Agra's Shahan, Bengaluru's Mihir star in Round 2

By IANS | Published: July 8, 2019 07:54 PM2019-07-08T19:54:04+5:302019-07-08T20:00:12+5:30

Agra's Shahan Ali Mohsin and Bengaluru's Mihir Suman Avalakki continued their good form to hold on to the lead after Round 2 of the JK Tyre-FMSCI National Karting Championship 2019 at the Meco Kartopia on the outskirts here.

Agra's Shahan, Bengaluru's Mihir star in Round 2 | Agra's Shahan, Bengaluru's Mihir star in Round 2

Agra's Shahan, Bengaluru's Mihir star in Round 2

Shahan (MSport) looked at ease over the weekend as he won race 1 and finished second in another to notch up 86 points and take his total tally to 175 points in the Senior Max Category.

Manav Sharma of Faridabad, who was outperformed by Shahan in the opening round, however accumulated two more points than him by finishing second in the pre-final and winning the final this time around. The Peregrine Racing driver has a total of 173 points now and is sitting in the second place.

MSports' Bala Prasanth finished fifth in both the races to collect 78 points and take the third position with 160 points.

In the Junior Max Category, it was a clean sweep for Birel Art as they took all the podium places, led by another local lad Mihir. He did not have the best of starts to the round, finishing only fourth in the opening race.

But he came back to clinch the second place in the final race to pocket 83 points and take his total tally to 172 points. He is tied on points with his team-mate Rishon after two rounds, who won both races of the day to amass 89 points. Ruhaan Alva is in the third spot as he posted two third place-finishes to collect 82 points to take his total tally to 165 points.

In the Micro Max Category, it was Peregrine Racing's Ishaan Madhesh who came up with another powerful performance and won both the races to extend his tally to 178 points. His team-mate Jagrat Detroja is in the second spot with 166 points while Anshul Sai Shivkumar is in the third place with 157 points.

( With inputs from IANS )

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