Jaipur, December 18th, 2018: TVS Racing’s champion racer Jagan Kumar has won the Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2018 for the 7th consecutive year. With consistent performances all through the year, Jagan retained the championship title with a total of 158 points in the Group B Super Sport Indian (up to 165cc) class. TVS Racing bagged the Team & Manufacturers’ Championship trophy with the team picking up points thanks to a strong showing by Jagan Kumar, KY Ahamed and Deepak Ravikumar.
30 year old Jagan Kumar began his journey with TVS Racing in 2009 and participated in the Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship for the first time in 2011. Since his first participation, he has been the undisputed national champion till date. Commenting on his 7th championship win, Jagan says, “It is every racer’s dream to win as many championships as possible and I am thrilled to win this for the 7th consecutive time. This season was the toughest for me personally as the competition was tough but I am happy I was able to use my experience to defend my title. I am grateful to the team engineers and mechanics who have been with me for the past 7 years. They deserve a huge applause for my victory as they have an equal contribution. It takes a lot of hard work each day year on year and many sacrifices to get here but what matters is the result and I am very happy for that.”
Team Manager, TVS Racing, B. Selvaraj says, “We are very proud of Jagan’s achievement as every year we have to work hard to ensure he defends his title. I am also happy with the performances of our racers KY Ahamed and Deepak Ravikumar who have helped us win the manufacturers’ championship for 2018. Also credit to our experienced and talented group of engineers who work tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure the race motorcycles are in best shape. This has been a memorable championship but we will not rest of our laurels. We will continue to improve our performance in 2019 and ensure we remains champions.”
RESULTS
TVS One Make Championship
RACE 1
TVS One Make Championship (Novice) – Race 1
1st Karthik Mateti
2nd Anand R
3rd A S Alexander
TVS One Make Championship RR310 – Race 1
1st Deepak Ravikumar
2nd Peddu Sri Harsha
3rd Amarnath Menon K
RACE 2
TVS One Make Championship (Novice) – Race 2
1st Anand R
2nd A S Alexander
3rd Anish Samson
TVS One Make Championship RR310 – Race 2
1st Deepak Ravikumar
2nd Kannan K
3rd Amarnath Menon K
TVS One Make Championship (Ladies)
1st Ann Jenifer AS
2nd Ryhana Bee
3rd Lakiya R
TVS Young Media Racer Program
1st Shahnawaz Karim
2nd Stephen Neil
3rd Nikhil Thorvat