:Coimbatore : Vishnu prasad came out trumps after collecting 23 points in the weekend to stand tall in the FLGB 4 table of JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship 2019 at Round 3 which concluded at Kari Motorway on Sunday.
Coimbatore : Vishnu prasad came out trumps after collecting 23 points in the weekend to stand tall in the FLGB 4 table of JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship 2019 at Round 3 which concluded at Kari Motorway on Sunday.
MSport’s Vishnu Prasad did not enjoy the best of luck in the second round and had slipped from the top position but he reasserted his supremacy and won one race and took second position in the other one. Over all, he collected 23 points over the weekend to become the championship leader with 68 points.
Vishnu toppled teammate Raghul Rangasamy who picked up only 16 points to muster a total of 63 after the final round. Raghul reached the second place in the final race to redeem himself but his fifth positions in the other two races held him back.
Dark Don’s Diljith TS, who began the weekend well, finished sixth and fifth in Sunday’s races which made him to stay at third position with 47 points.
Meanwhile, Pune’s Tanay Gaikwad took the honour in the JK Tyre Suzuki Gixxer Cup, wrapping up the round with a victory and a second-placed finish.
Tied on 36 points with Syed Muzammil Ali, he enjoyed a stroke of luck as Muzammil logged a DNF on Saturday. He added 8 more points on Sunday to amass 54 points for a thumping 8-point lead.
Muzammil came back strongly to win Race 2 but that was good enough to give him only 46 points. It still gives him an outside chance to win the title in the fourth and final round at the BIC in November.
Siddhart Sajan held on the third position after finishing on the third podium in both the races, taking his total tally to 31 points.
Momentum Motorsports Aaroh Ravindra, who began with a 13-point advantage, showed nerves of steel to win the Novice Cup title. Failing to pick up a single point on Saturday, thanks to a DNS and then a DNF. He, however, collected 4 points in the concluding race to corner the champion’s trophy.
Aaroh had a total of 56 points, which was good enough to pip Chirag Ghorpade (52) and Mohamed Ryan (52) in the title race.
JKNRC Round 3 Day 2 Provisional Result :
JK Tyre LGB Formula 4 (Race 2): 1. Balaprasath AS (MSport) 18:09.374; 2. Vishnu Prasad (MSport) 18:12.358; 3. Ashwin Datta (Dark Don Racing) 18:15. 824
LGB Formula 4 (Race 3): 1. Vishnu Prasad (MSport) 19:25.872; 2. Raghul Rangasamy (MSport) 19:26.830; 3. Ashwin Datta (Dark Don Racing) 19:27.810
JK Tyre Novice Cup 1: (Race 2): 1. Chirag Ghorpade (Momentum Motorsports) 18:24.314; 2. Aditya Swaminathan (MSport) 18:29.654; 3. Himanshu Thukral (MSport) 18:35.245
JK Tyre Suzuki Gixxer Cup (Race 2): 1. Syed Muzammil Ali (Bangalore) 14:12.167; 2. Tanay Gaikwad (Pune) 14:12.445; 3. Sidharth Sajan (Coimbatore) 14:13.942
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