Deepak Paul Chinnapa of Race Concepts, Bengaluru, pulled off a dramatic win in the top-end Indian Touring Cars race which witnessed several on-track incidents leading to an investigation in the fifth and concluding round of the MMSC-Fmsci Indian National Racing Championship at the MMRT track here today.
Also tasting success was Mohit Aryan of Anish Racing in the Formula LGB 1300 category who started from pole position and saw off early challenge for his fifth win in nine starts to increase his championship tally to 113 for a 13-point lead over Chetan Korada who came in third in the race behind his Wallace Racing team-mate Raghul Rangasamy.
Deepak, son of yesteryear two-wheeler legend CK Chinnapa, started third on the grid, but squeezed out a win after pole-sitter Arjun Narendran (Red Rooster Racing), who has already sealed the championship, went off the track soon after the start following a contact with Ashish Ramaswamy, and later retired due to mechanical problems.
Chinnapa subsequently eased past race leader Sivaramakrishnan whose car lost power with two of the eight laps remaining to notch up a deserving win.
Finishing second behind Chinnapa was veteran C Rajaram (Prime Racing) ahead of team-mate B Vijay Kumar who was elevated from fourth to third.
K E Kumar, also of Prime Racing, had originally finished third, but received a 20-second penalty for jump start, pushing him to sixth spot.
