Anish Damodar Shetty records win, double podium for Honda

CHENNAI: Anish Damodar Shetty (Race Concepts) pulled off a brilliant tactical win in the premier Pro-Stock 301-400cc class race in the first round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship at the Madras Motor Race Track on Saturday.

Biding his time, Shetty, starting fifth on the grid, made a strong move in the second half of the six-lap race to finish ahead of a strong TVS Racing combination of multiple champion Jagan Kumar and defending champion Deepak Ravikumar who raced nursing an injured knee following a crash during a practice session earlier in the week.

An equally impressive winner on Saturday was TVS Racing's KY Ahamed who held off Eneos Honda Erula Racing riders Mathana Kumar and Rajiv Sethu, in the Pro-Stock 165cc category. Sethu, the Race-1 winner on Friday, could not capitalise on a pole-position start. Ahamed's victory somewhat compensated for the absence of team-mate and multiple champion Jagan Kumar whose bike stalled on the out-lap before the race. IANS

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