India game for PETRONAS Asia Road Racing Championship

Asia’s most prestigious event, the PETRONAS Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) will have round three of their race at Sriperumbudur, Chennai from August 4 to August 7, 2011. The Chennai track will host this event for the third consecutive time. The Promotions Director of the Two Wheels Motor Racing (TWMR), Ron Hogg said, “We are delighted to have Chennai host the championship for the third year in the running. It’s a thrilling track and I am confident that the teams and riders will aim to make full use of the opportunity and secure a better position in the overall standings. We are offering spectators free admission for this outstanding race with the hope of further raising the interest for two- wheeler racing in India,”and also thanking the Madras Motor Sports Club (MMSC) for their enthusiasm.

The Championship will have two categories racing for the checkered – The 115 cc and the 600 cc Super Sports category. Katsuaki Fujiwara of the Manual-Tech Beet Kawasaki Racing is leading the pack in the 600 cc Super Sports category with 100 points, followed by Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman of Boon Siew Honda Racing Malaysia at 72 points and the current third position being with Doni Tata Pradita of Yamaha Indonesia Racing Team with 42 points.
As for the Underbone 115 cc category, Rafid Topan of Yamaha CKJ TJM Racing leads with 75 points and Shahril Izzuwan Mohd Noor of Team PETRONAS Syntium Moto Yamaha AHM with 58 points in the current second position followed by Hadi Wijaya of Kawasaki NHK Rextor Manual Tech with 46 points.

The PETRONAS Asia Road Racing Championship is the only international two-wheeler racing event with an Indian participant, Krishnan Rajni of Moto-Rev India representing the country in the SuperSports 600cc category. There is participation in the Underbone 115 cc category with a wildcard local rider and an import rider from Malaysia with the TVS Racing Team representing India.

The practice and qualifying rounds will be on the 5 th and 6 th of this month with the race on the 7 th of August, 2011