The rising popularity of the JK Tyre Racing Championship is evidence that motorsports in India is on the rise. It’s not just the popularity, but the quality and intensity of racing that has improved over the years. The 4th and final round of the 18th edition of the series took place at the Buddh International Circuit from 28-29 October 2015. A total of 11 races took place spread across various categories including the Volkswagen Vento Cup, JK Racing India Series, Formula LGB 4 and JK Super Bike Cup. In attendance were some big names from the India motorsports scene such as ex-Formula 1 driver Karun Chandhok and Audi R8 LMS Cup racer Aditya Patel. Here are all the race results from the final round of the 18th JK Tyre Racing Championship.
Day 1
Formula LGB 4- Race 1 (8 laps)
Ajay Kini (Team Dark Don Racing) – 19:48.361
Krishnaraaj Mahadik (Team Dark Don Racing) – 19:48.631
Vishnu Prasad (Team Meco Racing) – 19:56.640
Race 2:
Sudharshan Rao (Team Dark Don Racing) – 19:50.669
Krishnaraaj Mahadik (Team Dark Don Racing) – 19:50.781
Ajay Kini (Team Meco Racing) – 19:51.178
JK Racing India Series (10 laps)
Vishnu Prasad – 21:39.753
Constantino Peroni – 21:41:409
Karthik Tharani – 21:38.102
JK Tyre -VW Vento Cup
Sailesh Bolisetti – 19:44.538
Anandith Reddy – 19:51:217
Karminder Singh – 19:53:757
Day 2
Formula LGB 4- Race 1 (8 laps)
Sudharshan Rao (Team Dark Don Racing) – 23:53.146
Vishnu Prasad (Team Meco Racing) – 23:53.451
Krishnaraaj Mahadik ((Team Dark Don Racing) – 23:52.056
JK Racing India Series (10 laps)
RACE 1
Constantino Peroni – 21:29:480
Krishnaraaj Mahadik – 21:36.227
Nayan Chatterjee – 21:37.233
RACE 2
Vishnu Prasad – 21:31.250
Akhil Rabindra – 21:35.238
Krishnaraaj Mahadik – 21:35:423
JK Tyre-VW Vento Cup
RACE 1
Karminder Singh – 27:02.166
Ishaan Dodhiwala – 27:04.912
Anindith Reddy – 27:05.151
RACE 2
Sailesh Bolisetti – 23:07.820
Ishaan Dodhiwala – 23:08.914
Anindith Reddy – 23:09.893
Vishnu Prasad took his third successive JK Racing India Series title, while Ajay Kini triumphed in the JK Formula LGB 4 Series. Anindith Reddy took the Volkswagen Vento Cup title beating Delhi boy Karminder Singh in the final round. Simranjeet Singh (1000cc) and Juzar Motiwala (600cc) won the inaugural edition of the JK Tyre Super Bike Cup.
Last time around, we got a chance to interact with Karun Chandhok and world acclaimed fitness trainer Ramji Srinivasan. The latter had been working with the Indian Cricket for years before making the jump to motorsports and taking up the task of keeping Indian racers fit and race ready.
Karun Chandhok, who spent his early years racing in this particular championship, commented on the issues budding racers have to deal with. He also pointed out that the current generation of Indian drivers have access to better facilities with awareness amongst the Indian population also on the rise.
Stay tuned to Car Blog India for more as we will be covering the final round of the 18th JK Tyre Racing Championship which will take place at the Buddh International Circuit on Nov 28 & 29.
