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Rajini, Ashwin hog limelight

Coimbatore: Team TVS riders K. Rajini and Ashwin Sundar, both from Chennai, stole the thunder in their respective categories in the opening round of the UCAL Rolon National road racing championship for two wheelers at the Kari Motor Speedway in Chettipalayam, near here, on Sunday.

The results: Championship classes (Group C two-stroke 111-150cc) Race 1 (8 laps): 1. T.K. Vishwanath, 2. K. Rajini, 3. Preetam Dev Moses. Race 2 (12 laps): 1. T.K. Vishwanath, 2. Preetam Dev Moses, 3. Ashwin Sundar. Group B (four-stroke 111-160cc) Race 1 (5 laps): 1. K. Rajini, 2. Preetam Dev, 3. Emmanuel Jebaraj. Race 2 (12 laps): 1. K. Rajini, 2. Preetam Dev, 3. Emmanuel Jebaraj. Group D (four-stroke 80-110cc) Race 1 (5 laps): 1. Ashwin Sundar, 2. Emmanuel Clarke, 3. Karthik. Race 2 (8 laps): 1. Ashwin Sundar, 2. Karthik, 3. Harry Sylvester. 111-160cc: Race 1 (5 laps): 1. Emmanuel Jebaraj, 2. Ashwin Sundar, 3. Rajini. Race 2 (8 laps): 1. Ashwin Sundar, 2. K. Rajini, 3. Emmanuel Jebaraj.

Novice championship class: Group D (two-stroke 111-135cc) Race 1 (5 laps): 1. K. Umesh Babu, 2. Syed Ethahasam, 3. Prakash Kumar. Race 2 (8 laps): 1. Syed Ethahasam, 2. S. Vivek, 3. Prakash Kumar. Group D (four-stroke 80-110cc) Race 1 (5 laps): 1. Vinoth Kumar, 2. Prakash Kumar, 3. R. Ramesh. Race 2 (8 laps): 1. Vignesh Devarajan, 2. R. Ramesh, 3. Alisha Abdullah. Group D (four-stroke 111-160cc) Race 1 (5 laps): 1. Suresh Kumar, 2. Vikranth Singh, 3. Venu Ramesh Kumar. Race 2 (8 laps): 1. Syed Mansoor, 2. Suresh Kumar, 3. Vikranth Singh. Moped (5 laps): 1. K. Vinoth, 2. K. Siva Kumar, 3. K. Ranjith. — Sports Reporter