Petronas Asian Road Racing Championship

Race report and results - Round 4

Podium finish for K. Rajini and K.Jagan

Chennai, 6th Sept 2009 : It was a dream come true for India’s Krishnan Rajini in the Sidvin Festival of Speed Petronas Asia Road Racing Championship fourth round as he not only accrued valuable points but scored his maiden podium, finishing third in the second race of Supersport 600CC at the MMST state-of-the-art track here at Irungattokottai near suburban Sriperumbudur here this evening.

Riding under the colours of Red Roosters Racing Team, Rajini’s determined efforts proved to be the saving grace as the rider on his debut season credited himself with some valuable points to push himself higher in the ranking for the Championship with two more rounds to be completed in Zuhai, China later next month. Rajini, who was placed 18^th before the Chennai event with 11 points has now moved up by nine slots with a tally of 38 points.

In the first race, Rajini, who finished fifth with the riders on the factory made Yamahas from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia making most of their chances, showed his skills in abundant measure, particularly in maneuvering the corners which the other riders could not measure well.

In the second race too Rajini displayed good assessments in this technically difficult track where the corners are flat and not flowing ones as compared to the other riders, who were riding for the first time in the track.

Qualifying Timings

1) SuperSport 600 cc : Qualifying 1, Qualifying 2 & Combined Qualifying

2) Underbone 115 cc : Qualifying 1, Qualifying 2 & Combined Qualifying

3) Honda Stunner : Qualifying