Sethu dominant in INMRC Round 4; TVS e-racing sequence debuts

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Sethu secured his seventh win in as many starts so far this season.

Round 4 of the 2023 Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship (INMRC) noticed Rajiv Sethu proceed his dominant type within the Pro-Stock 301-400cc class. The RACR rider secured his seventh win in as many begins to date this season.

TVS Racing’s new Electric One Make Championship additionally made its debut on the spherical. The first race featured eight riders hand-picked by TVS and Chiranth Vishwanath emerged because the sequence’ first race winner.

Pro-Stock 301-400cc

Sethu is competing in each, the Pro-Stock 3011-400cc and 165cc Open courses this season. He failed to attain any factors within the 165cc Open class after being disqualified from the primary two races on account of a technical infringement and a crash in Race 3.

But he salvaged his weekend by successful each races within the headlining class, extending his championship result in 85 factors with only one extra spherical to go.

Results

Race 1

1. Rajiv Sethu (RACR Castrol Power1 Ultimate) – 11mins, 21.000secs

2. Rahil Pillarisetty (KTM Gusto Racing) – 11mins 22.194secs

3. Alwin Sundar (KTM Gusto Racing) – 11mins 27.023secs

Race 2

 1. Rajiv Sethu (RACR Castrol Power 1 Ultimate) – 15mins, 04.518secs

2. Sarthak Chavan (Petronas TVS Racing) – 15mins 05.091secs

3. Rahil Pillarisetty (KTM Gusto Racing) – 15mins 06.290secs

 

Pro-Stock 165cc Open

Prabhu Arunagiri stood out in Round 4 with two back-to-back wins. But regardless of not scoring any wins in Round 2, KY Ahamed’s two podium finishes have been sufficient for him to take the general lead, displacing Sethu within the class.

Results

Race 1

1. Chiranth Vishwanath (Petronas TVS Racing) – 9mins 56.159secs

2. Rajiv Sethu (RACR Castrol Power 1 Ultimate) – 9mins 58.863secs

3. KY Ahamed (Petronas TVS Racing) – 10mins 03.002secs

Race 2

1. Prabhu Arunagiri (Pacer Yamaha) – 11mins 48.680secs

2. Sarthak Chavan (Petronas TVS Racing) – 11mins 52.473secs

3. KY Ahamed (Petronas TVS Racing) – 11mins 52.859secs

Race 3

1. Prabhu Arunagiri (Pacer Yamaha1) (- 12mins 00.450secs

2. Ahamed KY (Petronas TVS Racing) – 12mins 00.634secs

3. Jagan Kumar (Petronas TVS Racing) – 12mins 06.113secs

 

Novice Stock 165cc

Manvith Reddy Ok gained the opening race after numerous frontrunners, together with polesitter Vignesh Goud, retired. But Goud shrugged off the crash and pulled off a formidable cost up from nineteenth on the grid to win Race 2 – his sixth win in seven begins. He now holds a 54 factors lead within the class.

Results

Race 1

1. Manvith Reddy Ok (RACR Castrol Power1 Ultimate) – 13mins 16.375secs

2. Abdul Basim (Rockers Racing) – 13mins 16.375secs

3. Tasmai Cariappa (Pacer Yamaha 1) – 13mins 16.869secs

Race 2

1. Vignesh Goud (Race’ists Motorcycle Club) – 13mins 17.927secs

2. Savion Sabu (Axor Sparks Racing) – 13mins 18.431secs

3. Abul Basim RS (Gulf Rockers Racing) – 13mins 19.205secs

 

Girls Stock 165cc

Lani Zena Fernandez gained each races within the Girls Stock 165cc class to take a forty five factors lead within the championship. The RACR rider has scored three wins in 4 outings to date this season.

Results

Race 1

1. Lani Zena Fernandez (RACR Castrol Power1 Ultimate) – 11mins 10.327secs

2. Jagathishree (One Racing) – 11mins 12.974secs

3. Ryhana Bee (Axor Sparks Racing) – 11mins 17.529secs

Race 2

1. Lani Zena Fernandez (RACR Castrol Power 1 Ultimate) – 11mins 12.128secs

2. Ryhana Bee (Axor Sparks Racing) – 11mins 12.328secs

3. Jagatishree (One Racing) – 11mins 17.191secs

TVS One-Make Championship

Chiranth Vishwanath accomplished a clear sweep within the TVS Open (Apache RR 310) class. This strikes him to the highest of the standings, seven factors away from Alwin Sundar. The 16-year-old additionally grew to become the first-ever race winner within the new TVS Racing Electric One-Make Championship (e-OMC).

The first spherical featured eight riders hand-picked by TVS Racing, all of them competing aboard equivalent TVS Apache RTE bikes. These race bikes have been particularly developed for the championship.TVS says the Apache RTE includes a carbon fibrebattery case that additionally acts as a pressured member of thechassis. It includes a liquid-cooled electrical motor and whereas efficiency figures haven’t been revealed, TVS says it has the “highestpower-to-weight in itsclass”.The Apache RTE additionally will get Ohlins entrance and rear suspension and a Brembo brake system – with a 320mm entrance disc, callipers and grasp cylinder.

Results

TVS Racing e-OMC

1. Chiranth Vishwanath – 7mins 35.876secs

2. Sarthak Chavan – 7mins 38.922secs

3. Jagan Kumar – 7mins 41.402secs

Open (Apache RR 310) Race 1

1. Chiranth Vishwanath – 11mins 34.135secs

2. Senthil Kumar C – 11mins 38.154secs

3. G Balaji – 11mins 42.214secs

Open (Apache RR 310) Race 2

1. Chiranth Vishwanath – 15mins 26.971secs

2. Senthilkumar C – 15mins 32.850secs

3. Romario John – 15mins 36.798secs

Open (Apache RR 310) Race 3

1. Chiranth Vishwanath  -11mins 35.564secs

2. Senthilkumar C – 11mins 35.647secs

3. Alwin Sundar – 11mins 40.329secs

Girls (Apache RTR 200)

1. Saimah Ajaz Baig – 11mins 19.600secs

2. Nadine Faith Balaji – 11mins 20.014secs

3. Aisvariya V – 11mins 34.185secs

 

Honda India Talent Cup

Kavin Quintal was in a league of his personal, successful each Honda NSF250R races just about unchallenged. The 18-year-old gained Race 1 by over six seconds and Race 2 by 13.5 seconds to increase his championship result in 45 factors.

Results

Race 1

1. Kavin Quintal – 15mins 06.431secs

2. Mohsin P – 15mins 22.491secs

3. Raheesh Khatri – 15mins 22.534secs

Race 2

1. Kavin Quintal – 11mins 20.815secs

2. Mohsin P – 11mins 34.391secs

3. Johann Reeves Emmanuel – 11mins 34.448secs

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2023 INMRC: Sethu, Chavan rating wins in Round 2