MOTORSPORTS | Commanding wins for Ishaan Madesh and Nigel Abraham Thomas

Ishaan Madesh and Nigel Abraham Thomas delivered commanding wins from pole position in the MRF Formula 2000 and Formula 1600 categories, respectively, in the fourth and final round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship, held here on Saturday.

In the MRF Saloons (Toyota Etios) category, Tarushi Vikram claimed her maiden victory of the season with an impressive drive from pole, while Ritesh Rai (Buzzing Hornet) and T.S. Diljith (DTS Racing) extended their winning runs in the Indian Touring Cars and Super Stock classes, respectively.

The results (provisional, all Race-1, 8 laps): MRF F2000: 1. Ishan Madesh (12mins, 51.183secs); 2. Arjun Chheda (12:52.050); 3. Shivesh Selvarathnam (13:03.800).

MRF F1600: 1. Nigel Abraham Thomas (13:55.894); 2. Arjun. S. Nair (13:56.411); 3. Sai Shiva Makesh Sankaran (13:57.709).

Indian Touring Cars: 1. Ritesh Rai (Buzzing Hornet) (14:59.428); 2. Karna Kadur (Arka Motorsports) (15:03.519); 3. Biren Pithawalla (N1 Racing) (15:03.924).

ITC 1625: 1. Nikanth Rambabu (Performance Racing) (15:52.940); 2. Vidyaprakash 3. Damodaran (Performance Racing) (16:07.926).

Indian Junior Touring Cars: 1. Deepak Ravikumar (Performance Racing) (15:32.831); 2. Viswas Vijayaraj (Performance Racing) (15:33.210); 3. R. Raja Rajan (Performance Racing) (15:45.157).

Super Stock: 1.T.S. Diljith (DTS Racing) (16:36.868); 2. Lal Kattikulam Bharathan (DTS Racing) (16:48.941); 3. Anirudha Arvind (DTS Racing) (16:54.675).

Formula LGB 1300 (Open and Junior): 1. Aditya Patnaik (Momentum Motorsports) (17:57.626); 2. Bhuvan Bonu (MSport) (17:57.813); 3. Joel Joseph (DTS Racing) (18:00.792).

MRF Saloons (Toyota Etios): 1. Tarushi Vikram (16:59.449); 2. Mohammed Arfath (17:06.681); 3. Akshay Muralidhran (17:08.397).

Volkswagen Polo Cup: 1. Aman Nagdev (15:32.762); 2. Aditya (15:36.672); Ojas Surve (15:38.390).