MRF Indian National Racing Challenge: Chiranth edges Sarthak, bags a double

Chiranth, flanked by Sarthak, left, and Mohamed, topped the Super Sport 301-400cc Open class. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Bengaluru’s Chiranth Vishwanath held off his arch-rival and Petronas TVS Racing teammate Pune’s Sarthak Chavan for the second time in two days to complete a double in the premier Super Sport 301-400cc Open class as the third round of the MRF Indian National Racing Challenge 2W 2026 concluded at the Madras International Circuit here on Sunday.Earlier, Bengaluru’s Savion Sabu delivered another strong performance as he led a maiden podium sweep for MadRabbit Racing team, besides achieving a double this weekend in the Pro-Stock 200cc Open class.Coimbatore’s Senthil Kumar (Rockers Racing) and K.K. Anandhu from Chennai (Veedol C2 Racing) bagged a double apiece in the Super Stock 301-400cc Open and Super Stock 165cc Intermediate classes, respectively.The competition will resume in January, 2027.The results (Provisional – all 6 laps unless mentioned): Super Sport 301-400cc Open (Race-2): 1. Chiranth Vishwanath (Petronas TVS Racing) (11min, 09.613sec); 2. Sarthak Chavan (Petronas TVS Racing) (11:09.870); 3. Mohamed Mikail (MadRabbit Racing) (11:11.383).Pro-Stock 200cc Open (Race-2): 1. Savion Sabu (MadRabbit Racing) (11:51.669); 2. Mohamed Mikail (MadRabbit Racing) (11:52.361); 3. A.S. James (MadRabbit Racing) (11:54.026).Super Stock 301-400cc Open (Race-2): 1. Senthil Kumar (Rockers Racing) (11:28.204); 2. R.S. Abdul Basim (Chandra LGE Racing) (11:28.544); 3. P. Sri Harsha (Motul Gusto Racing) (11:36.386).Super Stock 165cc Intermediate (Race-2): 1. K.K. Anandhu (Veedol C2 Racing) (12:42.998); 2. A.S Ann Jennifer (Motul Sparks Racing) (12:43.277); 3. S. Anand Kumar (Ipone Yakuza Racing) (12:51.912).Stock 301-400 Novice (Race-2): 1. S. Venugopalan (Motul Sparks Racing) (12:20.189); 2. Kavicholaiarasan (Speed Up Racing) (12:23.133); 3. K. Shyam Sundar (M3 Torque Motorsports) (12:25.506).Stock 165cc Novice (Race-2) 3 laps: 1. R. Hari Haran (RACR Castrol Power 1) (06:36.460); 2. Akarsh Jangam (MAI Racing) (06:36.616); 3. Faruk Ali Sohtun (Motul Sparks Racing) (06:37.309).Petronas TVS One-Make Championship: Expert (Apache RR 310) Race-2: 1. Rajender Beedani (11:32.870); 2. R. Hari Haran (11;33.963); 3. A.S. James (Bengaluru) (11:39.270).Rookie (Apache RTR 200) Race-2: 1. Pothu Vignesh (13:13.874); 2. Dev Agastya (13:14.006); 3. C. Godwin Clarence (13:14.518).Media (Apache RR 310): 1. Ansh Srivastava (Auto Today) (13:06.610); 2. Pranav Singh Rawat (ZigWheels) (13:07.138); 3. Mohammed Inamul Hasan (GoldenEyeSig) (13:20.076). Published - November 01, 2026 09:03 pm IST