INRC third round to begin from Friday
The third round of the Indian National Racing Championship will get under way at the Madras Motor Sports Club in Chennai on Friday, even as competition heats up among title contenders in various categories.
The championship returns to the MMRT after a gap of five months after the first round in February and the next in Coimbatore last month.
A card of 12 races has been scheduled for the weekend, including Volkswagen Ameo Cup besides the first round of the national Drag Racing Championship for four- wheelers, which will be run post- lunch on Saturday and Sunday.
The three races in the MRF F1600, now in its seventh season, have proven to be an excellent platform for young guns to showcase their racing talent.
The added incentive for the winner of the championship in the MRF F1600 is the chance to participate in the Mazda Road to Indy shootout in the United States later this year.
The winner of the shootout will receive a scholarship of $ 200,000.
The previous round at Coimbatore witnessed the emergence of 19- year old Ashwin Datta from Chennai who won all three MRF F1600 races in a display of raw pace that blitzed the field and gave himself a headstart in the championship.
The other open- wheel singleseater category, Formula LGB 1300, threw up three different winners — Team MSport’s Nabil Hussain and Sohail Shah, and Ashwin Datta ( Momentum Motorsports) — in the season opening triple- header in Coimbatore last month.
The added incentive for the winner of the MRF F1600 championship is a chance to participate in the Mazda Road to Indy shootout