Hattrick of victories for Walavalkar on Day I

Mumbai's Ameya Walavalkar and his Mars Racing teammate R. Deepak (Chennai) capitalised on a mistake by pole-sitter S Narendran (TVS Girling) for a 1-2 finish in the Formula LGB Swift race in the third round of the JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship here Saturday.

Mumbai's Ameya Walavalkar and his Mars Racing teammate R. Deepak (Chennai) capitalised on a mistake by pole-sitter S Narendran (TVS Girling) for a 1-2 finish in the Formula LGB Swift race in the third round of the JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship here Saturday.

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Vijayakumar Rajvirudhan (Prime Racing), 27, overcame a stressful run up to the Super Saloon car race - he busted no fewer than three engines and borrowed his father, B Vijayakumar's car to claim his first victory of the season and edged two points ahead of TR Radha Selvaraj (Rad Racing) in the drivers' standings.