Pune: Blazing sun failed to douse their spirits as two-wheeler riders set the tone for the season with defending champion R Natraj of Team TVS Racing winning the overall title in the Round 1 of the MRF MoGrip FMSCI National 2-wheeler rally championship here on Sunday.
Results (Provisional):
Class 1 (Superbike ProExpert): 1. R Nataraj (TVS Racing, RTR 450FX) 47 min 42sec.
Class 1A (Superbike ProExpert-A): : 1. Jatin Jain (Nagpur, Husqvarna FE450) 55:40; 2. Vishwas SD (Bengaluru, Yamaha WR250) 56:03.
Class 2 (Super Sport 130B): 1. Rakesh Kumar v (Bengaluru, Yamaha YBX) 58:55; 2. Jose Sabastian (Kochi, Gladiator) 59:20; 3. Vignesh M (Coimbatore, Yamaha YBX) 1:02.41; 4. Vipul K Prajapati (Vadodara, Gladiator) 1:07.44; 5. Kaustubh Machhe (Nashik, Yamaha YBX) 1:12.12.
Class 3 (Super Sport 165B): 1. Sachin D (Bengaluru, Hero Impulse) 52:36; 2. V Trinesh (Bengaluru, Hero Impulse) 52:52; 3. Sabarish R (Coimbatore, Hero Impulse) 53:12; 4. Francis PV (Chikamagalur, Hero Impulse) 54:12; 5. Imran Pasha (TVS Racing, TVS RTR 160) 54:23.
Class 4 (Super Sport 260B) : 1. Rajendra RE (TVS Racing, RTR200) 47:48; 2. Suhail Ahmed (Bengaluru,TVS RTR 200) 50:41; 3. Samuel Jacob (TVS Racing, RTR200) 50:48; 4. Shekharan Erimal (Raigad, Yamaha FZ250) 57:14; 5. Sharath Kumar (Bengaluru, Hero Karizma) 59:00.
Class 5 (Super Sport 400B): 1. Venu Rameshkumar (Coimbatore, KTM Duke 390) 56:00; 2. Veerendra Vaghela (Ahmedabad, KTM Duke 390) 1:00:55.
Class 6 (Super Sport 550B): 1. Vineet Sharma (Indore, Himalayan) 54;50; 2 Arsad Maniyar (Vadodara, Himalayan) 56:51; 3. Shivam Vani (Indore, Himalayan) 59:33; 4. Nilesh Thakare (Nashik, Himalayan) 1:02:57; 5. Firoj Bhai (Vadodara, Himalayan) 1:03:59.
Class 7 (Scooter): 1. Syed Asif Ali (TVS Racing, TVS Wego) 59:55; 2. Pinkesh Thakkar (Aprilia Racing, Aprilia SR150) 1:01:40; 3. Venkatesh Shetty (Mumbai, Aprilia SR150) 1:02:20; 4. Zeeshan Sayed (Thane, Aprilia SR150) 1:03:53; 5. Amarendra Sathe (Pune, Aprilia SR150) 1:20:37.
Class 8 (Ladies): 1. Aishwarya Pissay (TVS Racing, TVS RTR 200 4V) 1:04:19, 2. Fazeela (Palakkad, Hero Impulse) 1:05:48; 3. Gurmail Kaur (Vadodara, Hero Impulse) 1:07:46; 4. Richa Patel (Vadodara, Hero Impulse) 1:09:25; 5. Khushbu Pandya (Vadodara, Hero Impulse) 1:12;19.
Class 9 (Locals): 1. Jigar Gavli (Hero Impulse) 59:23; 2. Taisim Shaikh (Hero Impulse) 1:03:14; 3. Inayat Shaikh (Yamaha RX135) 1:10:03; 4. Aakash Rajshakha (Hero Impulse) 1:12:30; 5. Rajesh Shah (Hero Impulse) 1:17:47.R Natraj