Honda 2 wheeler collaborated with the Madras Motor Sports Club (MMSC) and played host to India’s first ever AVT Gold Cup Million Motorcycle Endurance Race at the Madras Motor Race Track (MMRT), Chennai on February 24-25 2018.

Endurance racing the meant to test the durability of the best of the machines and perseverance and composure of the best of the riders. In This particularevent The race will be of 90 minutes duration, where all classes will be on the grid at the same time racing together. While each team has two riders, only one rider will be racing at a time. The second rider will replace the first as per the team’s strategy. Each rider entering the track during the race has to complete a minimum of 20 minutes before changing over to the other rider. The maximum time that a rider can ride continuously is 45 minutes.

Elaborating on Honda’s promoting Endurance Race,Mr. Prabhu Nagaraj, Vice President, Customer Service, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. Said: “This race has been extremely important for Honda2Wheeler India team. We wanted to reinforce our position in the upcoming racing season. This event has given us an opportunity to test the supremacy of both our machines and riders. We are confident that this exposure will facilitate our riders to be in top notch position and spearhead our position in motorsports in India.”

The race was spread across thebelow mentioned categories:
(i) 4 Stroke Stock up to 165cc (ii) 4 Stroke Pro Stock up to 165cc
(iii) 4 Stroke Pro Stock 300 – 400cc (iv) Honda CBR250R.
The top three finishers of each category were awarded complete with a podium celebration held after the race. Honda’s Ten10 Racing Team stole the show when they became overall winners and additionally being victorious in two of the categories-4 Stroke Pro Stock up to 165cc & Honda CBR250R. Overall winners S Mathana Kumar & B Aravind from the Honda Ten10 Racing team were additionally awarded Rs.50000 as start money. The results of the race are as follows :
Honda CBR250R category winners:
| POSITION | TROPHY |
| 1st – Winner’s Trophy | S Mathana Kumar & B Aravind |
| 2nd– Runner-up Trophy | Kishor VS & Anthony Peter |
| 3rd– Second Runner-up Trophy | Senthil Kumar C /AS Alexander |
4 Stroke Pro Stock up to 165cc category winners:
| POSITION | TROPHY |
| 1st – Winner’s Trophy | Yashas RL & K Kannan |
| 2nd– Runner-up Trophy | A Amala Jerald & C Rajkumar |
| 3rd– Second Runner-up Trophy | Sarath Kumar & PK Mithun |
Photos : Madras Motor Sports Club


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