Chiranth Vishwanath holds off Sarthak Chavan to claim Super Sport double at Madras International Circuit

Bengaluru’s Chiranth Vishwanath held off Pune’s Sarthak Chavan, his Petronas TVS Racing teammate, at the Madras International Circuit on Sunday to complete a double in the Super Sport 301-400cc Open class as the third round of the MRF Indian National Racing Challenge 2W 2026 concluded; it was the second time in two days Chiranth had beaten Sarthak. The weekend also featured multiple class wins and team podiums across the national series.

Earlier in the meeting Bengaluru’s Savion Sabu produced another strong showing, leading a maiden podium sweep for MadRabbit Racing and securing a double in the Pro-Stock 200cc Open class. Coimbatore’s Senthil Kumar (Rockers Racing) recorded a double in the Super Stock 301-400cc Open category, while K.K. Anandhu (Veedol C2 Racing) took two wins in the Super Stock 165cc Intermediate class. Several other classes and one-make races concluded their Race-2 programmes with provisional results announced.

The organisers published provisional results for the Race-2 programme (all 6 laps unless mentioned). Super Sport 301-400cc Open (Race-2): 1. Chiranth Vishwanath (Petronas TVS Racing) (11min, 09.613sec); 2. Sarthak Chavan (Petronas TVS Racing) (11:09.870); 3. Mohamed Mikail (MadRabbit Racing) (11:11.383).

Pro-Stock 200cc Open (Race-2) saw a MadRabbit Racing 1-2-3: 1. Savion Sabu (MadRabbit Racing) (11:51.669); 2. Mohamed Mikail (MadRabbit Racing) (11:52.361); 3. A.S. James (MadRabbit Racing) (11:54.026).

Super Stock 301-400cc Open (Race-2): 1. Senthil Kumar (Rockers Racing) (11:28.204); 2. R.S. Abdul Basim (Chandra LGE Racing) (11:28.544); 3. P. Sri Harsha (Motul Gusto Racing) (11:36.386). Super Stock 165cc Intermediate (Race-2): 1. K.K. Anandhu (Veedol C2 Racing) (12:42.998); 2. A.S Ann Jennifer (Motul Sparks Racing) (12:43.277); 3. S. Anand Kumar (Ipone Yakuza Racing) (12:51.912).

Stock 301-400 Novice (Race-2) results: 1. S. Venugopalan (Motul Sparks Racing) (12:20.189); 2. Kavicholaiarasan (Speed Up Racing) (12:23.133); 3. K. Shyam Sundar (M3 Torque Motorsports) (12:25.506). Stock 165cc Novice (Race-2) — 3 laps: 1. R. Hari Haran (RACR Castrol Power 1) (06:36.460); 2. Akarsh Jangam (MAI Racing) (06:36.616); 3. Faruk Ali Sohtun (Motul Sparks Racing) (06:37.309).

Petronas TVS One-Make Championship Race-2 results included Expert (Apache RR 310): 1. Rajender Beedani (11:32.870); 2. R. Hari Haran (11;33.963); 3. A.S. James (Bengaluru) (11:39.270). Rookie (Apache RTR 200) Race-2: 1. Pothu Vignesh (13:13.874); 2. Dev Agastya (13:14.006); 3. C. Godwin Clarence (13:14.518). Media (Apache RR 310): 1. Ansh Srivastava (Auto Today) (13:06.610); 2. Pranav Singh Rawat (ZigWheels) (13:07.138); 3. Mohammed Inamul Hasan (GoldenEyeSig) (13:20.076).

The series will resume competition in January, 2027.