Sundar, Balu clinch crowns

Dark Don’s Ashwin Sundar and Tiger Sports’ Arjun Balu sealed the Drivers’ Championship titles with a round to spare after winning titles in their respective categories in the 15th JK Tyre-FMSCI National Racing Championship, here on Sunday.

Ashwin triumphed in the LGB Formula Four category while Arjun won the Indian Touring Cars categories.

Both Ashwin and Arjun ignored the chaos around them, keeping their cool to eventual top place on the podiums.

Their victories also helped their respective teams to Team Championship titles.
Ashwin now has a whopping 186 points.

The results:

LGB Formula 4 (10 laps): Ashwin Sundar (Dark Don Racing) (20mins, 57.155secs) 1; Sarosh Hataria (Dark Don Racing) (20:58.236) 2; Chittesh Mandody (Meco Racing) (21:04.345) 3. Championship standings: Ashwin Sundar (186 points) 1; Sarosh Hataria (132) 2; Saran Vikram (106) 3.  Indian Touring Cars (10 laps): Arjun Balu (Tiger Sport India) (19:57.393)  1; N Leelakrishnan (Big Foots Racing) (20:01.547) 2;  V Ramnarayanan (Big Foots Racing) (2:00.595) 3. Championship standings: Arjun Balu (168) 1; N Leelakrishnan (117) 2; Vijaykumar Rajvirdhan (93)  3. Indian Junior Touring Cars (10 laps): S Feroze Khan (22:18.470) 1; S Sreeram (Mega Racing) (22:18.915) 2; Diljith Shaji (Eram Group) (22:19.313) 3.  Championship standings: Feroze Khan (173) 1; Diljith Shaji (140) 2; Fa ad Kutty (137) 3.

Polo R Cup (Race 1) 10 laps: Ameya Walavalkar (20:28.528) 1; Avdumber Hede (20:36.307) 2; Saurav Bandopadhyay (20:46.396) 3. Race 2 (10 laps): Rahil Noorani (20:31.102) 1; Ameya Walavalkar  (20:39.396) 2; Vishnu Prasad  (20:40.796) 3.