The Indian National Drag Racing Championship was held over the weekend, with Mysuru’s Rizwan Khan winning the Superbikes (unrestricted) category.

Rizwan Khan, a 29-year old orthopedic doctor from Mysuru, won the high-end Unrestricted class of the Superbikes category riding the BMW HP4 Competition, just fractions ahead of Hyderabad’s Md Riyaz, clocking 09.746 seconds.

“I could have gone a bit quicker, but the tyres were worn out a bit and so, I was a bit slow,” said Rizwan who divides time between his professional commitments as a doctor and his passion for bike racing.

Provisional results (National Championship):

SUPERBIKES – Unrestricted: 1. Rizwan Khan (Mysuru) (09.746); 2. Md Riyaz (Hyderabad) (09.898); 3. Stephen Pachigalla (Vizag) (10.110).

Above 1050cc: 1. Zubair Ali Jung (Bengaluru) (10.647); 2. Mohammed Asif Ullah (Bengaluru) (10.812); 3. Naveen YA (Bengaluru) (11.133).

Up to 1050cc: 1. Rameez Khan (Mysuru) (09.820); 2. Md Riyaz (Hyderabad) (09.874); 3. Rizwan Khan (Mysuru) (09.942).

Up to 750cc: 1. Mohammed Asif Ullah (Bengaluru) (11.530); 2. Aftab Khan (Bengaluru) (11.714); 3. Zubair Ali Jung (Bengaluru) (11.735).

Jagan Kumar from Chennai (TVS Racing) and Bengaluru’s Sofyyan Ahamed (Quick Shift Racing) achieved a double each in the first round of the MMSC fmsci Indian National Drag Racing Championship at the Taneja Aerospace facility near here on Saturday.

International rider Jagan Kumar from Chennai, astride the TVS RTR Apache, got into his stride by clocking 14.250 seconds for the 400-metre sprint in the Up to 165cc class.

Later, he took the honours in the Indian Open class with a time of 13.484 seconds which was the quickest in the National Championship category.

“I could have probably clocked a better timing had I reacted to the start lights faster. I am not used to having lights so low. So, my reaction time was a bit slow, and I also did a wheelie unintentionally, but it was a good run nevertheless,” said Jagan, the National track racing champion.

Emulating the double was Sofyyan Ahamed who topped in the 360cc and 225cc classes of the National Championship. “I was much quicker in a recent drag race here, but today, I had some issues with the clutch and hence was a bit slower. But I am happy to have won a double as the competition was stiff,” said Sofyyan.

Kalim Pasha (Bengaluru, Indian Open), Attaullah Baiq (Bengaluru, 350cc), Md Touheed (Bengaluru, 165cc) and Khalid Pasha (130cc) won in their respective classes in the the MMSC Drag Race series which doubled up as the support event.​

Provisional results (National Championship – all 4-Stroke):

Indian Open: 1. Jagan Kumar (Chennai) (13.484secs); 2. Ashwin Kumar (Chennai) (13.707); 3. Aiyaz (Bengaluru) (13.723).

Up to 550cc: 1. Zaker Baig (Mysuru) (13.689); 2. Aiyaz (Bengaluru) (13.725); Anantharaj (Chennai) (13.946).

Up to 360cc: 1. Sofyyan Ahamed (Bengaluru) (15.410); 2. Avinash R (Bengaluru) (15.944); 3. Abdul Hafeez (Bengaluru) (17.130).

Up to 225cc: 1. Sofyyan Ahamed (Bengaluru) (15.527); 2. Avinash R (15.831); 3. Harsha V (Bengaluru) (16.604).

Up to 165cc: 1. Jagan Kumar (Chennai) (14.250); 2. KY Ahmed (Chennai) (14.385); 3. Khalid Pasha (Bengaluru) (15.796).

MMSC Drag Races (2-Stroke – winners only): Kalim Pasha (Bengaluru, Indian Open), Attaullah Baiq (Bengaluru, 350cc), Md Touheed (Bengaluru, 165cc), Khalid Pasha (130cc).

Source: MMSC