Sandeep pips Datta to national racing title

Coimbatore, Jan 24 : Chennais Sandeep Kumar pipped Ashwin Datta to the Formula LGB4 title on the final day of the 23rd FMSCI National Racing Championship.

Datta was the leader in the championship at the start of the day with 64 points.

Datta suffered a brake failure in the first race of the day which cost him results throughout the day.Dattas day ended when his car came in contact with a few others after the first corner.His Dark Don Racing team mate Sandeep then kept his calm to emerge champion.

He totalled 66 points to seal the Formula LGB 4 championship.Vishnu Prasad, 54 points was third.

In the Novice Cup category, Amir Sayed, who had confirmed his championship title on Saturday, won both races on Sunday to finish the season in style.Provisional Race Results: Total Timing Formula LGB 4: Race 4 (14 laps)Mohamed Ryan (MSport) 20:21.929Vishnu Prasad (MSport) - 20:23.545Arya Singh (Dark Don Racing) - 20:25.170 Race 5 (15 laps)Diljith TS (Dark Don Racing) - 23:58.426Sandeep Kumar A (Dark Don Racing) - 23:58.890Sarosh Hataria (Ahura Racing) - 23:59.793 Race 6 (15 laps)Vishnu Prasad (MSport) - 21:01.907Mohamed Ryan (Msport) - 21:07.490Sarish Hatarai (Ahura Racing) - 21:14.292 JK Tyre Novice Cup: Race 5 (10 laps)Amir Sayed (MSport) - 14:17.157Chetan Surineni (Momentum Motorsports) - 14:31.672Aman Chaudhary (DTS Racing) - 14:32.509 Race 6 (10 laps)Amir Sayed (MSport) - 16:34.084Chetan Surineni (Momentum Motorsports) - 16:56.452Neym Rizvi (MSport) - 17:01.