The cars behind me had a good start, but the battles down the grid helped me consolidate my track position and towards the end, I backed off a little,” said Balu who is back to racing after a decade of rallying. “The first couple of laps were quite close. Such was his pace that Balu had the luxury of easing off towards the end of the 10-lap race. The race clearly belonged to Balu who, starting from pole, maintained his position and began to pull away after a couple of laps. Vidyaprakash (Prime Racing) ahead of team-mate B.
Rajvirdhan remained on 93 following his retirement after just four laps.įinishing third behind Balu and Leelakrishnan was another veteran D. Veteran Narayanaswamy Leelakrishnan (Big Foots Racing) finished second that took him past a non-finishing Vijaykumar Rajvirdhan on the leaderboard with 99 points. Meanwhile, Saran Vikram (Mars Racing), second in the championship, could garner just 20 points after a disappointing sixth in the first race and fourth in the second to slip to third place (104 points) on the leaderboard behind Hataria whose 36 points took his tally to 114.Įarlier, classy Balu, driving a Honda City, put in yet another authoritative performance to win by the proverbial country mile and move to 143 points.
In the second race, Sundar started fourth and Hataria third due to reverse grid formation, but it made no difference as the duo yet again broke through to finish in that order with Parekh trailing in third. However, towards the end, Sundar regained his position in the front after Hataria spun, but without losing his track position. Gautham Parekh (Wallace Sports) came third in both the outings.īut Sundar had to wage a stiff battle with Hataria in the first race when the duo exchanged leads. The 22-year old Sundar won both the races ahead of team-mate Sarosh Hataria, Balu to pick up 50 points that took his tally to 161. Chennai, Oct 13 (IANS): Championship leaders Ashwin Sundar (Dark Don Racing) and Arjun Balu (Tiger Sport Racing) consolidated their positions in the LGB Formula 4 and Indian Touring Car classes, respectively, with superlative victories in the fifth round of the JK Tyre-FMSCI National Racing Championship here Saturday.
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