The winners: Ruhaan stands tall on high of the podium alongside Arya (left) and Tijil, celebrating the second.
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Ruhaan Alva of MSport has all the time been a fearless and feisty competitor. The Bengaluru teenager displayed it once more with a shocking win in the premier Formula LGB4 class. So did Tijil Rao of Dark Don Racing in the second race of the 26th JK Tyre National Racing Championship at the Kari Motor Speedway circuit right here on Sunday.
It was a grand double for Tijil as he had received a race the different day as effectively. But the opener turned out to be an edge-of-the-seat thriller as Ruhaan and Arya Singh (Dark Don Racing) fought all the method to the flag. In truth, the latter was in full management however the former took him abruptly along with his gutsy drive.
The 21-year-old from Bengaluru additional pressed the pedal, and Arya labored as a lot to shut the door on him. But Ruhaan, a sensible driver as he’s, discovered a little bit of area, moved in shortly and completed forward of Arya.
“It was super close and super fun but he was super quick. I made a few mistakes but he drove really well,” stated Arya, after the race.
Neythan McPherson (Momentum Motorsports) and Joel Joseph shared a race win every in the JK Tyre Novice Cup.
The outcomes (provisional, closing day):
LGB Formula 4: Race 1 (15 laps): 1. Ruhaan Alva (MSport) 22:09.037; 2. Arya Singh (Dark Don Racing) 22:09.084; 3. Tijil Rao (Dark Don Racing) 22:10.131. Race 2: 1. Tijil Rao 27:51.142; 2. T.S. Diljith (Dark Don) 27:51.822; 3. Saran Vikram Tmars (Mars Racing) 28:05.523.
JK Tyre Novice Cup: Race 1 (9 laps): 1. Neythan McPherson (Momentum Motorsports) 14:28.205; 2. Aman Nagdev (MSport) 14:28.801; 3. Arjun S. Nair (Momentum Motorsports) 14:29.264. Race 2: 1. Joel Joseph (DTS Racing) 16:20.908; 2. Arjun Nair 16:21.077; 3. Neythan McPherson 16:21.077.
JK Tyre RE Continental GT Cup: Race 1 (10 laps): 1. Abhishek Vasudev 13:53.248; 2. Ullass Nanda 13:53.651; 3. Md. Samrul Zubair 13:57.403.
JK Tyre presents 250 Cup: Race 1 (10 laps): 1. Sarvesh Balappa 15:16.345; 2. G. Abhinav 15:19.623; 3. Rohit Lad 15:27.436.