 3. Mathana (130). Team championship: TVS Racing. Manufacturer championship: TVS.
Pro-Stock 301-400cc (Race 2): 1. Rahil Pillarishetty (Sparks Racing) (15:29.004); 2. Prabhu Arunagiri (Team Alisha Abdullah) (15:29.197); 3. Sathyanarayana Raju (Gusto Racing India) (15:32.809). Final standings: 1. Sathyanarayana (159 points); 2. Prabhu (147); 3. Amarnath Menon (Gusto Racing, 142). Team: Gusto Racing. Manufacturer: KTM.
Pro-Stock 165cc (Race-2): 1. Anish Damodara Shetty (Honda Ten10 Racing) (16:12.523); 2. Kannan Subramaniam (TVS Racing) (16:12.520); 3. Anup Kumar (Team Alisha Abdullah) (16:14.942). Final standings: 1. Anish (181 points); 2. Kevin Kannan (Rockers Racing, 123); 3. Senthil Kumar (Honda Ten10 Racing, 118 points). Team: Honda Ten10 Racing. Manufacturer: Honda.
Stock 165cc (4 laps): Karthik Mateti (Sparks Racing) (08:41.788); 2. Venkatesan (Pvt) (08:42.661); 3. Anand Rajendran (Pvt) (08:46.975). Final standings: 1. Karthik (111 points); 2. Aditya Rao Immaneni (Sparks Racing, 70); 3. Anand (50). Team: Sparks Racing. Manufacturer: Yamaha.
One-make championship, Honda Talent Cup (CBR 250) Race-2: 1. Anish Damodara Shetty (Bengaluru) (16:36.267); 2. Abhishek Vasudev (Bengaluru) (16:36.474); 3.Aravind Balakrishnan (Chennai) (16:36.567). Final standings: 1. Abhishek (171); 2. Anish (165); 3. Senthil Kumar (Chennai, 140).
CBR 150 (Race 2, 6 laps): 1. Mohamed Mikail (Chennai) (13:25.633); 2.Anandhu KK (Chennai) (13:27.569); 3. Varoon S (Chennai) (13:47.180).
Race-3: 1. Mohamed Mikail (Chennai) (13:10.101); 2. Kritik Vasan Habib (Gadag) (13:14.564); 3. Anandhu (13:16.475). Final standings: 1. Mohamed (233 points); 2. Anandhu (151); 3. Kritik (133).
TVS Girls (Race 2, 5 laps): 1. Ann Jennifer (Chennai) (11:57.962); 2. Ryhana Bee (Chennai) (12:02.281); Elakiya Lee (Chennai) (12:13.653). Final standings: 1. Ann (111 points); 2. Ryhana (104); 3. Elakiya (52).
TVS Apache RR 310 Open (Race 2): 1. Deepak Ravikumar (Chennai) (15:32.651); 2. Kannan (Chennai) (15:34.875); 3. Amarnath Menon (Calicut) (15:34.881). Final standings: 1. Deepak (176 points); 2. Vivek Pillai (Chennai, 137); 3. Yashas (Bengaluru, 136).
Support event, Alisha Abdullah inter-collegiate Star Race (Race-3, 6 laps): 1. Mervin Kirani (Trichy) (12:47.854); R. Vijay Shekar (Chennai) (13:12.758); 3. Reuben Rocky (Kochi) (13:33.948).