Chennai, 3rd September 2008 : At the end of the round 5 of the URNRRC 2008, the 2W National Championship approved by The Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI), yesterday saw the crowning of National Champions in various categories.

In the experts category Harry Sylvester and K. Rajini of Team TVS Racing took the titles in the Group D 4 stroke 165 cc and Group B 4 stroke 165 cc classes respectively, while K.Vinoth of Team ANYA captured the title in Group B 4 stroke 260 cc class.In the Intermediate category Sudhakar Kesavan of Team ANYA and P. Deva Kumar emerged winners in Group D 4stroke 165cc and Group C 2 stroke 165 cc classes respectively. And in the Novice category it was S.Vivek Pillai and Sarath Kumar who clinched the national titles in Group D 2 stroke 165 cc and Group D 4 stroke 130 cc classes. K.Umesh Babu won the national title in the mopeds class. The winners in the Group A category were Sarosh Limathwala and Dr.Ravi Kesana in the 600 cc and 1000 cc classes respectively.

National Champions 2008

The overall championship points, category wise, are as follows.

Group D 4 stroke 165 cc : Expert : 1. Harry Sylvester (133) 2. K.Rajini (126) 3. P. Karthik (78)
Group B 4 stroke 165 cc :Expert: 1. K. Rajini (132) 2. Harry Sylvester (116) 3. P. Rajini (92)
Group B 4 stroke 260 cc :Expert: 1. K.Vinoth (143) 2. R.Deepak (120) 3. P.Rajini (115)
Group D 4 stroke 165 cc : Intermediate : 1. Sudhakar Kesavan (126) 2. V.Sameer (125) 3. Shyam Shankar (124)
Group C 2 stroke 165 cc : Intermediate : 1. P. Deva Kumar (137) 2. K.Umesh Babu (109) 3. S.Kumar (105)
Group A 600 cc : 1. Sarosh Limathwala (69) 2. Praveen Keerthi (60) 3. Alisha Abdullah (57)
Group A 1000 cc: 1. Dr. Ravi Kesana (68) 2. Alok Shashidhar (62) 3. K.V.Balaji (50)
Group D 2 stroke 165 cc : Novice : 1. S. Vivek Pillai (130) 2. A. Gowri Shankar (113) 3. S.Vinoth (101)
Group D 4 stroke 130 cc Novice : 1. Sarath Kumar (148) 2. Alok Shashidhar (126) 3. S.Ravi (108)
Mopeds 1. K.Umesh Babu (141) 2. A.Vinoth Kumar (100) 3. Mohammed Rafi ( 99 )

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