SportPosted at: Aug 9 2021 11:32AM Bengaluru riders dominate Drag races
Chennai, Aug 9 (UNI) Riders from Bengaluru, spearheaded by
reigning champion Hemanth Muddappa swept the honours in
the first round of the MMSC FMSCI-Indian National Motorcycle
Drag Racing Championship which concluded at the MMRT,
here last evening, amidst strict Covid safety protocols.
Muddappa (31), astride his Suzuki Hayabusa, was the quickest
of all riders, clocking 07.882 seconds over 302-metres strip
while winning the featured Super Sport Above 1051cc category
ahead of fellow-Bengalureans Hafizullah Khan (08.116) and
Harish Naik (08.538).
Another Bengalurean, Mohd Riyaz (08.026) topped the time
sheets in the Super Sport 851-1050cc class, followed by
Muddappa (08.116), who was a bit slow off the mark, and
debutant NV Satyanarayana Raju (08.191) from Hyderabad.
The results:
Super Sport (Above 1051cc):
1. Hemanth Muddappa (Mantra Racing, Bengaluru) (07.882secs);
2. Hafizullah Khan (Bengaluru) (08.116);
3. Harish Naik (Bengaluru) (08.538).
851-1050cc:
1. Mohd Riyaz (Bengaluru) (08.026);
2. Hemanth Muddappa (Mantra Racing, Bengaluru) (08.116);
3. NV Satyanarayana Raju (Hyderabad) (08.191).
Super Sport Indian – 361-550cc:
1. Aiyaz Rem (Bengaluru) (12.568);
2. Zuheeb Ahmed (Bengaluru) (12.860);
3. D Annish Samson (Speed Up Racing, Bengaluru) (12.942).
226-360cc:
1. Bharath Raj (Rockers Racing, Chennai) (12.602);
2. Yogeshwaran (Speed Up Racing, Chennai) (12.798);
3. D Annish Samson (Speed Up Racing, Bengaluru) (13.050).
Up to 165cc:
1. Kevin Kannan (RACR Castro Power, Chennai) (14.573);
2. Anand R (Chennai) (14.824);
3. Chandrashekar (Bengaluru) (14.910).
Girls (4-Stroke, up to 165cc):
1. Lani Zena Fernandez (Chennai) (16.591);
2. Nivetha Jessica (Chennai) (16.640);
3. Soundari Sindy (Chennai) (16.794).
2-Stroke Up to 130cc:
1. Mujahid Pasha (Bengaluru) (13:547);
2. Prashanth (Chennai) (13.682);
3. Mohd Rafiq (Bengaluru) (13.733).
131-165cc:
1. Mohd Rafiq (Bengaluru) (12.818);
2. Husain Khan (Mumbai) (13.002);
3. Aiyaz Rem (Bengaluru) (13.047).
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