Racing
First round of INMRC begins this Friday, Honda, Yamaha and TVS will participate
Bengaluru/UNI: The first round of the 2021 MRF MMSC Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship is all set to begin on Friday in Chennai.
There are over 100 entries in the fray in a card of 19 races that will be held behind closed doors in compliance with the Covid-19 safety protocols in place.
TVS, Honda, KTM and Yamaha will be competing in four categories of the national championships, which also boasts of a record of 17 private teams.
Also in the mix are the two One-Make Championships organised by MMSC for Honda and TVS.
Honda, as part of their highly-acclaimed Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup, will again parade their Moto3-spec NSF 250R ridden by a clutch of talented teenagers, all under 19 years of age, besides partaking in races in the CBR 150.
Hornet 2.0 will be seen in action for the first time as a support event.
TVS will be showcasing their popular Apache RR 310 in the highly competitive open class and the RTR 200 in the Rookie which was earlier known as Novice, Girls and Media categories.
"We again welcome the two-wheeler racing fraternity to the MMRT with all the Covid-19 safety protocols in place. In these troubling and uncertain times, it is extremely heartening that we have India’s top riders and the leading bike manufacturers competing after overcoming all the challenges.
"We are also very grateful to MRF Tyres who continue to support our championships which, as in the past, is expected to be a humdinger," MMSC president Ajit Thomas said.
The Pro-Stock 301-400cc class will headline the weekend programme.
In the fray are several international riders led by national champion KY Ahamed, Jagan Kumar and Deepak Ravikumar (all TVS Racing), Anish Shetty (Race Concepts, KTM) and veteran Rajini Krishnan (RACR, Yamaha R3).
The popular Pro-Stock 165cc which is set to witness the return of the Pacer Yamaha team after a long gap boasts of a very competitive field.
TVS Racing’s Ahamed, Jagan and Ravikumar will be up against Idemitsu Honda SK69 Racing’s Rajiv Sethu and Senthil Kumar, and the Pacer Yamaha riders.
The novice category (under-23) has yet again proved to be extremely popular with the organisers forced to close the entries ahead of schedule, while the girl's grid will be headed by defending champion Ann Jennifer (Sparks Racing).
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