Rajendra crowned MRF MoGrip National Rally Champion for two-wheelers

Sarath
Mohan,
on
the
other
hand,
clinched
his
maiden
National
title
in
the
other
premier
Expert
class,
without
even
shifting
a
gear,
as
the
sixth
and
final
round
of
the
MRF
MoGrip
fmsci
National
Rally
Championship
for
two-wheelers
–
2022
concluded
here
on
Sunday.

Meanwhile,
Sarath
Mohan
from
Mallapuram,
Kerala,
clinched
the
National
crown
in
the
Super
Bike
Expert
Group
A
Class
1A
with
two
rounds
to
spare
and
did
not
take
part
in
the
Rally
of
Nashik,
as
the
dates
clashed
with
his
Rally
Raid
cross-country
training
in
UAE.

Other
champions
who
clinched
the
National
title
with
a
round
to
spare
are
Sasi
Kumar
K
in
the
Super
Sport
165
Group
B
Class
3,
TVS
rider
Imran
Pasha,
in
the
Super
Sport
260
Group
B
Class
4
and
VS
Naresh,
in
the
Super
Sport
550
Group
B
Class
6.

Bengaluru’s
TVS
talent
Aishwarya
Pissay
suffered
a
shock
defeat
as
rookie
local
rider
Tanya
Singh,
won
the
Ladies
class.
The
champion
took
it
easy,
with
one
hand
on
the
title,
and
the
second
place
was
enough
to
clinch
her
a
sixth-straight
title.
Second
in
the
championship
standings,
Kerala
rider
Fazeela,
did
not
take
part
in
the
Nashik
Rally.

Veteran
Venu
Ramesh
Kumar,
a
privateer
from
Coimbatore
clinched
the
title
in
Super
Sport
400cc
Group
B
Class
5.
TVS
Racing
star
Shamim
Khan,
astride
a
NTorq
won
the
Scooter
class
crown.

The
Rally
of
Nashik
was
organised
by
AW
Events.
The
six-round
MRF
MoGrip
fmsci
National
Rally
Championship
for
two-wheelers,
promoted
by
GodSpeed
Racing,
concluded
with
champions
decided
in
eight
classes.
With
time
lost
due
to
incidents
in
Stage
1,
the
final
Special
Stage
(SS
3)
was
cancelled.
Two
other
Support
classes,
including
one
for
Star
of
Maharashtra,
were
also
held.

Petronas
TVS
Racing
factory
rider
from
Shivamogga,
Rajendra,
began
with
a
blistering
15min,
58.429
seconds
in
the
first
Special
Stage
(SS)
and
pelted
out
another
fastest
time
in
SS2
but
with
his
teammate
and
nearest
rival
Abdul
Wahid
Tanveer,
pulling
out
in
the
very
first
stage,
the
2019
National
champion,
won
the
title
with
ease.
Rajendra
began
with
a
fourth
place
in
the
first
round
and
did
not
start
Round
2.
Later,
he
won
all
the
four
rounds
to
clinch
the
National
title
again.

Going
into
the
final
round
with
73
points,
a
third
place
was
enough
for
Venu
Ramesh
Kumar
to
clinch
the
National
title
in
Class
5
as
his
closest
rival
Hansraj
Saikia
(also
73)
from
Assam
did
not
take
the
start
as
his
bike
did
not
arrive.
Russell
Jossy
won
the
Nashik
Rally
and
Amog
Nag
finished
second.

Shamim
Khan
(80),
who
was
leading
by
just
three
points
against
Pinkesh
Thakkar
(77)
needed
a
victory
and
he
did
it
in
style
clocking
fastest
times
in
both
the
stages
today.
Syed
Asif
Ali
came
second
and
Thakkar
finished
third.