Senthil Kumar and Mathana claim double wins for Honda in round 4 of INMRC

• Senthil Kumar ecstatic with his maiden win of the season in Pro Stock 165cc
• Mathana Kumar finishes 3^rd in SuperSport 165

Chennai, September: Honda riders sparkle today in race 1 of fourth round of the Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship at the Madras Motor Race Track on the outskirts of Chennai.

Race Results:

Super Sport 165 cc

The marquee Super Sport 165cc race was a nail biting race with Mathana Kumar bagging 3^rd podium finish. With this, the Honda rider from Trichy has now bagged 4 podiums including one win in the season so far.

Sarath Kumar too climbed ranks by starting from last in the combined grid of Super Sport 165cc and Pro Stock 165cc to close at 4^th position. Fighting fiercely in the top was Honda’s rider Rajiv Sethu who finished 5^th with a minor crash.

Pro Stock 165 cc

IDEMITSU Honda Ten10 Racing’s Senthil Kumar stamped his dominance by starting from 3^rd position and taking victory in today’s race with best lap time of 1:59.204. With this win, Senthil now has 4 podiums including 1 win.

Lapping home in 2:00.274, Honda’s Asia Road Racing Championship rider Anish Shetty climbed the ranks from 8^thposition start to finishing 4^th. Today was a hard battle for Mithun Kumar who crashed out in second lap of the race.

Speaking on the performance of Honda riders, Mr. Prabhu Nagaraj, Vice President- Brand & Communication, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. said, “Honda riders started round 4 with outstanding results by grabbing both pole positions in qualifying yesterday. Today, Senthil Kumar & Mathana Kumar showed steady performance and won 1^st and 3^rd podiums in both pro-stock and super sport categories. With this Honda continues to lead the Pro-stock category while winning podiums in SuperSport165cc too. Tomorrow is another day and I’m confident that the boys will go full throttle in the second race of this round too.”