National Motorcycle Racing Championship begins tomorrow

The 2016 season of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship kicks off with the Rolon round at the Kari Motor Speedway here tomorrow with record 250 entries and 20 races involving country's three top manufacturers TVS, Honda and Suzuki.
The promoters, Madras Motor Sports Club, have refurbished the championship which will consist of three categories, namely Stock 165 (previously Group D, Novice), Pro-Stock 165 (previously Group D, Open) and Super Sport Indian 165 (previously Group B) which is the premium class with a clutch of experienced riders with international exposure on modified bikes.
Chennai-based MRF Tyres are the title sponsors and all the competing two-wheelers will be fitted with their rubber. Honda, TVS and Suzuki will run their separate one-make series comprising of two categories, the Novice and Open.

Meanwhile, in a first of its kind, two all-ladies races have been scheduled. They will be run under the banners of Honda Ladies Race and Alisha Abdullah Racing Academy Ladies Race which is supported by TVS Racing.
The TVS-MMSC one-make series has been upgraded in terms of introduction of the TVS Apache RTR 200 which will replace the Apache RTR 180 while the Honda-MMSC races will see the CBR 150 (Novice) and CBR 250 (Open) in action as previously and so also the Suzuki Gixxer Cup series which will have the Gixxer 150 SF in both Novice and Open categories.