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2020 Indian National Drag Racing Championship Results: Hemanth Muddappa Wins For The Fourth Time
2020 MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Drag Championship recently concluded. Hemanth Mudappa from Bangalore wins for the fourth consecutive time in the National Drag Racing championship.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, most motorsports events and seasons were either delayed, shortened or cancelled altogether. However, the 2020 season of the Indian National Motorcycle Drag Championship concluded recently with the second and final round of racing ending held on January 24, 2021, at (MMRT) the Madras Motor Race Track, Chennai.
In the top above 1051cc category, Hemanth Muddappa took the championship victory astride the BMW S1000RR by clocking 7.879seconds to cover 302-metres. Finishing in second place in the same category is Baba Satagopan who clocked 08.263seconds. The third and the final podium place was won by Hafizullah Khan who clocked 08.362seconds.
The winning bike of the above 1051cc category, the BMW S1000RR was tuned by Sharan Pratap of Mantra Racing from Bangalore. After winning the championship, Hemanth Muddappa celebrated his fourth consecutive national championship victory with a specially made t-shirt.
In the 850 to 1050cc class, Hemanth Muddappa took his second gold for the day stride a Suzuki Hayabusa by clocking 8.071seconds. Zubair Ali Jung finished second in the category by clocking 8.202seconds. Baba Satagopan finished a close third with a run time of 8.306seconds. All three podium places in the 850 to 1050cc category were won by racers from Bangalore.
The feature event of Indian National Motorcycle Drag Championship, the Unrestricted Foreign Open was not a part of this year's racing season. Hemanth had won in the Unrestricted Foreign Open category in the year 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Round
2
Race
Results:
Above
1051cc
Class:
1st
Place:
Hemanth
Muddappa
(07.879s)
2nd
Place:
Baba
Satagopan
(08.263)
3rd
Place:
Hafizullah
Khan
(08.362)
815-1050cc
Class:
1st
Place:
Muddappa
(08.071)
2nd
Place:
Zubair
Ali
Jung
(08.202)
3rd
Place:
Baba
Satagopan
(08.306)
361-550cc
Class:
1st
Place:
Karthik
Mateti
(12.325)
2nd
Place:
Aiyaz
(12.360)
3rd
Place:
Thulsi
Ram
(12.447)
226-360cc
Class:
1st
Place:
PM
Soorya
(12.532)
2nd
Place:
J.
Bharath
Raj
(12.536)
3rd
Place:
Shankar
Guru
(13.166)
Up
to
165cc
Class:
1st
Place:
J.
Bharath
Raj
(14.420)
2nd
Place:
PM
Soorya
(14.465)
3rd
Place:
R.
Aravind
Ganesh
(14.526)
Ladies
Class
(165cc):
1st
Place:
Ann
Jennifer
(16.858)
2nd
Place:
R.V.
Czimkhy
(17.077)
3rd
Place:
Niveta
Jessica
(17.156)
2-Stroke
(Up
to
165cc):
1st
Place:
Aiyaz
(12.959)
2nd
Place:
Mohammed
Touheed
(13.220)
3rd
Place:
Kaleem
Pasha
(13.224)
2-Stroke
(Up
to
130cc):
1st
Place:
Mohammed
Rafiq
(13.200s)
2nd
Place:
Mujahid
Pasha
(13.452s)
3rd
Place:
Mohammed
Touheed
(13.687)
2020
National
Championship
Winners
Above
1051cc
Class:
Hemanth
Muddappa
(Mantra
Racing)
815-1050cc
Class:
Hemanth
Muddappa
(Mantra
Racing)
361-550cc
Class:
Aiyaz
(Privateer)
226-360cc
Class:
J.
Bharath
Raj
(Rulexx
Rockers
Racing)
Up
to
165cc
Class:
J.
Bharath
Raj
(Rulexx
Rockers
Racing)
Ladies
Class
(165cc):
Ann
Jennifer
(Sparks
Racing)
2-Stroke
(Up
to
165cc):
Aiyaz
(Privateer)
2-Stroke
(Up
to
130cc):
Mohammed
Rafiq
(2S)
Thoughts About The 2020 Indian National Drag Racing Championship Results
The 2020 Indian National Drag Racing Championship concluded in Indian with riders from Bangalore taking most podium places in the top-two categories. With the covid-19 pandemic easing down the organizers were able to get 2 round of racing to complete a short season for the year 2020.