Kolhapur will play host to the 5th and deciding round of the JK Tyre Rotax Max Karting Challenge 2007 on 29th and 30th of September. This round will also decide the Indian representation in the Rotax Max World Finals in Dubai later this year. This will provide India’s top two karters an opportunity to compete against the best karters in the world with more than 160 karters across 37 countries participating in the world championship.

With very few points separating leaders in both the senior and junior categories, the championship is still wide open, and this weekend’s races will be a thriller. The qualifying sessions will be held on Saturday, 29th and the main races on Sunday, 30th September.

With four rounds completed, Mumbai racer Ameya Walavalkar heads the table in the Senior category having amassed 255.5 points, Despite being in the lead, Ameya needs to have a good run in the final round to seal the championship and his trip to Dubai. Giving him a very close and tough fight for the crown is Chennai lad Aditya Patel with 252.0 points. Rayomand Banajee from Pune is in 3rd place with 247.5 points.

The Junior Category saw a tremendous fight back by Chennai lad Vishnu Prasad who was in third place at the end of round 3, His spectacular performance in round 4 has catapulted him to the lead and he now has a tally of 210.5 points. Parth Ghorpade is in a very close second place with 207.0 points. In third place is Karan Goenka who has secured 205.0 points.

In the Mini Max class, it is Chennai kid Shashank Ravishankar in the lead with a tally of 178.00 points. In 2nd place is Kolhapur lad Dhruv Mohite who has 168.00 points while Surya Raghuraman from Dindigul (Tamilnadu) is in 3rd place with161.5 points.

Now into its consecutive fourth year this event has generated excellent response over the last three years. The JK Tyre Rotax Max Karting Challenge, organized by Meco Motorsports Pvt. Ltd., and arguably the most prestigious karting event in the country, is a part of the long term JK Tyre Racing Programme. The championship has been conceived to provide a platform to karters to develop racing skills with high speed in the first year of single seater racing, with karts equipped with the world famous 2 stroke Rotax Max kart engines.

The JK Tyre Rotax Mojo Max Karting Challenge has clearly emerged the preferred choice for professional karters to develop their karting careers. India's Armaan Ebrahim and JK Tyre current brand ambassador, started his career with the Rotax Max format and went on to win the Asian and Indian championships, before moving on to bigger achievements in the Formula BMW, Formula Renault UK, A1 GP and Formula Renault V6 Championships.

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