Rajini’s fifth win in a row in national racing

CHENNAI - Krishnan Rajini of Red Rooster Racing yet again underlined his dominance in the premier class, the Group A Super Stock (600cc) by recording his fifth consecutive win in the fourth round of the Sidv in-FMSCI National Motorcycle Racing Championship here Saturday.

Rajini, who missed the first round, thus moved to 50 points as against 52 of championship leader Sumit Lucas Topo of Blue Arrow Racing) who finished second.

Such was Rajini’s superiority that he spared seven seconds to Topo in a start-to-finish performance.

With another race to be run tomorrow, it is likely that Rajini, given his vast international experience, will take over the championship lead.

Meanwhile, A Prabhu of Moto Rev India chalked up his fifth win in the Group D Intermediate class to extend his championship lead over team-mate B Naveen Raj who finished a distant seventh.

Also consolidating his championship position was S Sarath Kumar of Ten10 Racing in the Group B Experts class as he recorded his fourth win and third in a row as his nearest rival, veteran Sriskandarajah (Moto Rev India) came in last in fifth position.

In the Group B Open class, P.Deva Kumar of Moto Rev India raced to his sixth win with another command performance.

The results:

Group A Super Stock (600cc): Race 1 (8 laps) - Krishnan Rajini (Red Rooster Racing) 1 (14mins, 28.494secs); Sumit Lucas Topo (Blue Arrow Racing) 2 (14:35.295); M Gautam (Moto Rev India) 3 (14:37.534).

Group B Open (2 strokes, up to 165cc): Race 1 (6 laps) - P Deva Kumar (Moto Rev India) 1 (12:49.209); Emmanuel Jebaraj 2 (12:59.356); K Umesh Babu 3 (13:00.207).

Group B Experts (4 strokes, up to 165cc) Experts: Race 1 (6 laps) - S Sarath Kumar (Ten10 Racing) 1; P Karthick (TVS Racing) 2 (12:19.952); Harry Sylvester (TVS Racing) 3 (12:20.003).

Group D Intermediate (4 strokes, 130-165cc): Race 1 (6 laps) - A Prabhu (Moto Rev India) 1 (13:29.377); M Sudhakar (Ten10 Racing) 2 (13:37.103); K Prakash (TVS Racing) 3 (13:40.067).

Group D Novice (up to 130cc): Race 1 (6 laps) - K Prakash (TVS Racing) 1 (14:31.101); GS Santhosh (TVS Racing) 2 (14:32.239); S Prativ (Pvt) 3 (14:32.957).

Single Make series - Honda CBF Stunner (Intermediate): Race 1 - M Sudhakar 1 (14:18.752); GR Santhosh 2 (14:18.976); A Prabhu 3 (14:19.173).

Honda CB Twister (Novice): Race 1 (Short loop, 6 laps) - Renn Johnson 1 (08:49.780); Deepak Papineni 2 (08:50.619); D Naveen Raj 3 (08:58.451).

Yamaha R15 Experts: Race 1 (6 laps) - R Deepak 1 (13:24.464); D Dinesh Kumar 2 (13:25.398); Sudhakar Kesavan 3 (13:27.147).

Yamaha R15 Novice: Race 1 (Short loop, 6 laps) - G.R. Santhosh 1 (08:00.495); Bharath Raj J 2 (08:00.658); S Sai Kishore 3 (08:01.642).