Ashwin Sundar sweeps honours in Formula Rolon class
By IANSSunday, July 5, 2009
COIMBATORE - Ashwin Sundar showcased his undoubted talent with a clean sweep of honours in the Formula Rolon class, first in heavy rains and then in dry weather, at the second round of the JK Tyre National Racing Championship here over the weekend.
Sundar was a class apart in winning the first race by a big margin while others struggled in conditions made tricky by rains Saturday. With rains holding off Sunday, Sundar yet again left the field to chase his shadow on a track that he is all too familiar with.
There was little excitement otherwise with veterans yet again coming to the fore in the Super Saloon car category where B. Vijay Kumar, the track owner, achieved a double.
In the LGB Swift class, a clutch of exclusions for overtaking under yellow flags Saturday saw Gautam Parekh winning the first race while Sudarshana Rao made it a start-to-finish affair in the second race this morning.
Results:
Formula Rolon (15 laps): Race 1 - 1. Ashwin Sundar 17:30:491; 2. Saran Vikram 17:33:261; 3.Shankar Narayanan. Race 2 - Ashwin Sundar 17:20:912; 2. Saran Vikram 17:30:958; 3. M Gaurav Dalal 17:40:583.
Formula Swift (15 laps): Race 1 - 1. Goutham Parekh 20:23:838; 2. Gokul Krishna 20:44:224;
3. J.Mitra 20:50:745. Race 2 - 1. Sudarshana Rao 18:16:145; 2. R.Deepak 18:31:502; 3. Gokul Krishna 18:47:224.
Super Saloon Cars (15 laps): Race 1 - 1. B. Vijaya Kumar 19:00:797; 2. Radha Selvarajan 19:05:992; 3. Sailesh Bolisetti 19:17:655. Race 2 - 1. B.Vijaya Kumar 19:00119; 2.Sailesh Bolisetti 19:10:104; 3.Radha Selvarajan 19:16:843.
Super Bikes (10 laps) - Experts: Race 1 - 1. Emmanuel Jebaraj 11:53:659; 2. Vivek Pillai 11:54:682; 3. Gopinandan 12:26:480. Race 2 - 1. Emmanuel Jebaraj 11:55:319; 2. Vivek Pillai 12:02:319; 3. Praveen Keerthi 12:22:187.
Super Bikes - Novice (10 laps): Race 1 -1. K.V.Balaji 12:24:894; 2. Sumit Lucas 12:59:370; 3. Alisha Abdullah 12:08:603 (+1 lap). 1. Sumit Lucas 12:17:921 2. K.V.Balaji 12:20:446; 3. Alisha Abdullah 11:58:369 (+ 1 lap).
Super Bikes - 1000 cc: Race 1 - 1. Alok Sashidhar 12:28:093; 2. Sanjay Kumar 12:02:947; 3. Ramji Govindarajan 12:24:251. Race 2 - 1. Alok Sashidhar 12:54:897; 2. Sanjay Kumar 13:06:156; 3.Prakash Murari 12:17:486.
