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	Meco Motor Sports Pvt. Ltd., Chennai	Madras Motor Sports Club, Chennai	( National Sports Federation recognized by the Govt. of India )

On an action packed humid and cloudy day, the MMST track at Irrungattukottai saw the duo from Team TVS Preetham Dev Moses and K.Rajini in fighting form . Preetham had podium finishes in 6 races - annexing the top place in 4 races and finished 2nd and 3rd in 2 other races, while K.Rajini had 5 podium finishes inclusive of 3 wins. With a good crowd in attendance indicating the growing popularity of two wheeler racing, the racing action had high pitched enthusiasts cheering them all the way. Shyam Shankar, R.Deepak and R. Karthikeyan also came up with tremendous performances to annex double wins in their respective categories

In the premium Group C 2 stroke 110 to 150 class it was a splendid double for Preetam Dev Moses as notched up glorious wins in both the races with extreme comfort. Sriskanda Rajah and T.K. Vishwanath finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in Race 1 while K.Rajini and T.K.Vishwanath had 2nd and 3rd place finishes in Race 2.

In Group D 4 stroke 80 – 125 cc class, Race 1 saw veteran racer Sriskandarajah of Team Yamaha taking the chequered flag after a close duel with K.Rajini. Rajini and Preetham Dev Moses finished in 2nd and 3rd places respectively. Race 2 saw a pulsating duel between K. Rajini and Preetham Dev Moses before Rajini of Team TVS edged past Preetam to the winning post. Finishing in 3rd place was Harry Sylvester.

For K. Rajini it was double honors in the Group D 4 Stroke 125 – 160 cc category as he topped both the races with comfortable wins. Finishing in 2nd and 3rd places in Race 1 were P. Karthik and R. Deepak respectively. Deepak took the 2nd place in Race 2 while Harry Sylvester came in a distant third.

Preetham Dev Moses did well to finish on top in Race 1 of the Group B 4 Stroke 110 -160 cc class. Despite a hot chase from K.Rajini, Preetham managed to hold on to the lead and just scrape through. Ashwin Sundar finished a far third. However in Race 2 it was a far more aggressive Preetham in action as he was off to a good start which helped him build up a comfortable lead in the process. He held the lead till the very end to record his his 2nd successive win in this category today. Ashwin Sunder and T.K.Vishwanath of Team Yamaha finished in 2nd and 3rd places respectively. R. Deepak scored a facile double win in the Group B 4 Stroke 160 -250 cc class with extremely comfortable margins. P. Rajini finished 2nd in both races while Bala Vijay and Ganesh Prasad had 3rd place finishes in race 1 and Race 2 respectively.

In the Novice categories R. Thamu and Shyam Shankar won one race each in the Group D 4 Stroke 80 -125 cc class. In the 125 -160 cc class in the same category, it was double delight for Shyam Shankar as he won both the races. Deva Kumar and Rohit Giri shared the honors in Group D 2 Stroke 110 -150 cc class winning one race each.

R. G. Gopal took the honors in the mopeds category.

Results - Experts
Group D 4 Stroke – 80 to 125 cc - Race I - 1. Sriskanda Rajah 06:47:919 2. K.Rajini 06:47:987 3. Preetham Dev Moses 06:48:004
Race II – 1. K. Rajini 10:51:586 2. Preetham Dev Moses 10:51;678 3. Harry Sylvester 11:00:701
Group D 4 Stroke - 125 – 160 cc - Race I - 1. K.Rajini 06:32:854 2. P.Karthik 06:33:854 3. R.Deepak 06:39:343
Race II – 1. K.Rajini 10:31:184 2. R. Deepak 10:37:397 3. Harry Sylvester 10:37:569
Group C 2 stroke 110 to 150 cc - Race I – 1. Preetham Dev Moses 10:33:187 2. Sriskanda Rajah 10:43:306 3. T.K. Vishwanath 10:59:038
Race II – 1.Preetham Dev Moses 16:39:846 2. K.Rajini 16:56:243 3. T.K.Vishwanath 16:59:408
Group B 4 Stroke 110 to 160 cc – Race I – 1. Preetham Dev Moses 11:00:102 2. K. Rajini 11:01:524 3. Ashwin Sunder 11:16:943
Race II – 1. Preetham Dev Moses 17:24:462 2. Ashwin Sunder 17:31:560 3. T.K.Vishwanath 18:05:558
Group B 4 Stroke 160 to 250 cc – Race I – 1. R.Deepak 11:09:162 2. P.Rajini 11:19:880 3. Bala Vijay 12:02:632
Race II – 1. R.Deepak 17:39:299 2. P.Rajini 17:53:308 3. Ganesh Prasad 18:25:155

Novice category

Group D 4 Stroke – 80 to 125 cc – Race I - 1. R.Thamu 07:16:345 2. Sudhakar Kesavan 07:23:466 3. 07:25:551
Race II - 1. Shyam Shankar 11:24:610 2. Sudhakar Kesavan 11:33:332 3. R.Thamu 11:33:356
Group D 4 Stroke – 125 to 160 cc – Race I – 1. Shyam Shankar 2. Bala Vijay 3. J.Balaji
Race II – 1. Shyam Shankar 10:59:244 2. Bala Vijay 11:18:436 3. J.Balaji
Group D 2 Stroke 110 to 150 cc - Race I - 1.Deva Kumar 2. Rohit Giri 3. R.Karthikeyan
Race II – 1. Rohit Giri 11:06:954 2. Deva Kumar 11:06:969 3. Mohamed Jasim 11:07:363
Group C 2 Stroke 110 to 150 cc – Race 1 – 1. R.Karthikeyan 2. A Satish 3. Feroz Ahmed
Race II – 1. R. Karthikeyan 2. Feroz Ahmed 3. Senthilnathan
Mopeds 1. R.G.Gopal 2. K. Umesh Babu 3. E.Murugan

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