Date:18/07/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/07/18/stories/2006071811912000.htm

Sport - Racing : Motor

Ashwin, Rajini steal the show

Sports Reporter

Coimbatore: Team TVS riders Ashwin Sunder and K. Rajini, both from Chennai, stole the thunder in the third leg of the UCAL Rolon National road racing championship for two wheelers at the Kari Motor Speedway in Chettipalayam, near here, on Sunday.

Ashwin scored a perfect double in Group `D' four-stroke 80cc to 110cc category. He followed it up with a splendid twin win in the 111cc to 160cc class. Pole leader K. Rajini did likewise scoring a double in the Group `C' two-stroke 111cc to150cc category and a resounding victory in the Group `B' four-stroke 111cc to 160cc class.

Venu Ramesh Kumar and Vignesh Devarajan brought some cheer to the home crowd by clinching the Group `D' four-stroke 80cc to 110cc races for novice riders.

The results: Championship classes: Group `C' 2-stroke (111cc-150cc): Race 1 (six laps): 1. K. Rajini 7:49.015 seconds, 2. Ashwin Sunder 7:49.576, 3. Preetham Dev Moses 7:55.085. Race 2 (eight laps): 1. K. Rajini 10:25.303, 2. T.K. Vishwanath 10:30.321, 3. Ashwin Sunder 10:33.585.

Group `B' 4-stroke (111cc-160cc): Race 1 (five laps): 1. K. Rajini 7:13.885, 2. Preetham Dev Moses 7:13.969, 3. P. Karthik 7:14.083. Race 2 (eight laps): 1. Preetham Dev Moses 8:34.811, 2. K. Rajini 8:34.819, 3. P. Karthik 8:35.571.

Group `D' 4-stroke (80cc-110cc): Race 1 (five laps): 1. Ashwin Sunder 7:43.807, 2. Harry Sylvester 7:45.463, 3. P. Karthik 7:45.496. Race 2 (eight laps): 1. Ashwin Sunder 12:22.297, 2. Harry Sylvester 12:24.711, 3. Emmanuel Clarke 12:31.466.

Group `D' 4-stroke (111cc-160cc): Race 1 (five laps): 1. Ashwin Sunder 7:16.807, 2. K. Rajini 7:17.330, 3. K. Vinoth 7:18.456. Race 2 (eight laps): 1. Ashwin Sunder 11:28.542, 2. K. Vinoth 11:28.773, 3. K. Rajini 11:43.489.

Novice championship classes: Group `D' 2-stroke (111cc-160cc): Race 1 (five laps): 1. M. Sudhakar 7:54.467, 2. K. Umesh Babu 7:56.788, 3. Murugan 7:58.190. Race 2 (eight laps): 1. M. Sudhakar 11:52.305, 2. K. Umesh Babu 11:52.437, 3. S. Rajkumar 11:55.812.

Group `D' 4-stroke (80cc-110cc): Race 1 (five laps): 1. Venu Ramesh Kumar 8:20.042, 2. Alisha Abdullah 8:24.236, 3. Vignesh Devarajan 8:24.269. Race 2 (eight laps): 1. Vignesh Devarajan 13:15.117, 2. Alisha Abdullah 13:18.431, 3. Vinoth Kumar 13:23.744.

Group `D' 4-stroke 111cc-160cc: Race 1 (five laps): 1. R. Deepak 7:40.412, 2. K. Umesh Babu 7:41.683, 3. Venu Ramesh Kumar 7:51.473. Race 2 (eight laps): 1. R. Deepak 12:03.293, 2. K. Umesh Babu 12:03.598, 3. S. Kumar 12:43:957.

Mopeds (four laps): 1. K. Vinoth 6:51.168, 2. K. Umesh Babu 7:00.538, 3. R.G. Gopal 7:15.012.