The final round of the Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship will take place at the Madras Motor Race Track (MMRT) at Irungattukottai here this weekend.
"We are thrilled with the way the season has gone. Manufacturer support from TVS, Honda and Yamaha has been critical to the success of two-wheeler racing in the country. The final round will be thrilling with champions waiting to be crowned," Madras Motor Sports Club (MMSC), organiser of the event, president Ajit Thomas said.
Rajni Krishnan was stripped of both his wins in the last round in Coimbatore in the 165cc Open class due to technical infringements. This means that K. Jagan leads the championship on 126 points with his closest rival being Harry Sylvester on 103 and Sarath Kumar having an outside chance with 90.
The 165cc Novice class sees R. Harikrishnan in the lead with 86 points. The chase for second position is very close with a four way battle brewing between Naresh Babu, Shreyas Sannake, Vivian Gladwin David and V. Prabhu. All four riders are separated by three points with two rounds still to go.
In the TVS One Make Championship, S. Kannan is the favourite to win the title in the Apache RTR 180 Novice category. After winning five out of six races, he has 135 points with his closest rival Naresh on 97 points.
In the Apache RTR 180 Open category, Mathana Kumar leads with 154 points ahead of Arvind Ganesh, who has 117. K.Y. Ahamed is in third with 103 points.
In the Honda One Make Championship, Sumit Lucas Toppo leads by 28 points over Sarath in the CBR 250 Open class with two races to go. A. Prabhu, who had a strong start to the season, is a distant third place with 86 points.
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In the CBR 150 R Novice category, R. Rajanikanth leads Naresh by one point with everything to play for in the last two races. E. Saravanan is in third place, eight points behind the leader.
Vivian Gladwin David is the surprise leader in the Yamaha One Make Championship with 31 points. Behind him is Naresh with 28 points and Mithun Kumar with 27.
Kannan is the top runner in the 130cc Novice class with a top-5 finish away from sealing the title. Mithun Kumar lies a distant second with 88 points with K. Kannan is third with 77.
Races will be held Saturday and Sunday.