Date:25/12/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/12/25/stories/2006122505861600.htm

Sport - Racing : Motor

Gill, Banajee and Saran win

Sports Reporter

PHOTO: K.PICHUMANI

PROUD VICTORS: Saran Vikram, Gaurav Gill and Rayomand Banajee came up trumps.

CHENNAI: Gaurav Gill has been driving the Premium Rolon car with such authority, control and speed that none of his competitors barring Gaurav Dalal could come anywhere close to him.

With top two finishes in all the races, Gill had accumulated an almost unbeatable lead so that the 10th edition and sixth and final round of JK Tyre National racing championship at the MMST Track, Irrungattukottai Track near here on Sunday, was a mere formality.

Like Gill, Saran Vikram T. Mars (Formula LGB Swift) and Rayomand Banajee (Formula LGB Hyundai) dominated the JK Tyre National championships by maintaining a huge lead and the three were crowned the new National champions.

The results (provisional):

Formula Rolon: Race 1: Gaurav Gill 19:18.368, 2. Gaurav Dalal 19:30.473, 3. Anand Prasad 19:42.437.

Race 2: 1. Sarosh Hataria 19:29.928, 2. Ameya Walavalkar 19:39.396, 3. Aditya Patel 19:44.503. Formula LGB Hyundai: Race 1: 1. Rayomand Banajee 20:16.913, 2. Ajay Kini 20:16.586, 3. Ashwin Sundar 20:21.059. Race 2: Ashwin Sundar 20:20.322, 2. Rayomand Banajee 20:28.463, 3. C. Rajaram 20:37.774.

Formula LGB Swift: Race 1: 1. Ajay Kini 20:09.950, 2. Saran Vikram 20:14.130, 3. B. Vijay Kumar 20:15.206. Race 2: 1. Ashwin Sundar 20:06.983, 2. Sahil Shelar 20:17.752, 3. Ajay Kini 20:7.921.

Overall championship: Formula Rolon: 1. Gaurav Gill (Team Wallace Sports) 102, 2. Gaurav Dalal (Prime Racing) 69, 3. Ameya Walalvalkar (Speed NK) 47. Formula LGB Hyundai: 1. Rayomand Banajee (Meco Racing) 121, 2. Ajay Kini (Wallace Sports) 87, 3. Ashwin Sundar (Gemini Racing) 70. Formula LGB Swift: 1. Saran Vikram (Wallace Sports) 94, 2. Ajay Kini (Wallace Sports) 71, 3. Ashwin Sundar (Gemini Racing) 66.