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Malaysian Super Series : Round 4:
Sepang Track (North) : 2.807 kms : 11-12 July 2008

Indian riders shine in round 4

The round 4 of the Malaysian Super Series was held at the Sepang Circuit yesterday (11th July) & today (12th July), wherein 5 of our riders took part in varous categories.

In the 600 cc we had Rohit Giri in the Novice category, Rajini K in the open category. This round, Emmanuel Jebaraj also joined Rohit Giri in the Novice category.

In free practice Rajini clocked 1:11.822 and achived 7th place. In qualifying, he improved his timing to 1:10.422 and qualified 5th overall. This Red Rooster sponsored racer finished 5th in both race 1 and in race 2. Currently he is running second in the Championship with one round (2 races) to go scheduled on 17-19 Oct 2008.

Another Red Rooster rider Rohit Giri who was leading the points table before this round extended his lead further in this round. In the Free practice he clocked 1:12.621 and was placed 12th overall. In qualifying he qualified 10th overall but he was on pole for the Novice category having improved his timing to 1:11.230. In the Novice category, Rohit was the winner in both the races. In race 2, he improved his timing further with the best lap timing of 1:10.565.

Emmanuel Jebaraj, the latest addition to the SuperSport 600 Novice category from India achieved 6th fastest timing in free practice and qualified 4th with the timing of 1:11.766. In race one he finished 7th and in race two he finished 5th, with a best lap of 1.11.234. Jeba is sponsored by Red Rooster Racing, Live LIfe and Eclipse Malaysia and races for Tommy's Racing team.

BKR Racing Team rider Karthick P who is sponsored by Perot System & TVS Motor Company qualified 6th in the production Cup category. In race one he finished on the podium with 3rd place. In race 2 he would have repeated his podium finish but for an unfortunate engine failure, had a DNF.

Emmanuel Clarke of Team RaceLine took part in the Kawasaki Cup and hefinished 6th overall. He qualified 9th with a timing of 1:20.842. He finished 7th in both race 1 and race 2. He is currently in 8th position in the championship. He is sponsored by DOLLAR APPARELS and PAGALAM TRAWELLS.

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