Stellar drive: Rahil produced a late lap of 1:10.972s.
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Rahil Pillarisetty (RACR Castrol Power1) produced a stunning lap (1:10.972s) late in the qualifying session to snatch the pole position from Chiranth Vishwanath (Petronas TVS Racing, 1:11.249s) in the premier Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open category, kickstarting his campaign in the Rolon Round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2025 at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore on Friday.
Raj Kumar (Motul Sparks Racing) in Super Stock 165cc Intermediate, Mohamed Mikail (Mad Rabbit Racing) in Stock 301-400cc (Novice), and Charu Sreekara Kedarnadh (Motul KTM Gusto Racing India) in Stock 165cc (Novice) secured pole positions in their respective categories.
Raivat Dhar starts at pole in the Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup (Honda CB300F), while in the Petronas TVS India One-Make Championship, Mohan Babu (Expert) and Jagathishree Kumaresan (Women’s) claimed pole positions in their respective classes.
The results:Provisional results (Qualifying – top 3 best laps): National Championship: Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open: 1. Rahil Pillarisetty (RACR Castrol Power1) 1:10.972s; Chiranth Vishwanath (Petronas TVS Racing) 1:11.249; Sarthak Chavan (Petronas TVS Racing) 1:11.262.
Super Stock 165cc Intermediate: Raj Kumar (Motul Sparks Racing) 1:23.303; Mohammed Samrul Zubair (Motul Sparks Racing) 1:24.517; Kamal Navas (Rockers Racing) 1:24.683.
Stock 301-400cc (Novice): Mohamed Mikail (Mad Rabbit Racing) 1:18.533; Varun Patil (Mad Rabbit Racing) 1:19.447; Jagadeesh Nagaraj (Motul Sparks Racing) 1:19.703.
Stock 165cc (Novice): Charu Sreekara Kedarnadh (Motul KTM Gusto Racing India) 1:27.101; Tejash BA (Mad Rabbit Racing) 1:27.428; Rajender Beedani (MAI Racing) 1:27.433.
Petronas TVS India One-Make Championship: Expert (Apache RR 310): P. Mohan Babu 1:16.625; Siddesh Sawant 1:17.099; Abdul Basim 1:17:310.
Women (Apache RTR 200): Jagathishree Kumaresan 1:27.718; 2. S.P. Shuria 1:28.185; Elakiya Ravi 1:28.580.
Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup: Honda CB300F: Raivat Dhar 1:23.424; BA Tejash 1:24.022; Amit Prasad 1:24.175.
Published – August 01, 2025 08:44 pm IST
