MRF National Car Racing Championship | Raghul Rangasamy repeats MRF F1600 success
Mamallapuramās Raghul Rangasamy retained the title in the MRF F1600 category at the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship in Chennai on Sunday. Raghul has thus earned a sponsored drive from MRF Tyres in one round of the Civic Cup Racing Championship in the United Kingdom.
After securing himself a grand double on the opening day of the fifth and final round, Mamallapuram's Raghul Rangasamy shrugged off an otherwise inconsistent season so far and retained the title in the MRF F1600 category. Kolhapurās Dhruv Mohite retained his title as well, in the Indian Touring Cars class on the concluding day of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship at the Madras Motor Race Track (MMRT) in Chennai on Sunday.
Also winning the National titles in their respective categories were Rithvik Thomas, the 26-year old from Bengaluru (Super Stock), Chennaiās Ashwin Datta (Formula LGB 1300) who had sealed the title on Saturday itself, Hyderabadās Jeet Jhabakh (Ameo Class) and Aiman Sadat (Bangladesh, Ameo Class Junior).
26-year-old Raghul thus earned himself a sponsored drive from MRF Tyres in one round of the Civic Cup Racing Championship in the United Kingdom. Although he finished fifth in the last race, Raghul picked up sufficient points to clinch the title for the second year in a row while finishing a highly productive weekend when he earned as many as 138 points.
āI am thrilled at this opportunity to race abroad and thank MRF for this opportunity which came as a pleasant surprise for me,ā Raghul said to Sportsar.
Mohite, winner of three National karting titles and the Volkswagen Ameo Cup last year, described his winning feeling to Sportstar: āIt feels great to win the Touring Cars championship. It has been a great experience to race with some of the legends of Indian racing.ā
