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1st Racing Cup 2006 : Round 3: 29th April 2006 Ajay Kini, Deepak share honors

The heat of Chennai’s summer did not deter the racers who had come down to Chennai from various parts of the country to participate in the 3rd and 4th rounds of the JK Tyre Racing Cup for Juniors being held at the MMST track at Irungattukottai. The Formula Maruti category had a grid of 15. The event of Esteems was run as a support race. At the end of the first race in each category the grid position for the first 8 places were reversed based on their qualifying timing i.e. who qualified first had to start in 8th place, 2nd in the 7th place, 3rd in the 6th etc. This was the 1st time this concept was introduced by the organizers to give the newcomers a chance to develop their racing skills.

Championship leader in Formula Maruti category Ajay Kini continued his good run from Round 1 and 2 to take the pole in the qualifying races held earlier today. Race 1 saw a good start for the top 3 in the grid with Ajay Kini barely managing to hold his position to emerge a very close winner. Despite giving a very hot chase Saran Vikram could just not nudge past Ajay and had to be content with 2nd place. Sudarshana Rao finished in third place. Race 2 which commenced with the reversed grid had to be red flagged following a three vehicle pile up in lap 2. The race was restarted as a six lapper. A fighting performance from Deepak R who started in fifth place saw him move up to execute his first win in the championship. Championship leader Ajay Kini who started in 8th place showed his championship qualities by displaying tremendous driving skills which saw him almost annexing this race, but Deepak held on to just squeak ahead forcing Ajay Kini to finish in 2nd place. Saran Vikram who started in 7th place finished third.

Earlier, in the Esteem category it was the lad from Vizag and pole leader Bolisetti Sailesh who took the honors in Race 1 with a sterling performance. Finishing in 2nd and 3rd places were Chennai racers Saran Vikram and Bharat P V respectively. Race 2 which started also with a reversed grid saw Saran Vikram starting in 6th place come up with an excellent effort to move up and win the race very comfortably. Abhinand Shankar finished 2nd while P V Bharat finished third.

Round 4 will be held on Sunday 30th April. The race timings for the 4th round have been revised and as per the new schedule the races will commence at 11.15 am.

Results

- Formula Maruti - 8 laps Race I - 1. Ajay Kini – 10:24:702 2. Saran Vikram – 10:24:809 3. Sudarshan Rao – 10:31:439. Race II - 1. Deepak R. – 07:59:698 2. Ajay Kini – 08:00:013 3. Saran Vikram – 08:02:408

- Esteem - - 5 laps Race I - 1. Bolisetti Sailesh – 06:54:371 2. Saran Vikram – 06:55:502 3. Bharat P V 06:59:603. Race II - 1. Saran Vikram – 07:00:100 2. Abhinand Shankar – 07:03:266. 3. Bharath P V – 07:03:569

( left to right) Saran Vikram, Deepak R. and Ajay Kini

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