JK
Tyre Racing Cup 2007 : Round 2 : 22nd April 2007 Dazzling double for Delhi racer Karthik Shankar
Chennai
: 22nd April 2007.
Race
1
After Chennai racer Narain Shankar’s dominating performance in Round 1
yesterday it was the turn of Delhi lad Karthik Shankar from Team Wallace Sports
to take the honors in race 1 of Round 2 of the J K Tyre Junior Racing Cup which
was held today at the Madras Motor Race Track at Irungattukottai near Chennai.
Starting from pole in a grid of 16 Formula Maruti cars, Karthik Shankar shot
into the lead and did lose momentum till the finish. Building up a good lead,
Karthik took the chequered flag far ahead of his nearest competitor and team
mate Rohit Khanna from Bangalore with a margin difference of almost 10 seconds.
Yesterday’s hero Narain Shankar had the misfortune of going out the race
in the very first lap when he swerved to avoid being hit by Delhi racer Rohit
Khanna who was subsequently penalized with 10 seconds addition in his overall
timings. This pushed Rohit to
4th place and the process Bangalore racer Sudarshan Rao of Team Rams Racing
moved up to second place. Another Delhi racer Kapil Khanna also racing for Team
Wallace Sports took the third place. Karthik also had the fastest lap timing
of 01:14:326.
Race
2
It was a repeat effort by Karthik Shankar as he came up with another scintillating
effort to record his second win of the day. Sudarshan Rao’s consistent
performance helped him to annex the 2nd place while Rohit Khanna came in 3rd.
Luck continued to evade Narain Shankar as he finished in 8th place. Karthik
Shankar once had the fastest lap timing of 01:14:240.
At the end of Round 2, Karthik Shankar and Sudarshan Rao are tied in first place
with 30 points each, while Narain Shankar from Chennai and Team Rams Racing
is in 2nd place with 23 points. Rohit Khanna is in third place with a tally
of 22 points.
After Chennai racer Narain Shankar’s dominating performance in Round 1
yesterday it was the turn of Delhi lad Karthik Shankar from Team Wallace Sports
to take the honors in race 1 of Round 2 of the J K Tyre Junior Racing Cup which
was held today at the Madras Motor Race Track at Irungattukottai near Chennai.
Starting from pole in a grid of 16 Formula Maruti cars, Karthik Shankar shot
into the lead and did lose momentum till the finish. Building up a good lead,
Karthik took the chequered flag far ahead of his nearest competitor and team
mate Rohit Khanna from Bangalore with a margin difference of almost 10 seconds.
Yesterday’s hero Narain Shankar had the misfortune of going out the race
in the very first lap when he swerved to avoid being hit by Delhi racer Rohit
Khanna who was subsequently penalized with 10 seconds addition in his overall
timings. This pushed Rohit to
