MOTORSPORTS | Rahil and Rajinder end title drought with a race to spare

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Rahil Pillarisetty, champion of the Pro-Stock 301-400cc class successful the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship, astatine the Madras International Circuit successful Chennai connected Saturday, January 10, 2026.

The brace of Rahil Pillarisetty (RACR Castrol Power1, Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open) and Rajender Beedani (MAI Racing, Stock 165cc Novice) ended their rubric drought with a contention to spare successful the 5th and last circular of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship, astatine the Madras International Circuit connected Saturday.

In the Stock 301–400cc class, Varun Patil of Mad Rabbit Racing secured the championship, portion Raj Kumar (Motul Sparks Racing) moved to wrong a azygous constituent of the SuperStock Intermediate 165cc rubric aft edging past his teammate Md Samrul Zubair.

Meanwhile, successful the Girls (Stock 165cc) category, erstwhile nationalist champion Ann Jennifer of Motul Sparks Racing claimed triumph to emergence to 2nd spot successful the standings, trailing person Jagathishee Kumaresan (One Racing) by 20 points heading into Sunday’s last contention of the season.

The results (provisional – each 6 laps unless mentioned):Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open: 1. Rahil Pillarisetty (RACR Castrol Power 1) 11mins 02.369s; 2. Sarthak Chavan (Petronas TVS Racing) 11:02.661; 3. Rakshith Dave (Petronas TVS Racing) 11:05.699.

SuperStock Intermediate 165cc (3 laps): 1. Raj Kumar (Motul Sparks Racing) 06:26.315; 2. Mohamed Samrul Zubair (Motul Sparks Racing) 06:26.732; 3. Annish Samson (Speed Up Racing) 06:30.178.

Stock 301-400cc (Novice): 1. Jagadeesh Nagaraj (Motul Sparks Racing) 12:14.385; 2. Kamal Navas (Team Rockers Racing) 12:15.089; 3. Shyam Sundar (KYT Helmet ISBK Racing) 12:16.165.

Stock 165cc (Novice): 1. Rajender Beedani (MAI Racing) 12:56.975; 2. R. Hari Haran (RACR Castrol Power 1) 12:57.148; 3. Vignesh Pothu (MAI Racing) 12:58.358.

Girls (Stock 165cc, 5 laps): 1. Ann Jennifer (Motul Sparks Racing) 10:51.606; 2. Saimah Ajaz Baig (KYT Helmet ISBK Racing) 10:57.502; 3. Jagathishree Kumaresan (One Racing) 10:58.022.

Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup (Honda CB 300F): 1. Raivat Dhar 12:49.086; 2. R. Solomon 12:54.279; 3. Alshin Thomas 12:57.513.

Petronas TVS One-Make Championship: Open (RR 310): 1. RS. Abdul Basim 11:46.679; 2. P. Mohan Babu 11:47.397; 3. Md Samrul Zubair 11:48.603.

Rookie (RTR 200, 3 laps): 1. Hari Haran 07:24.780; 2. Steve Waugh Sugi 07:33.054; 3. Akarsh Jangam 07:37.010.

Published - January 10, 2026 08:16 p.m. IST

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