Jagan Kumar bags his sixth INMRC title

The final round of the FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship has drawn to an end at the Madras Motor Race Track in Chennai. TVS Racing’s Jagan Kumar bagged his sixth Indian Motorcycle Racing Championship title, by winning the flagship Super Sport (upto 165cc) class, ahead of Honda Racing’s Rajiv Sethu.

Heavy showers on Sunday saw the final race being conducted over the shorter Club circuit, with the number of laps increased to compensate for the shorter length of the track. The weekend began with Jagan just a point ahead of Rajiv. The gap widened with Jagan winning the race and Rajiv finishing 2nd. In race 2 however, Rajiv crashed out in the first lap itself, handing the championship to Jagan. Race 2 was won by Rajiv’s team-mate Mathana Kumar, while Jagan’s team-mate, Harry Sylvester finished third. 

The Pro-Stock (upto 165cc) race 2 was won by Anish D Shetty. The Girls Stock (upto 165cc) was won by Aishwarya Pissay. The weekend saw TVS and Yamaha conduct One-Make Championship races. The Yamaha R15 race was won by Nithish Kumar M, while KB Rajkamal scored the top spot in the TVS race.

FMSCI also conducted the final round of the 2017 Indian National Drag Racing Championship over the weekend. Hemant Muddappa, riding a Suzuki GSXR 1000, won the championship in the premier Supersport (Unrestricted) class. Rameez Khan, riding a BMW HP4, finished second, just a point behind Hemant. Rameez also won the above 1051cc category. 

Jagan Kumar won the upto-165cc category, Mujahid Pasha won the 166-205cc category, while Yogeshwaran P grabbed the top spot in 226-360cc category. Ashwin Kumar R won the 361-550cc category, Manohar BN won the 551-850cc category while Rizwan Khan won the 851-1050cc category. As for the support races, Mujahid Pasha won the two-stroke category, while Khalid Pasha won the upto-130cc category.