Double for Rajini, Sriskandarajah in national racing
By IANSSunday, July 4, 2010
CHENNAI - Two Chennai-based veterans, Krishnan Rajini (Red Rooster Racing) and Sriskandarajah (Moto-Rev India), completed a double apiece in the second round of the FMSCI-Sidvin National Racing Championship for two-wheelers here Sunday.
Rajini’s victory in the Super Stock (600cc) class was all the more creditable since he was on a virtually ancient Yamaha R6 with a creaking suspension. As was the case Saturday in the first race, Rajini virtually destroyed the field in the second outing.
Sriskandarajah, in the Group B Experts category, though pushed all the way, drew upon his vast experience to hold back his challengers while giving another polished performance.
The two races made for come gripping viewing on a day that began rather ominously when Race Director Farhan Vohra, flipped the SUV safety car on the outlap exiting the Bridge Complex.
Fortunately, Vohra escaped virtually unhurt though the SUV suffered heavy damage as it rolled twice after one of the rear tyres exploded.
The results:
Group A Super Stock (600cc, 8 laps): Krishnan Rajini (Red Rooster Racing) 1 (14mins, 40.947secs); Harry Sylvester (Blue Arrow Racing) 2 (14:50.049); A Satish Kumar (Blue Arrow Racing) 3 (14:54.819). .
Group B (2 Strokes, up to 165cc, Open) 6 laps: P Deva Kumar (Moto-Rev India) 1 (12: 50.696); S Rajkumar 2 (13:20.384); K Umesh Babu 3 (13:44.525).
Group B (4 Strokes, up to 165cc, Experts) 6 laps: Sriskandarajah (Moto-Rev India) 1 (12:29.831); S Sarath Kumar (Ten10 Racing) 2 (12:29.985); K Jagan (TVS Racing) 3 (12:37.076).
Group D (4 Strokes, up to 130cc, Novice) 6 laps: B Dhanasekar 1 (14:52.457); S Padmanabhan (Ten10 Racing) 2 (14:52.837); Dinesh Kumar 3 (14:52.951). Intermediate: A Prabhu (Moto-Rev India) 1 (13:40.322); M Sudhakar (Ten10 Racing) 2 (13:41.263); B Naveen Raj (Moto-Rev India) 3 (13:41.380).
Honda CB Twister (Novice) 6 laps (Short loop): Renn Johnson 1 (08:40.810); B Naveen Raj 2 (08:50.159); S Partiv 3 (08:54.766). CBF Stunner (Intermediate) 6 laps: D Dinesh Kumar 1 (14:19.914); GR Santhosh 2 (14:19.939); Deepak Papineni 3 (14:20.247). CBR 150 Expert (6 laps): Shyam Shankar 1 (13:24.047); S Vivek Pillai 2 (13:24.157); A Prabhu 3 (13:25.631).
Yamaha R15 (Novice) 6 laps (Short loop): GR Santhosh 1 (07:57.635); Renn Johnson 2 (07:57.763); B Lalruatsanga 3 (08:02.323). Experts (6 laps): R Deepak 1 (13:21.409); Sumit Lucas Toppo 2 (13:25.853); Sudhakar Kesavan 3 (13:39.104).
