Gaurav Gill takes lead after third round

Chennai, Oct 5 (UNI) Gaurav Gill heads the championship table in the Formula Rolon class at the end of the second leg while Rayomand Banajee and Saran Vikram lead in the Formula LGB Hyundai and Formula LGB Swift categories, respectively at the end of the third leg of the J K Tyres national racing championship.

After the competition shifted to the track at Irungattukottai near here from Coimbatore last week, Gaurav of Team Wallace Sports leads in the championship with 41 points, followed by Gaurav Dalal of Team Prime Racing with 27 points. Veteran Akbar Ebrahim of Team NK Racing is in third place with 25 points.

With four legs remaining in this category, the championship is still wide open. While Gill needs to consolidate, consistent performances would be the watchword for Dalal and Akbar to put them in the reckoning for the title.

In the Formula LGB Swift class, Saran Vikram of Team Wallace Sports is ahead in the championship table having notched up 53 points. It will now be a three-way fight for the second and third places between Ajay Kini of Wallace Sports, Rajaram of Prime Racing and Saahil Shelar of Rams Racing. They have 39, 33 and 32 points, respectively.

Rayomand Banajee of Team Meco has a comfortable lead in Formula LGB Hyundai category with a tally of 54 points. Ajay Kini is in the second place with 37 points. He is followed by Sudarshan Rao of Rams Racing with 26 points.

Also in the reckoning for a podium finish are veteran racer C Rajaram of Prime Sports and promising youngster Ashwin Sunder of Meco Racing with 21 and 19 points, respectively.

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