JK Tyre - FMSCI National Rotax Max Karting Championship 2012 - Round 5 results

  • Oct 19, 2012
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The finals of the 9th JK Tyre National Rotax Max Karting Championship came to a thrilling close at Hyderabad with Pradyumn V Danigod, Krishnaraj Mahadik and Ameya Bafna taking the crown in the Micro Max, Junior Max and Senior Max class respectively

JK Tyre Rotax Max Karting Championship Micro Max category

The Micro Max class was a closely fought battle between board leader Pradyumn V Danigod (Team Mohites Racing) and Mira Kirit Erda (Team Maini Racing), the only girl racer in the championship. Mira took pole position in the pre-final followed by HB Phaneesh (Team Mohites) in second and Pradyumn in third position.

But the final race turned out to be another nail biter, with Mira leading the 14-lap race till the last corner, when Pradyumn pulled off a surprise manoeuvre. With just 5 metres to the chequered flag, Pradyumn sneaked past the Baroda girl by the smallest margin imaginable. Phaneesh, who finished second in the overall championship, came third in both the races on the final day.

The Junior Max category witnessed a huge upset with championship leader Kush Maini (Team Maini Racing) losing the title bid despite starting from pole position and dominating the proceedings in both the Heats. Kush, who was leading the championship, couldn’t have expected fate to take a more heartbreaking twist, after his kart developed a snag and ran out of steam yielding him a forgettable 10th place finish. Krishnaraj Mahadik (Team Mohites Racing) capitalised on the situation to put up a stellar performance and finish the race 1.113 seconds ahead of Abhirath Shetty (Team Meco Racing), followed by Dhruv Mohite (Team Mohites Racing). In the end, Krishnaraj took the podium topping the championship table with 421 points followed by Kush on 415 points and Dhruv with 396 points.

In the Senior Max class Ameya Bafna (Team Rayo Racing) who has been dominating the last few rounds continued his consistent performance and took the top honours in the championship standings with 405 points. Completing the top three were Mithun Ganatra (Team Maini Racing) and Anshuman Chatterjee (Team Rayo Racing) who finished on 400 and 391 points respectively.

Winners of 9th JK Tyre Rotax Max Karting Championship

In the finals, Gaurav Davare (Team Rayo Racing) took pole position after defending champion Chittesh Mandody (Team Mohites Racing), who finished first in the pre-final, was asked to start at the back of the grid due a technical infringement. But that didn’t dishearten Chittesh as he left behind racers lap after lap to bite on the heels of race and championship leader Ameya Bafna (Team Rayo Racing). Keeping him company was another veteran Vishnu Prasad (Team Meco Racing), who started at eighth position but displayed some scintillating form and experience to emerge right behind Ameya. All three racers fought tooth and nail and built the pressure on each other in a bid to establish supremacy. Eventually, Ameya had to yield to the veterans in a bid to keep his championship standing, which resulted in Vishnu taking the top spot followed by Chittesh and Ameya.

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