Chennai, 14th Sep 2008 : Capitalizing on the triple pole positions on yesterday's qualifying, former national champion T.K. Vishwanath of Team Anya Racing who re-entered the racing scene after a small gap, marked his return with 3 wins, one second place and one third place finish. Bike races in Chennai have always drawn huge crowds over the years and today was no exception. As the speed machines roared into action at the Madras Motor Race Track in Irungattukottai for the third round of the FMSCI approved Ucal Rolon National Racing Championship 2008, around 120 riders from various parts of the country were seen in action. The day saw a combination of spectacular racing and speed as machines vied against each other in three different classes – Experts, Intermediate and Novices.

Experts

Group D 4 Stroke 165 cc: Pole leader and former national champion T.K.Vishwanath of Team ANYA Racing on his Yamaha R15 started his comeback trail in style by annexing his first win of the day in Race 1. Off to a good start, Vishwanath held on the lead comfortably till the end. Finishing second and third were the duo from Team TVS Racing - K.Rajini and Emmanuel Jebaraj. Race 2 saw T.K.Vishwanath registering his second win of the day comfortably. Harry Sylvester of Team TVS Racing and teammate Emmanuel Jebaraj finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Group B 4 stroke 165 cc: K.Rajini of Team TVS Racing was in his winning mode as he went on to register his first win of the day. Veteran racer Sriskandarajah of Team ANYA Racing finished second. R.Deepak finished third. Race 2 once again saw T.K.Vishwanath in full cry as he went to record his third win of the day. The Team TVS Racing duo of K.Rajini and Harry Sylvester finished 2nd and 3rd.

Group B 4 stroke 260 cc: Race 1 saw a three way fascinating tussle between T.K.Vishwanath, K.Vinoth - both from Team ANYA Racing- and R Deepak. Ultimately in a thrilling finish Vinoth prevailed to take the chequered flag followed by Vishwanath and Deepak. Race 2 witnessed a pulsating duel between Vinoth and Deepak with Vinoth ultimately finishing ahead by a fraction. T.K.Vishwanath came in 3rd.

Intermediate

Group C 2 stroke 165 cc: Pole leader P. Deva Kumar was off to a rousing start in Race 1. Building up a huge lead Deva took the chequered flag by a huge margin. S.Kumar finished second and Umesh Babu came in third. Race 2 saw another commanding performance from Deva Kumar as he took the chequered flag with a huge margin. S.Krishna Prasad finished second while Umesh Babu finished third.

Group D 4 Stroke 165 cc: Pole leader V.Sameer coastied to a comfortable win in Race 1. Finishing 2nd and third were Emmanuel Clarke and Sudhakar Kesavan. In Race 2 it was Shyam Shankar who took the chequered flag ahead of Emmanuel Clarke. Sudhakar Kesavan finished third.

Novice

Group A 600 cc - Race 1 saw Praveen Keerthi continuing his dominating run in this class as he came up triumphs once again. Gopinandhan and Mohammed finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. Race 2 saw a repeat result for the first two places. Sarosh finished third.

Group A 1000 cc - It was a nail biting duel for the top slot all the way between Alok Sashidhar and Vikram . However, it was Alok taking the chequered flag just a whisker ahead. K.V.Balaji finished third. Race 2 results was a repeat of Race 1.

Group D 4 stroke 130 cc: Sarath Kumar took the honors winning both the races in this class. Alok Sashidhar finished a close second while S.Ravi came in third. In Race 2. K. Jagan finished second while once again S.Ravi came in third.

Group D 2 stroke 165 cc : It was a glorious double for S.Vivek Pillai as he clinched comfortable wins in both the races in this category. Starting in pole, Vivek had good starts in both the races helping him clinch both wins effortlessly. Finishing second and third in Race 1 were S.Vinoth and R.Karthick respectively. S.Vinoth and A.Gowri Shankar finished second and third places in Race 2.

Mopeds

For K. Umesh Babu it was once again a double treat as he took the honors in both races with comfortable margins.

Race results

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