Honda Makes A Brilliant Start At Indian National Motorcycle Championship 2017

In the Super Sport 165cc category, the race one victory went to Honda Ten10 Racing rider Rajiv S. His teammate Mathana Kumar S finished the race in the second position. Race 2 also brought good news with Mathana Kumar S. scoring his second consecutive podium.

Honda's domination continued in the Pro-stock 165cc class. Honda riders clinched four out of six podiums in both the races. Mithun Kumar P.K won both the races with fastest lap times.

In the Honda One Make Championship, the CBR 250R open class victory went to ARRC sponsored rider Rajiv S. He won both the race, Amit Richard Topno and B. Aravind finished second and third respectively in the first race. Abhishek V. and Kishore V S finished second and third in the second race.

The CBR 150R Novice Championship saw a packed grid of 40 riders. Rookie rider Satya Narayana from Hyderabad emerged victorious in both the race. Completing the podium in Race 1 were Syed Nawas (2nd) and Vysakh Sobhan (3rd). Race 2 closed with Amala Jerald (2nd) and Aditya Rao (3rd).

Honda All Ladies Race saw eight women riders compete on the race-prepped CBR 150R motorcycles. Rehana Reya clinched an impressive victory in the first round of the championship. Shruti and Kalyani Potekar rounded off the final podium positions.

Prabhu Nagaraj, Vice President, Customer Service, HMSI, said, "What an epic start to the 10th year of Honda's motorsports in India! Backed by the phenomenal performance of our young riders, Honda is leading the tally at the start of 2017 season."