Jagan, Aishwarya shine in National Motorcycle racing

: Defending champion Jagan Kumar of TVS Racing won the first race in the Super Sport Indian (up to 165cc) class in the third round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI National Motorcycle Racing Championship at nearby Sriperumbudur today.
The win helped Jagan Kumar move up two spots to third on the leaderboard, with 62 points.
He had to fight hard for only his second victory of the season that put him behind leader Rajiv Sethu of Honda Ten10 with 90 points, who barely nursed his bike to a third-place finish and Mathana Kumar (66).
The race was cut to a four-lap sprint following a stoppage due to an oil spill on the start-finish straight and was re-started.

"I am very relieved that I won today, though I was not happy with my pace," Jagan said.
Bengaluru's Aishwarya Pissay of Apex Racing posted an impressive win in the Girls (Stock up to 165cc) category to consolidate her position at the top.

The race witnessed a bit of elbowing among riders at the front before Aishwarya overcame a poor start to clinch a win to move to 65 points, ahead of Indore's Kalyani Potekar (51), who was docked 10 seconds penalty for causing collision that took out Alisha Abdullah on the start straight and was placed third behind local girl Shruthi Nagarajan (Honda Ten10 Racing).

Aravind Balakrishnan, courtesy a fine victory in the Pro-Stock (up to 165cc) category, caught up with leader and his Honda Ten10 Racing team-mate Mithun Kumar who finished a distant fifth. Both are on 83 points.
In the Super Sport Indian 300-400cc class, Kozhikode's Amarnath Menon (Gusto Racing) saw his four-win streak ending in a cloud of dust as he crashed on the last lap during a hot chase of Chennai's Dinesh Kumar of the newly-formed Team Alisha Abdullah.
Despite the non-finish, Menon is still comfortably placed at the top with 100 points, well clear of other contenders Deepak Ravikumar (51, Moto-Rev) and Vivek Pillai (75, Rockers Racing) who finished second and third respectively.

Results (Provisional): Super Sport Indian (Up to 165cc) - 4 laps: 1. Jagan Kumar (TVS Racing) (08mins, 06.210secs); 2.Harry Sylvester (TVS Racing) (08:06.370); 3. Rajiv Sethu (Honda Ten10 Racing) (08:12.951).
Super Sport Indian (300-400cc) - 6 laps: 1. Dinesh Kumar D (Team Alisha Abdullah) (11:48.208); 2. Deepak Ravikumar (Moto-Rev) (11:55.445); 3. Vivek Pillai (Rockers Racing) (12:08.044).
Pro-Stock (Up to 165cc) 4 laps: 1. Aravind Balakrishnan (Honda Ten10 Racing) (08:30.837); 2. Naresh Babu (RACR) (08:32.463); 3. Aravind Ganesh (Chennai) (08:39.352).
Girls - Stock up to 165cc (5 laps): 1. Aishwarya Pissay (Apex Racing Academy) (11:18.287); 2. Shruthi Nagarajan (Rockers Racing) (11:29.306); 3. Kalyani Potekar (Team Speed Up Racing) (11:37.258).