TVS Racing team swept the board with Jagan Kumar leading a podium sweep in the Group B (Open) class on way to winning the title as the MMSC FMSCI Indian National Racing Championship 2015 concluded at the MMRT, Sriperumbudur, near here today.
Also annexing the National championship titles in their respective categories were Mathana Kumar of Ten10 Racing (Group C, Open) and Kannan Karnan of Moto-Rev Yamaha (Group D, Novice), while in the Honda MMSC One-Make championship, Sarath Kumar (CBR 250) and Aravind Balakrishnan (CBR 150) clinched the titles.
The 26-year old Jagan from Chennai, winner of the first race yesterday that gave him the championship, gave a repeat performance in the second outing for a grand double with team-mates KY Ahamed and Kannan Subramani.
Incidentally, the three riders are neighbours in the Triplicane locality of the city, and all weigh mere 52 Kgs.
Jagan, the first Indian winner in the Asian Road Racing championship last year, had a mature race as he bided his time tucking in behind the front-runners for a few laps before bursting to the front of the pack and had none of other competitors in sight when he crossed the finish line.
He thus finished the 2015 championship that spilled over after postponement of the final round from December due to floods, with six wins and a tally of 162 points, ahead of team-mate Harry Sylvester (114) and Ahamed (113), emphasising the dominance of TVS Racing team.
It was Jagan's fifth National title following his success in 2009 (125cc Novice), 2012 (165cc, Group B), 2013 and 2014 (Group C, Open).
"I am very happy to win the championship this year. I had a bad start to the season with a puncture and mechanical problems in the early rounds, but this weekend was a nice way to finish," said Jagan.
Mathana Kumar and Kannan Karnan also ended the season in dominating style by completing a double in their respective categories en route to winning the titles.
While Kannan had to overcome early challenge before sealing the double for five wins in the season, Mathana was in a league of his own and enjoyed an untroubled run for his sixth win.
In the Honda MMSC One-Make Championship, Kishoar VS won both the CBR 150 races, but finished only third in the title race with 145 points, behind Aravind Balakrishnan (177) and Sivanesan Sethu (156).
The title in the CBR 250 class was won by Sarath Kumar (186 points) with a round to spare and he opted to skip the final round this weekend which saw Sumit Lucas Toppo of Pro Lap Racing and Dinesh Kumar (United Tech Torque Racing) share the honours by winning a race apiece today.
