Coimbatore : Chennai's Karthik Tharani of Volkswagen Motorsports had a dream weekend with a rare double win in the ITC category, racing in the second round of the MRF MMSC fmsci Indian National Car Racing Championship which concluded at the Kari Motor Speedway, here on Sunday.
Coimbatore : Chennai's Karthik Tharani of Volkswagen Motorsports had a dream weekend with a rare double win in the ITC category, racing in the second round of the MRF MMSC fmsci Indian National Car Racing Championship which concluded at the Kari Motor Speedway, here on Sunday.
Karthik Tharanai had a close contest with his teammate Dhruv Shivaji Mohite from Kolhapur, with both closing in on each other. Tharani led a 1-2-3 finish for VW Motorsport in Race 2 and followed it up with a thrilling win in Race 3 in the afternoon, ahead of Mohite and Arjun Balu (Race Concepts).
In both races, Mohite finished second while teammate Ishaan Dodhiwala secured the third spot in Race 2, but spun off in the next outing that led to a Safety Car period, where Arjun Balu came in a creditable third, which was his second of the weekend.
77-year old D Vidyaprakash stole hearts with soul-stirring drives that saw him finish fourth in both races. Defending the third spot in Race-2 until late in the last lap against 29-year old Dodhiwala, he let the youngster pass which earned him high praise for clean racing. "I just can’t believe that someone at his age can drive like that. I couldn’t pass him until the last lap, and he didn’t stop me from overtaking after I put the nose on the inside line,” gushed Dodhiwala after his third place finish.
Making a debut in the Indian Touring cars category, the Volkswagen team had a highly successful weekend as they won all three races held here at the Kari Motor speedway. Incidentally, all the races in all categories, except VW Ameo Class, were run on wet tyres in view of the rain forecast which finally stayed away.
Hyderabad’s Jeet Jhabak in the VW Ameo Class and Bengaluru school boy Sohil Shah (M Sport) in the Formula LGB 1300 category scripted a double win as he took the top honours in Race 1 and 3 while Nellore’s Viswas Vijayaraj (DTS Racing) won Race 2. RP Rajarajan (Performance Racing) won a close Super Stock race that went down to the wire.
The results: Indian Touring Cars (Race 2): 1. Karthik Tharani (VW Motorsports) (11mins, 55.229 secs); 2. Dhruv Shivaji Mohite (VW Motorsports) (11:55.572); 3. Ishaan Dodhiwala (VW Motorsports) (12:06.826).
Karthik Tharanai had a close contest with his teammate Dhruv Shivaji Mohite from Kolhapur, with both closing in on each other. Tharani led a 1-2-3 finish for VW Motorsport in Race 2 and followed it up with a thrilling win in Race 3 in the afternoon, ahead of Mohite and Arjun Balu (Race Concepts).
In both races, Mohite finished second while teammate Ishaan Dodhiwala secured the third spot in Race 2, but spun off in the next outing that led to a Safety Car period, where Arjun Balu came in a creditable third, which was his second of the weekend.
77-year old D Vidyaprakash stole hearts with soul-stirring drives that saw him finish fourth in both races. Defending the third spot in Race-2 until late in the last lap against 29-year old Dodhiwala, he let the youngster pass which earned him high praise for clean racing. "I just can’t believe that someone at his age can drive like that. I couldn’t pass him until the last lap, and he didn’t stop me from overtaking after I put the nose on the inside line,” gushed Dodhiwala after his third place finish.
Making a debut in the Indian Touring cars category, the Volkswagen team had a highly successful weekend as they won all three races held here at the Kari Motor speedway. Incidentally, all the races in all categories, except VW Ameo Class, were run on wet tyres in view of the rain forecast which finally stayed away.
Hyderabad’s Jeet Jhabak in the VW Ameo Class and Bengaluru school boy Sohil Shah (M Sport) in the Formula LGB 1300 category scripted a double win as he took the top honours in Race 1 and 3 while Nellore’s Viswas Vijayaraj (DTS Racing) won Race 2. RP Rajarajan (Performance Racing) won a close Super Stock race that went down to the wire.
The results: Indian Touring Cars (Race 2): 1. Karthik Tharani (VW Motorsports) (11mins, 55.229 secs); 2. Dhruv Shivaji Mohite (VW Motorsports) (11:55.572); 3. Ishaan Dodhiwala (VW Motorsports) (12:06.826).