The first round of the four round JK Tyre FMSCI Junior Cup got off to a flying start at the Madras Motor Race Track at Irungaatukottai near Chennai with 15 competitors in the fray with more of aspirant unheralded drivers from different parts of India.

This year’s entries out numbered the earlier four editions of JK Tyre FMSCI Racing Cup is a clear indication of more and more youngsters taking to the sport in conjunction with the continued joint efforts of JK Tyre and Madras Motor Sports Club (MMSC) who have put this programme together to benefit talented newcomers and novices and hone their skills to gain entry into the world of motor sports.

As was witnessed in the earlier Editions, the charged up youngsters – in their learning processes – were tackling the cars in a rough manner and at least four of them were forced to come back to the pits dejected. However, there was real challenge amongst the drivers who have been competing in the event during the last season. The entrants, who have not raced racing cars in the past, from places like Shillong, Bangalore Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune, Cochin apart from Chennai, besides other metros, provided lot of thrills with their driving as seasoned drivers.

Though the new entrants could not come in podium finish brackets in the two of the ten races slated for this year, the top two finishers in both the races were close to each other.

The city based drivers from Wallace Sports were to the fore in both the races with K.Vinoth and Vikas Anand finishing winner and runner up in both the races today. The first race was held for scheduled eight laps on the short loop (2.1 kms) and the second was decided on five laps since there was an accident between C1 and C2 when the drivers were in to their sixth lap.

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