New Bike Specifications

 

‘pit stop’ motor sports organised its second event, ‘2W Rally of Nashik 2011’, flagged off on 21st August 2011

 

from village Paste near Sinner in Nashik district. The 125 km route of the rally consisted of 2 special stages ‘Alfa’& ‘Beta’ stretching 7.5 kms each and both the SS were repeated adding up to 39 kms of adventurous and challenging trail each. This was a treat for motor sports lovers as well as spectators. A total of 40 participants from the region participated in the event.

The first bike was flagged off at 0801 hours and defending champion Ganeash Lokhande (J.A.W.S. Racing team) was 1.03 minutes ahead of Parvinderingh Hunjan. The third position saw a tough fight between Kaustubh Macche and Shahsank Shevale, however Macche managed to grab the position by a margin of 8 seconds.

The scooter class had veteran rider Shamim Khan on his Mahindra rodeo racing to an easy win over the rest in the scooter class. Khan was 5 minutes ahead of Harshal Kadbhane while Babuddin Ansari finished third.

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The rally had a special Bullet class for Royal Enfield riders with 10 entries from Nashik and Pune. This gave the spectators a very unusual experience, watching the bullets going flat out on the dirt terrain. In this class, Arvind Singh had a comfortable win over Sushil Kakad with an advantage of 2 minutes. Riding 19 seconds behind was third position holder Anand Bansode.

 

The motorcycle classes too had some interesting competition. In the Class 2 (Group “C”: Above 130 cc up to 165 cc) Amit Suryavanshi emerged as the winner, followed by Maansingh Thakur and Vikram Singh Rajput. The winners of Class 7 (Group “B”: Above 210 cc up to 260 cc) were Ganesh Lokhande followed by Kautubh Macche and the third position was taken by Kanhay Athley who even won the Best First Timers award.

Class 8(Group “B”: up to 130 cc) positions were taken by Parvinder Singh Hunjan, Suraj Kute and Akshay Patil. Suraj Kute had a lead of more than 7 minutes over the third position holder. Class 9 (Group “B”: Above 130 cc up to 165 cc) had young Shashank Shevale win the class followed by Kalyan Jambhekar and Mohan Pawar.

Sujeet Kalsekar, Ganesh Lokhande’s tuner was awarded the Tuners Trophy for motocycles and Balu Bendale, Shamim Khans tuner got the tuners trophy in scooters while Baljeet Singh Kochhar, got the tuner’s Trophy in Bullet class for tuning Arvind Singh’s motorcycle.

Pictures: Chetan Save & ‘pit stop’ motor sports

The Madras Motor Sports Club track in Irungattukottai is being redesigned to make it a viable option to host a MotoGP race in the future, confirmed Amit Arora, the general manager of MMSC operations.

The track would be upgraded from its current Grade-4 status to a Grade-2 status which will make it the country’s second most advanced track once the F1 track at Noida opens up.

 

MMSC is already in talks with MotoGP promoters, Dorna and racing circuit designers Apex, from UK. The sports club is getting vital information to design a racetrack suited for MotoGP and Formula 2 races.

Racers have been asking for several improvements to be made to the 21 year old circuit for a long time and it seems they will now be getting more than they hoped for in a time as short as 3 years. MMSC will also be making efforts to make sure there is minimum interference with the day-to-day activities of the circuit during this time.

“The plan is to create a multi-use venue for motorsport, alongside an entertainment area. It will have shopping malls, hotels and restaurants. There will be new paddock buildings and garages. The length of the main straight will be increased and corners will be worked to improve speed.” Arora added.

Meanwhile, the construction of the Greater Noida Formula 1 racetrack is progressing at a reasonable pace and the track should be able to host its first Grand Prix at the end of this year. A second, smaller racetrack for Go-Kart racing is also being constructed alongside. With Indians Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok getting their hands on a F1 steering this year, looks like motor racing in India has finally come to life 🙂

The Madras Motor Sports Club track in Irungattukottai is being redesigned to make it a viable option to host a MotoGP race in the future, confirmed Amit Arora, the general manager of MMSC operations.

The track would be upgraded from its current Grade-4 status to a Grade-2 status which will make it the country’s second most advanced track once the F1 track at Noida opens up.

 

MMSC is already in talks with MotoGP promoters, Dorna and racing circuit designers Apex, from UK. The sports club is getting vital information to design a racetrack suited for MotoGP and Formula 2 races.

Racers have been asking for several improvements to be made to the 21 year old circuit for a long time and it seems they will now be getting more than they hoped for in a time as short as 3 years. MMSC will also be making efforts to make sure there is minimum interference with the day-to-day activities of the circuit during this time.

“The plan is to create a multi-use venue for motorsport, alongside an entertainment area. It will have shopping malls, hotels and restaurants. There will be new paddock buildings and garages. The length of the main straight will be increased and corners will be worked to improve speed.” Arora added.

Meanwhile, the construction of the Greater Noida Formula 1 racetrack is progressing at a reasonable pace and the track should be able to host its first Grand Prix at the end of this year. A second, smaller racetrack for Go-Kart racing is also being constructed alongside. With Indians Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok getting their hands on a F1 steering this year, looks like motor racing in India has finally come to life 🙂

Pirelli has been renewed as the Official Tyre Supplier to the FIM Superbike World Championship after a new contract was signed between Pirelli and Infront Motor Sports extending Pirelli’s domain till 2015.

Pirelli has been supplying racing tyres to WSBK since 2004 and through 2008 – 2010 has served up more than 2Lac tyres for these races.

 

Pirelli has also supplied tyres to Formula1 this season and will continue to do so till 2013. These tyres had come under a lot of international debate because of their high wear till the issue was cleared up by FIA who stated that they had asked the tyre manufacturer to make a tyre that will hit the cliff early. This move is to make Formula1 race strategy more interesting.

Tyre manufacturers often use the experience derived from racing to make better road tyres. Hope Pirelli continues down the same road.

Pirelli has been renewed as the Official Tyre Supplier to the FIM Superbike World Championship after a new contract was signed between Pirelli and Infront Motor Sports extending Pirelli’s domain till 2015.

Pirelli has been supplying racing tyres to WSBK since 2004 and through 2008 – 2010 has served up more than 2Lac tyres for these races.

 

Pirelli has also supplied tyres to Formula1 this season and will continue to do so till 2013. These tyres had come under a lot of international debate because of their high wear till the issue was cleared up by FIA who stated that they had asked the tyre manufacturer to make a tyre that will hit the cliff early. This move is to make Formula1 race strategy more interesting.

Tyre manufacturers often use the experience derived from racing to make better road tyres. Hope Pirelli continues down the same road.