The 19th JK Tyre-FMSCI National Racing Championship came to a close with Anindith Reddy and Vishnu Prasad emerging champions in the Euro JK 16 and LGB Formula 4 categories here today.
In the final round here, Anindith and Vishnu stormed ahead of the field yesterday itself, winning both their races. Starting with 96 points today, with a handy nine-point lead, Hyderabad's Anindith knew that the championship was still wide open, especially as the reverse grid had come into play.
But it didn't unnerve him, even though he started from the sixth position. He moved into the lead and hung on to it all the way through to the end of the tenth lap to add 10 more points to his tally.
He could breathe easy, though, midway through, when his main challenger Nayan Chatterjee (87 points) pulled out of the race in the third lap itself; the other racer who was tied on joint second, Ananth Shanmugham, too slipped out of contention by finishing eighth.
Anindith built up an unbeatable lead of 11 points to seal the championship with a race to go.
Later in the evening, Anindith had an easier run as he raced without any tension. He clocked the fastest lap of the day, in the eighth, finishing the 5.1 kilometres in just 2:01.411 minutes. Ananth Shanmugham and Nayan Chatterjee took the second place and third places in the championship.
The LGB 4 too followed a similar script with Chennai's Vishnu Prasad wrapping up the championship on Saturday itself.
He had a 19-point lead going into Sunday, and laughed his way past the chequered flag to underline his supremacy. He has been in prime form all through the season, taking virtually every round.
Results:
Euro JK 16: 1. Anindith Reddy (116 points); 2. Ananth Shanmugham (101); 3. Nayan Chatterjee (96)
LGB 4: 1. Vishnu Prasad (96 points); 2. Raghul Rangasamy (75); 3. Saran Tmars (54).
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