Chennai, December 6, 2009 : The 5th edition of the JK Tyre FMSCI Junior Cup 2009 concluded at the Madras Motor Sports Trust Race Track in Irungaatukottai near suburban Sriperumbudur here today.

K.Vinoth of Wallace Sports has been declared the overall winner for the Driver’s title of the JK Tyre FMSCI Junior Cup 2009 as his teammate Vikash Anand, who was earlier declared as the winner, was excluded on technical grounds by the FMSCI Stewards of the meet based on findings of the FMSCI Scrutineer .

The engine of all the 15 cars that took part in the cup were sealed by the FMSCI Scrutineer after qualifying rounds yesterday morning before conducting the remaining five races for the championship and the engine of cars of top three finishers were opened late this evening. During the post-event scrutiny of the cars of Vikash Anand, Vinoth K of Wallce Sports and Karthick Krishna of Rams Racing, it was found that the cylinder head volume of Vikash Anand's car was found to be not in conformity with the homologation form.

Accordingly, the FMSCI Stewards, decided to exclude Vikash Anand from the races held yesterday and today and moved up the competitors resulting from the exclusion. K Vinoth has been declared winner of the overall title of the Junior Cup. Karthick Krishna was promoted as runner-up and Mumbai’s Steve Hodges to third place.

Race Report

The first race today was the closest wherein front runner Vinoth and Vikash Anand were going very tight to each other but Vinoth managed to take the chequered flag with a strong finish by a fraction of a second from his nearest rival, Vikash anand. Karthick Krishna of Rams Racing, another contender for the title came third.

(L to R) Karthik Krishna, Vikash Anand & Vinoth K

The battle for the top slot continued in the second race too, as Vinoth and Vikash Anand were involved in yet another pulsating duel. But an incident of oil spill by the car of Pratyuman Guhan, a Wallace Sports driver, resulted in the spoiling the chances of four of the drivers in the competitions. Thus the vehicles of Vikash Anand, Karthik Krishna, Steve Hodges and Ravi Dubey spun off the track and went out off the race. However, this helped Vinoth to his second successive win of the day, and also put him within striking distance of the title.

In the third race, Vinoth and Vikash Anand along with Sandeep Kumar were engaged in a close three way tussle. After a closely fought out race, it was Vinoth who ultimately came up trumps although it was just not enough for him to seal the championship. Vikash’s third place finish helped him seal the championship just two points ahead of Vinoth. The curtains finally came down on two weekends of thrills with Vinoth taking the top slot in the third and final race of the day.

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