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8th National Racing Championship 2005 Round 4:: Chennai :: 30th - 31st July 2005 Race Report :: 31st July 2005

On a cool day the championship race hots up in the Formula Maruti and Formula LGB categories.  With 3 more rounds still to run it is anybody’s guess who will take the grand prize of a brand new Alto & Esteem  from Maruti Suzuki in the Formula Maruti and Formula LGB respectively.  In the  Esteem category Ayub Khan has more or less assured himself of a brand new Esteem.by building up an invincilble lead. 

Category : Esteem

Race 1 of the day was in this category and  started with a grid of 7 cars. This event which  has been so far dominated by the veterans saw no change in the set up . Ayub Khan  who looks to have been struck by  the Midas touch this season continued his great run  today. Starting from pole position, led till the end  and ran way to a facile win in race 1. K.E. Kumar starting 3^rd  drove  aggressively as is his forte  to  ensure that he finished second. 2^nd placed in the grid Ashwin Sunder  could not just match the racing skills of Kumar and finished 3^rd.  

Race 2 saw Ayub Khan continuing from  where he left.   Leading from start to finish, Ayub did not even give an iota of a chance to his rivals,  and the main tussle  for the 2^nd place was between K.E.Kumar & Radha Selvaraj.  K.E.Kumar and Radha Selvaraj fought neck to neck till the end  with Radha  just edging out Kumar to take the 2^nd place.

Category : FISSME (Formula Maruti)

Pole leader Gaurav Dalal began Race 1 in style and ensured that the lead did not change hands to ensure a handsome win. Rayomand Banajee  staring 3^rd  moved up past 2^nd in grid Amitrajit Ghosh to finish second while Ghosh had to settle for third place. Sudhanand Daniel Rajan won the novice prize..

Race 2 saw pole leader Gaurav Dalal spinning out of the race giving  Amitrajit Ghosh the opportunity to come up trumps and also retain his championship lead.  Rayomand Banajee continued his successful run today to finish second. An exceptional performance from Karuna Kadur starting 8^th on the grid saw him move up  past 5  racers to finish an extremely creditable 3^rd. Sudarshan Rao won bthe prize for the novice category.

Category :  Formula L G B

In the premium racing category Formula LGB Rayomand Banajee stole the show with another scintillating performance to the chequered flag after in Race 1 after  pole leader Sarosh Hataria dropped out of the race.   The speed of the Esteem engined formula cars  was a delight to watch. Another promising youngster whas been making waves in the national karting scene Aditya Akkineni from Hyderabad drove one of his best races to move up past Ameya Walvalkar to finish 2^nd. Ameya  finished in third place.  The novice prize was annexed by Naveen Kumar. 

In an action packed Race 2 which was the best race of the day and a treat for the large number of spectators and racing enthusiasts, pole leader Sarosh Hataria drove one of his best races of his career to stave off a hard challenge from Ameya and Rayomand.  Initially there was a 5 car battle for the lead. Towards the latter half of the race Rayomand overtook Ameya for 2^nd place and harried Sarosh every inch of the way. Sarosh made amends for his morning’s disappointment by taking the chequered flag.  Novice prize was won by Saran Parekh.

Formula Maruti - left to right :: Rayomand Banajee, Gaurav Dalal and Amitrajit Ghosh	Formula LGB - left to right : Aditya Akkineni, Rayomand Banajee and Ameya Walavalkar

Overall championship points position(Provisional)

at the end of the fourth leg

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