MOTORSPORTS | Sarthak Chavan, Savion Sabu high Professional-Inventory races

Sarthak Chavan, winner of the Professional-Inventory 301-400cc race.
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Teenage sensations Sarthak Chavan and Savion Sabu gained within the 301-400cc Open and the 165-200cc Open, respectively, within the first spherical of the MRF MMSC fmsci Indian Nationwide Motorbike Racing Championship on the Madras Worldwide Circuit right here on Saturday.

The 18-year-old Sarthak, of Petronas TVS Racing, obtained previous the pole-sitter Rahil Pillarisetty (RACR Castrol Power1) with an excellent go at Flip 11 on the final lap after trailing him all through the six-lap race, the margin of victory being two-hundredths of a second.

Savion (Mad Rabbit Racing), the 17-year-old who began from pole, made it a lights-to-flag win within the Professional-Inventory 165-200cc Open class race. He held off skilled rivals, P.M. Soorya (Chandra LGE Racing) and Mohan Babu (Rockers Racing).

The outcomes (provisional, all 6 laps until talked about): Professional-Inventory 301-400cc Open: Race-1: 1. Sarthak Chavan (Petronas TVS Racing) 11:00.394s; 2. Rahil Pillarisetty (RACR Castrol Power1) 11:00.421; 3. Alwin Sundar (Petronas TVS Racing) 11:06.699.

Professional-Inventory 165-200cc Open: Race-1: 1. Savion Sabu (Mad Rabbit Racing) 11:55.770; 2. P.M. Soorya (Chandra LGE Racing) 11:56.185; 3. Mohan Babu (Rockers Racing) 11:56.393.

Inventory 301-400cc (Novice): Race-1: 1. Varun Patil (Mad Rabbit Racing) 12:17.892; 2. Jagadeesh Nagaraj (Motul Sparks Racing) 12:18.263; 3. Kamal Navas (Crew Rockers Racing) 12:18.287.

Inventory 165cc (Novice): Race-1: 1. Rajender Beedani (MAI Racing) 13:12.791; 2. Kedarnath (Motul KTM Gusto Racing) 13:13.267; 3. Yashwant Varma (Motul Sparks Racing) 13:15.620.

Ladies (Inventory 165cc): Race-1 (5 laps): 1. A.S. Ann Jennifer (Motul Sparks Racing) 10:59.353; 2. Jagathishree Kumaresan (One Racing) 11:05.706; 3. Rakshitha Dave (RACR Castrol Power1) 11:06.519.

Petronas TVS One-Make Championship: Skilled (Apache RR310): Race-1: 1. G. Balaji 7:54.458; 2. Mohan Babu 7:54.669; 3. Kaushik Subbiah Ganesan 7:54.841.

Rookie (Apache RTR 200): Race-1: 1. Akarsh Jangam 13:37.775; 2. Poojita Anil Kumar 13:37.776; 3. R. Hari Haran 13:38.543.

Ladies (Apache RTR 200): Race-1: 1. Elakiya Ravi 13:31.160; 2. Jagathishree Kumaresan 13:33.820; 3. Sarah Khan 13:48.364.

Idemitsu Honda India Expertise Cup: Honda CB 300F: Race-1: 1. R. Solomon 12:50.322; 2. Ann Jennifer 13:06.226; 3. Alshin Thomas 13:10.090.