Rajini wins second race

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Experienced rider K Rajini Krishnan recorded his second win in round three of the MMSC-FMSCI National Motorcycle championship even as Sarath Kumar, who started on pole crashed out after a crash in the last lap, here on Sunday.

The first race in the Honda CBR 250 category had seen a close fight between Rajini and Sarath yesterday but Sunday Sarath Kumar was passed by Rajini at the start. Rajini led for the first two laps with Sarath, Sumit lucas Toppo, Harshit Rao, A Prabhu following.

Meanwhile, Vikash Anand won his first race of the season in the MRF 1600 category and the crucial victory, coming in the final race of the calendar, helped him clinch the second spot in the drivers championship.

Coming into the final round, Anand had a two-point lead over 15-year-old Tarun Reddy and after today's win he ended the championship with 185 point, 19 ahead of the latter.

Since Ashwin Sundar had already sealed the title in the penultimate round in Chennai he did not raced in this round.

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