July
1, 2009: The Kari Motor Speedway once again will be playing
host for the final time this year for the third round of 12th edition
of India’s premier motor sport championship - JK Tyre
FMSCI National Racing Championship - scheduled on July
4-5.
The
premier national championship has taken the Indian motor sports
to greater heights with the championship all set to unleash a new
crop of talented youngsters ready to make their mark both at the
national and international levels. With 2.1 km long, the Kari Speedway
tracks calls for acceleration rather than top speed to exit faster
through corners. Even the braking finesse is vital at the end of
the main runway straight before the first right hand corner
On
July 4, the qualifying sessions and Race 1 of categories - Formula
LGB Swift and Formula Rolon Chevrolet will be held. In addition,
endurance race of Formula LGB Hyundai, one race each of Super bike
and Super Saloon classes are also scheduled. The super bike races
will feature some of the country’s top international riders.
The remaining races will be held on Sunday, July 5. The high profile
teams in this year’s championship are NK Racing, Team Wallace
Sports, Rams Racing, Prime Racing, Red Rooster and Meco Motor Sports.
Each round has two races and the grid for the second race is decided
on the second best timings of the qualifying session.
Formula
Rolon Chevrolet
The
battle for supremacy in the premium class continues with the lead
changing hand after the second round. It is now Sarosh Hataria
of Amaron Pro Racing with Meco who leads currently
in the championship with a tally of 19 points. Ashwin Sundar
of Team NK Racing is in second place with 17 points
while last year’s champion Gaurav Dalal of
Team Red Rooster and independent driver Saran Vikram
share the third place with 16 points each. Also in action
in this category are promising youngsters like Ajay Kini,
Diljith, Saahil Shelar and Shankar
Narayanan. Team Red Rooster heads the
team championship table with 46 points. Team Amaron Pro
Racing with Meco and Team NK Racing are
in second and third places with 21 and 17 points respectively.
Formula
LGB Swift
Sudarshana
Rao of Team TVS Girling continues to head
the championship table with a tally of 36 points and is closely
followed by Prithveen Rajan of Wallace
Sports with 32 points. Prithveen’s team mate and
former Junior Cup Champion Gautam Parekh is in
third place with 19 points. TVS Girling leads in
the team championship with a total of 57 points while Wallace
Sports is in second place with 53 points. Also in action
in this class will be Gokul Krishna of Wallace
Sports who scorched the tracks in a record breaking feat
in December’s JK Tyre Junior Cup and Pragyajothi (from
Guwahati) Runner up in the Junior Cup.
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