Karun Chandhok and
Kaushek triumph
at Final round of Third JK Tyre National Road Racing Championship
In
a nail-biting finish to Third JK Tyre National Road Racing Championship,
Karun Chandok and Kaushek Harita, both of whom had made their motorsport
debut at this year’s nation’s only motorsport racing
championship, left the other participants and motorsport freaks all over
the country amazed with their spectacular performance. At the final
round of Third JK Tyre National Racing Championship, which concluded on
Sunday, February 4, 2001 at Sriperumbudur, Karun and Kaushek won their
respective group races, with Karun registering two exciting wins at both
Esteem 10-lap and 15-lap events. Karun, who was leading the championship
uptil now with a total tally of 82 points, has thus emerged as unbeaten
India’s new motorsport stalwart. A total of 34 participants raced
at the final round of this Championship under different classes.
The final round of Third JK Tyre National Racing Championship didn’t
fail to appetite its fans with extraordinary dose of high-speed thrill
and display of driving maneuver, admist few accidents, as 34 motorsport
enthusiasts made their final attempt to win the coveted title. Credited
as springboard to discover and launch new motorsport talent in the
country, the Third JK Tyre National Racing Championship has also given
the nation a new reason to celebrate as all are expectedly looking at
this year’s discovery, Karun, the 16-year-old son of motorsport
veteran Vicky Chandok, who has continued his family tradition of
excelling in motorsports.
This final round also witnessed, for the first time in the nation,
90-minute new-style ‘Endurance Race’, A staggered event, which
saw two drivers in a car, taking on the steering wheel alternatively for
25 & 20 minute drive respectively and also changing car tyres at the
pit stop at the end of each stage, with the time to change tyres also
being counted as overall time to complete the race.
T.R. Radha Selvaraj, who at the end of fourth round of this
Championship was at the third position in Esteem class, did not
participate at this final round.
The Final Standings
Esteem 10-lap
POSITION DRIVER TIME
(mn : sec : millisec)
First Karun Chandhok 13:25:884
Second Kamlesh Patel 13:29:794
Third Gaurav Dalal 13:32:568
Esteem 15-lap
POSITION DRIVER TIME
(mn : sec : millisec)
First Karun Chandok 20:11:859
Second Kamlesh Patel 20:14:849
Third Gaurav Dalal 20:15:286