The second round of the JK Tyre-FMSCI National Racing Championship kicked off at the Kari Motor Speedway on October 7. The championship consisted of four separate classes of races and took place over a span of two days, concluding on October 8. Arya Singh was one of the stars of the weekend, winning three out of four LGB Formula 4 races, and finishing third in the final race. The weekend also saw a great performance by Arjun S Nair in the Novice Cup, winning the first two races, and finishing second in the last one.
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Race 1 of the LGB Formula 4 championship saw Dark Don teammates Tijil Rao, Arya Singh and Diljith TS scrapping for the lead. Diljith started the race at pole position but was soon passed by his teammate Arya Singh, who started the race in third position and went on to take victory in the race. Tijil Rao looked set to take third place but was overtaken by Ruhaan Alva towards the end of the race. Singh also went on to win the second race, after a lengthy scuffle with Diljith. Tijil Rao however, was passed by Ruhaan Alva for the third position, before spinning out later. Race 3 followed a similar pattern, with the three teammates fighting for the lead. But this time, however, Tijil Rao finished in second place, after passing Diljith TS. Ruhaan Alva also put out a brilliant display, narrowly losing third place to Diljith TS. The Dark Don teammates shared the podium once again in Race 4 with Diljith TS taking home the win, Tijil Rao in second place and Arya Singh in third.
Race 1
P1: Arya Singh
P2: Diljith TS
P3: Ruhaan Alva
Race 2
P1: Arya Singh
P2: Diljith TS
P3: Ruhaan Alva
Race 3
P1: Arya Singh
P2: Tijil Rao
P3: Diljith TS
Race 4
P1: Diljith TS
P2: Tijil Rao
P3: Arya Singh
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Arjun S Nair won the first Novice Cup race of this leg of the championship. Joel Joseph, who went on to finish in second place, had a lengthy battle with Nair for the win but was unsuccessful in passing him. The third position was held by Nair’s Momentum Motorsports teammate, Jamie Jamshed Shaw, who finished ahead of Jigar Muni, another driver from the same team by barely one-hundredths of a second. Nair also took the victory in the second race, with his teammates Neythan McPherson and Jigar Muni, joining him on the podium. Race 3 however, saw the teammates start further behind the grid, with McPherson in P3, Muni in P5 and Nair in P8. But the trio once again, managed to make their way to the podium, with McPherson finishing P1, Nair P2 and Muni P3.
Race 1
P1: Arjun S Nair
P2: Joel Joseph
P3: Jamie Jamshed Shaw
Race 2
P1: Arjun S Nair
P2: Neythan McPherson
P3: Jigar Muni
Race 3
P1: Neythan McPherson
P2: Arjun S Nair
P3: Jigar Muni
The first race of the JK Tyre Continental GT cup saw a very close finish between the top 4 drivers- Md. Samrul Zubair, Jagadeesh Nagaraj, Abhishek Vasudev and Soorya PM, with Zubair taking the win. Nagaraj and Vasudev joined him on the podium after finishing P2 and P3. Race two was won by Jagadeesh Nagaraj, with Ullas S Nanda in second place and Abhishek Vasudev in third.
Race 1
P1: Md. Samrul Zubair
P2: Jagadeesh Nagaraj
P3: Abhishek Vasudev
Race 2
P1: Jagadeesh Nagaraj
P2: Ullas S Nanda
P3: Abhishek Vasudev
The 250 Cup, which consists of racing-spec Gixxer 250 motorcycles, was won by Sarvesh Balappa who started from pole position. Aldrin Babu and Ashish Patel joined him on the podium after securing P2 and P3 respectively.
Race 1
P1: Sarvesh Balappa
P2: Aldrin Babu
P3: Ashish Patel
