Motorsports | Arfath outpaces Mustafa and Shaik for 2-stroke 131-165cc Super Sport win
The Hindu
Bengaluru riders dominated 2nd round of MMSC fmsci Indian National Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship at MIC, Chennai. Arfath, Fazil, Shaik & Jagathishree won respective categories. Balasubramaniam, Badusha & Madhan Kumar won Support Race.
Bengaluru riders dominated the second round of the MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship, which was truncated to just five races besides a few practice runs due to incessant rains, at the Madras International Circuit (MIC) 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.
Mohammed Fazil won the 4-stroke 165cc Super Sport Indian class ahead of Aravind Ganesh and Arfath.
Abdul Shaik topped the Super Sport 2-stroke 130cc category, with Arfath and R Sirajuddin completing the podium in that order.
Jagathishree (One Racing) won in the Girls (Novice, 165cc) category.
The results (all 4-stroke unless mentioned): 165cc Super Sport Indian: 1. Mohammed Fazil 14.327s; Aravind Ganesh 14.335; 3. Mohammed Arfath 14.482.
Girls (Novice, 165cc): 1. Jagathishree (One Racing) 16.650; 2. Lani Zena (RACR Castrol Power1) 16.920; 3. Soundari (AS Motorsports) 16.949.
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