Bengaluru riders dominated the second round of the MMSC fmsci Indian National Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship 2023 powered by Vamcy Merla which was truncated to just five races besides a few practice runs due to incessant rains at the Madras International Circuit here on Sunday.
Mohammed Arfath was the fastest rider of the day as he headed a podium sweep by Bengaluru riders while winning the 2-Stroke 131-165cc Super Sport category outpacing Mustafa Siraj Khan and Abdul Shaik.
Another Bengalurian, Mohammed Fazil won the 4-Stroke 165cc Super Sport Indian class ahead of Chennai’s Aravind Ganesh and Arfath.
Abdul Shaik topped the Super Sport 2-stroke 130cc category with Arfath and R Sirajuddin (Chennai) completing the podium in that order.
Chennai’s Jagathishree (One Racing) spared three-tenths to Lani Zena (RACR Castrol Power1) from Puducherry with Soundari A (AS Motorsport) finishing third in the Girls (Novice, 165cc) category.
The results (all 4-Stroke unless mentioned):
165cc Super Sport Indian: 1. Mohammed Fazil (Bengaluru) (14.327s); Aravind Ganesh (Chennai) (14.335s); 3. Mohammed Arfath (Bengaluru) (14.482s)
Girls (Novice, 165cc): 1. Jagathishree (Chennai, One Racing) (16.650s); 2. Lani Zena (Puducherry, RACR Castrol Power1) (16.920s); 3. Soundari A (Chennai, AS Motorsports) (16.949s).
Support Race – 165-225cc: 1. Balasubramaniam R (Chennai) (14.054s); 2. Badusha M (Chennai) (14.484s); 3. Madhan Kumar R (Trichy) (15.037s).
2-Stroke 165cc Super Sport: 1. Mohammed Arfath (Bengaluru) (13.187s); 2. Mustafa Siraj Khan (Bengaluru) (13.268s); 3. Abdul Shaik (Bengaluru) (13.283).
2-Stroke Up to 130cc: 1. Abdul Shaik (Bengaluru) (13.438s); 2. Mohammed Arfath (Bengaluru) (13.715s); 3. R Sirajuddin (Chennai) (14.140s).