Rajini's fifth win in a row in national racing

Krishnan Rajini of Red Rooster Racing yet again underlined his dominance in the premier class, the Group A Super Stock (600cc) by recording his fifth consecutive win in the fourth round of the Sidv in-FMSCI National Motorcycle Racing Championship here Saturday.

Rajini, who missed the first round, thus moved to 50 points as against 52 of championship leader Sumit Lucas Topo of Blue Arrow Racing) who finished second.

Such was Rajini's superiority that he spared seven seconds to Topo in a start-to-finish performance.

With another race to be run tomorrow, it is likely that Rajini, given his vast international experience, will take over the championship lead.

Meanwhile, A Prabhu of Moto Rev India chalked up his fifth win in the Group D Intermediate class to extend his championship lead over team-mate B Naveen Raj who finished a distant seventh.

Also consolidating his championship position was S Sarath Kumar of Ten10 Racing in the Group B Experts class as he recorded his fourth win and third in a row as his nearest rival, veteran Sriskandarajah (Moto Rev India) came in last in fifth position.

In the Group B Open class, P.Deva Kumar of Moto Rev India raced to his sixth win with another command performance.

The results:

Group A Super Stock (600cc): Race 1 (8 laps) - Krishnan Rajini (Red Rooster Racing) 1 (14mins, 28.494secs); Sumit Lucas Topo (Blue Arrow Racing) 2 (14:35.295); M Gautam (Moto Rev India) 3 (14:37.534).

Group B Open (2 strokes, up to 165cc): Race 1 (6 laps) - P Deva Kumar (Moto Rev India) 1 (12:49.209); Emmanuel Jebaraj 2 (12:59.356); K Umesh Babu 3 (13:00.207).

Group B Experts (4 strokes, up to 165cc) Experts: Race 1 (6 laps) - S Sarath Kumar (Ten10 Racing) 1; P Karthick (TVS Racing) 2 (12:19.952); Harry Sylvester (TVS Racing) 3 (12:20.003).

Group D Intermediate (4 strokes, 130-165cc): Race 1 (6 laps) - A Prabhu (Moto Rev India) 1 (13:29.377); M Sudhakar (Ten10 Racing) 2 (13:37.103); K Prakash (TVS Racing) 3 (13:40.067).

Group D Novice (up to 130cc): Race 1 (6 laps) - K Prakash (TVS Racing) 1 (14:31.101); GS Santhosh (TVS Racing) 2 (14:32.239); S Prativ (Pvt) 3 (14:32.957).

Single Make series - Honda CBF Stunner (Intermediate): Race 1 - M Sudhakar 1 (14:18.752); GR Santhosh 2 (14:18.976); A Prabhu 3 (14:19.173).

Honda CB Twister (Novice): Race 1 (Short loop, 6 laps) - Renn Johnson 1 (08:49.780); Deepak Papineni 2 (08:50.619); D Naveen Raj 3 (08:58.451).

Yamaha R15 Experts: Race 1 (6 laps) - R Deepak 1 (13:24.464); D Dinesh Kumar 2 (13:25.398); Sudhakar Kesavan 3 (13:27.147).

Yamaha R15 Novice: Race 1 (Short loop, 6 laps) - G.R. Santhosh 1 (08:00.495); Bharath Raj J 2 (08:00.658); S Sai Kishore 3 (08:01.642).

Sharath clinches National Motorcycle Racing title

2010-09-05 18:20:00

S. Sharath Kumar of Ten10 Racing set a track record of one minute, 58.516 seconds in the Group B (Expert, up to 165cc, 4 stroke) class as he clinched the championship title in the Sidvin-FMSCI National Motorcycle Racing Championship here Sunday.

Sharath won both his races in the fourth and penultimate round over the weekend to take his tally to 65.5 points as against his nearest rival veteran Sriskandarajah of Moto Rev India (52) in the provisional standings.

Likewise, P. Deva Kumar (Moto Rev India) and K. Prakash (TVS Racing) took unassailable leads in the championship standings in their respective classes by winning both their races over the weekend.

Deva Kumar has 70 points to K. Umesh Babu's 36 in the Group B (Open) class while Prakash jumped to 70 of B Naveen Raj's 43.

Meanwhile, international Krishnan Rajini of Red Rooster Racing caught up with championship leader Sumit Lucas Toppo of Blue Arrow Racing with another double in the Super Stock (600cc) class. The two are tied on points with 60 apiece.

The last round of the championship concludes in December.

The results:

Group A Super Stock (600cc): Race 2 (8 laps) - Krishnan Rajini (Red Rooster Racing) 1 (14mins, 30.465); Sumit Lucas Toppo (Blue Arrow Racing) 2 (14:41.856); M Gautam (S Moto Rev India) 3 (14:47.144).

Group B Open (2 strokes, up to 165cc): Race 2 (6 laps) - P Deva Kumar (Moto Rev India) 1 (12:42.414); S Murali 2 (12:47.636); K Umesh Babu 3 (12:50.619).

Group B Experts (4 strokes, up to 165cc) Experts: Race 2 (6 laps) - S Sarath Kumar (Ten10 Racing) 1 (12:07.503); Harry Sylvester (TVS Racing) 2 (12:12.748); P Karthick (TVS Racing) 3 (12:18.421).

Group D Intermediate (4 strokes, 130-165cc): Race 2 (6 laps) - A Prabhu (Moto Rev India) 1 (13:32.392); M Sudhakar (Ten10 Racing) 2 (13:40.244); B Naveen Raj (Moto Rev India) 3 (13:41.738).

Group D Novice (up to 130cc): Race 2 (6 laps) - K Prakash (TVS Racing) 1 (14:35.910); GR Santhosh (TVS Racing) 2 (14:35.915); S Prativ (Pvt) 3 (14:40.923).s

Single Make series - Honda CBF Stunner (Intermediate): Race 2 (3 laps, stopped due to rain) - R Karthik 1 (07:17.132); M Sudhakar 2 (07:17.359); D Dinesh Kumar 3 (07:17.415).

Honda CB Twister (Novice): Race 2 (Short loop, 6 laps) - Deepak Papineni 1 (08:48.501); B Naveen Raj 2 (08:45.543); Renn Johnson 3 (08:48.833).

Honda CBR150 (Experts) 6 laps - Vivek Pillai 1 (13:31.741); R Deepak 2 (13:31.909); Shyam Shankar 3 (13:40.617).

Yamaha R15 (Experts): Race 2 (6 laps) - R Deepak 1 (13:23.858); D Dinesh Kumar 2 (13:26.257); Shyam Shankar 3 (13'36/368).

Yamaha R15 Novice (Short loop) Race 2 (6 laps) - Arun J Pillai 1 (07:53.245); GR Santhosh 2 (07:57.746); Bharat Raj J 3 (08:00.656).

 

Source-Sify.com

TVS Motor Company Posts Highest Ever Monthly Sales

Hosur, September 1, 2010:

Scooters grow 43 %; Motorcycles grow 30 %; Domestic sales up 29 %; Exports up 62 % 

In an impressive showing of monthly numbers, TVS Motor Company registered the highest ever sales figures in the month of August 2010. Total sales of the company stood at 170,735 units in August 2010 against 127,875 units in August 2009, a growth of 34%. Robust growth in all segments of the two and three wheeler market enabled the company to record maximum sales. Independently too, two wheelers and three wheeler sales were highest ever for TVS Motor Company.
Two Wheeler
Total two wheeler sales of the company for the month of August 2010 grew 32% with sales of 167,109 units against 126,842 units recorded in August 2009.
Cumulative sales registered a growth of 32% for the period April to August 2010 with sales of 786,256 units against 594,927 units in April to August 2009.
Domestic sales grew by 29%, registering sales of 148,081 units in August 2010 against 115,095 units in August 2009.
Scooter sales of the company grew 43% increasing to 40,913 units in the month of August 2010 from 28,582 units registered in August 2009.Motorcycles registered a growth of 30% in August 2010, with sales of 66,574 units against 51,127 units in August 2009.
Exports grew by a significant 62% with sales of 19,028 units in August 2010 against 11,747 units in August 2009.
Three Wheeler
The company's three wheeler business continued to grow with sales of 3,626 units in August 2010 in comparison with 1,033 units in August 2009. Cumulative three wheeler sales for the period April '10 to August '10 stood at 14,533 units, a growth of 239% over the same period of the previous year.

 

Source-TVS MOTOR

Dr. C K Ramachandar Award for TVS Motor Company

Hosur, August 28, 2010:

TVS Motor Company has won the prestigious Dr. C K Ramchandar Award for Best Medical Centre for the year 2009-10. The annual award, given by Indian Association of Occupational Health, Tamilnadu Chapter, was set up in memory of Dr. C K Ramachandar, the doyen of Occupational health services in Tamilnadu. The late Dr. C K Ramachandar was instrumental in the founding the Tamilnadu Chapter of Indian Association of Occupational. For almost twelve years beginning 1955, he took it upon himself to propagate the concept, ideals and methodology of the organization of occupational health services.
On receiving the award, Dr. Rajan Babu, Chief Medical Officer, TVS Motor Company said, "This award is the result of our continuous endeavor to use innovation to drive health and safety management leveraging the availability of modern technology."
He added that the company has also developed a software program that enables us to view the entire medical history of an employee right from his first interaction with our company. It facilitates better diagnosis and treatment.
Another key initiative that won the company the Dr. C K Ramchander Award is the implementation of a specific program to negate the ominous risk of noise induced hearing loss. The program included installation of more efficient and environment friendly machines, providing employees with specially designed noise reduction ear plugs and conducting an inclusive education program on hearing loss for employees. The calculated improvement in productivity on implementation of these measures is as much as 20% per employee.
"The key to success in pushing health and safety awareness is to cultivate a strong safety mindset at all levels. To this end, we have integrated a section on healthcare on our company's intranet site and provide periodic posts on best practices" Dr. Rajan Babu said.
Other routine activities that the occupational health center at TVS Motor Company conducts include monthly diabetic, hypertension and cholesterol clinics, statutory periodical health checkups and general health checkups for all employees along with a regular out-patient facility.

 

SOURCE-Tvs motor