IANS
Chennai, Aug 3: Gaurav Dalal of Red Rooster Racing completed a successful weekend by achieving a double in the Formula Rolon Chevrolet class in the fourth round of the JK Tyre National Racing championship here Sunday.
However, Dalal, who had won the first race Saturday evening, had to wage a stiff battle against Delhi's Karthik Shankar of Team NK Speed Racing before pulling ahead at the fag-end of the 10-lap race.
Shankar grabbed the lead at the start and defended extremely well even as Dalal tried just about everything to get past. The two raced wheel to wheel to put on a thrilling battle with both pushing their machines to the limit.
However, the persistence of Dalal finally told on Shankar who put two wheels on the grass on the tight right-left sequence and then lost ground in the run-up to the Bridge Complex where Dalal made his move to get ahead.
Clearly in the faster car, Dalal then stepped up the pace while Shankar settled for second spot for a repeat 1-2 finish while Kolkatta's Amitrajit Ghosh, also of Team Red Rooster Racing, finished third.
On a day of clean racing, Ajay Kini of Wallace Sports in the Formula Swift class and K. Rajinii n the Super bikes Experts category hogged the limelight, while it was Sailesh Bolisetti's day out in the Super Saloons Class.
Results:
Formula Rolon (10 laps): Race 1 - 1. Gaurav Dalal 18:33:189; 2. Karthick Shankar 18:35:184; 3. Saran Vikram 18:58:017. Race 2 - 1. Gaurav Dalal 18:48:271; 2. Karthik Shankar 19:04:949; 3. Amitrajit Ghosh 19:09:573
Formula Swift (10 laps): Race 1 - 1. Sudarshana Rao 20:01:984; 2. Ajay Kini 20:04:447; 3. Prithveen Rajan 20:04:447. Race 2 - 1. Ajay Kini 18:09:448; 2. Gokul Krishna 18:09:814; 3. K.Prashanth 18:12:016
Super Bikes (8 laps): 600 cc Expert - Race 1: 1. K.Rajini 14:58:345; 2. Praveen Keerthi 15:05:380; 3. Rohit Giri 15:06:278. Race 2 - 1. K. Rajini 14:58:291; 2. Praveen Keerthi 15:09:271; 3. Rohit Giri 15:10:639
600 cc - Novice: Race 1 - 1. Sumit Lucas T 15:32:518; 2. K.V.Balaji 16:08:894; 3. B.Balavijay 16:49:146. Race 2 - 1. Sumit Lucas T 15:35:882; 2. K.V.Balaji 16:21:993; 3. B.Balavijay 15:02:524 (1 lap down)
1000 cc (8 laps): Race 1 - 1. Alok Sashidhar 15:36:772; 2. V.Vikram 15:58:837; 3. Sanjay Kumar 16:09:083. Race 2 - 1. Alok Sashidhar 15:45:969; 2. V.Vikram 15:53:792; 3. Sanjay Kumar 16:10:987.
Super Saloons (10 laps): Race 1 - 1. Radha Selvarajan 20:44:713; 2. Sailesh Bolisetti 20:46:016; 3. B.Vijayakumar 20:47:163. Race 2 - 1. Sailesh Bolisetti; 2. Akbar Ebrahim 21:11:000; 3. C.Rajaram 21:20:028.