TVS Racing riders K P Aravind and Harith Noah dominated the Gulf Supercross, organised by Sportscraft in association with NASA, by finishing joint first in the overall standings for Indian Expert Foreign Class motorcycles (upto 500cc) here today.
The Bangalore riders, both atop TVS RTR bikes, finished with the same number of points (37 after two races), leaving city and TVS racing mate Pramode Joshua to take the third spot with 28 points.
Aravind also won the Indian Expert Class upto 260 cc, taking both the motos, while Joshua placed second, with R Natraj and S Madhu, also of TVS Racing, sharing third place in the overall standings.
Nagpur's Jignesh Patel won the Private Foreign motorcycles 250cc class. Astride a KTM SXF, he won both the motos, with Abhijitsinh Jadav of Pune (Yamaha RX 135) placing second and Ganesh Lokhande (Honda CRF) third.
Aurangabad's Aakash Satpude (TVS Apache) won the Private Expert upto 260cc class, with Narendra Singh Pawar of Indore and Shamlal Pardeshi of Pune winning second and third respectively.
There were 96 participants from all over the country for the Gulf Oil-sponsored event held at Kute's Supercross Track.
The four hours of competition included negotiating hairpin bends, steep jumps and obstacles over dirt terrain, all at breakneck speed.
The local class and Indian Novice class also generated much interest.
Lokhande regaled the local audience with breath-taking jumps to get the better of Aditya Thakkar and Anish Nair and emerge the best Nashik rider.
Mumbai's Kshitij Shukla won the Novice class, with Bhopal's Syed Asif Ali and Pune's Mohammed Faisal placing second and third respectively.
