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Shailesh Bolisetti adorns inaugural VW Polo Cup 'Championship Crown'

by Rahul Basu Posted on 24 Dec 20101,412 Views0 Comments

Will compete in the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup to be held in Dusseldorf, Germany next year

 

 

 

 

 

Race 2

 

As always Race 2 was a reverse grid start of the first eight positions from Race 1. Rookie racer Munjal Savla, 2009 JK Tyre Junior Cup Champion Vikash Anand and Michael Schumacher fan Sahil Shelar who came in at 6th, 7th and 8th positions respectively in Race 1 were pushed to the top of the order for Race 2.

 

With Munjal in the lead, experienced drivers Vikash and Sahil barely managed to keep up, and soon fell behind towards the second half of the race. In hot pursuit were the top contenders for the Championship, Parth and Vishnu, who were quick to overtake the tail end of the participants and soon enough were eyeing the top two positions. 

 

In the latter half of Race 2 Shailesh and Parth fell behind, leaving Vishnu, Karthik and Gurniaz tailing rookie Munjal, who amazed spectators with his consistent speed and sharp turns throughout the race.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Be it beginners luck or some new found talent, first time racer Munjal Savla from Pune managed to finish the race at the very same position that he began, No 1. Trailing Munjal by a gap of 3.145 seconds was Karthik Shankar, who came in at No.2 followed by Vishnu Prasad, whose persistence was once again well rewarded. Sailesh Bolisetti finished at sixth position ahead of Points Table leader, Parth Ghorpade of Kolhapur, who came eleventh. 

 

Parth's misfortune in Race 1 and a slight tussle in Race 2 enhanced Bolisetti's standing for the Driver's title with an aggregate of 411 points. Parth Ghorpade had the consolation of finishing overall runner-up with a total of 403 points, and Chennai’s Vishnu Prasad was adjudged for the third spot a total of 370 points.

 

Results of Race 2:

1. Munjal Savla 00:25:00:942

2. Karthik Shankar 00:25:04:087

3. Vishnu Prasad 00:25:06763

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With a final wrap on this year's 6th and final round of VW Polo Cup and the 13th J K Tyre National Racing Championship 2010, Prithviraj Siddappa, Head of Motorsports, Volkswagen India, said, "I am very happy that the first Polo Cup season here in India was a great success, and I can confidently say that this years Championship has proved that this our Cup Series can infact produce and nurture good drivers."

 

The Madras Motor race Track near Chennai proved once again to be an ideal circuit for nursing Indian Motorsports, and continues to be the pride of a sport slowly gaining momentum and popularity amongst auto and bike enthusiasts in the country.

 

 

 

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