Arjun Balu, Suriya Varathan reign at National car racing championships
The Hindu
Former claims Indian Touring Cars section with his fifth win
Coimbatore racers, teenager Suriya Varathan and veteran Arjun Balu (Race Concepts), lit up the fourth and final round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI National car racing championships with remarkable wins here on Saturday.
Balu, the 47-year old defending champion, who qualified for pole in the morning by setting a lap record timing of 1:49.023 in a Honda City, chalked up his fifth win of the season and with that the championship in the Indian Touring Cars category with one more race left. Varathan, only 18, scored a fluent win from pole in the premier MRF Formula 1600 class.
1. Suriya Varathan (Coimbatore) (17m 29.252s); 2. Shahan Ali Mohsin (Agra) (17:29.511); 3. Chirag Ghorpade (Bengaluru) (17:30.188). 1. Arjun Balu (Race Concepts, Coimbatore) (15:16.979); 2. Jeet Jhabakh (Rayo Racing, Hyderabad) (15:25.150); 3. Ishaan Dodhiwala (Rayo Racing) (15:26.345).
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