Vishnu on a roll in JK Racing

Vishnu Prasad was on a roll Sunday when he drove flawlessly to win two races in the JK Racing India Series to be back in contention for the championship at the Buddh International Circuit here Sunday.

Vishnu, who suffered Saturday after making a jumpstart, was back to his best as he overtook pole-sitter and Race 1 winner Akhil Rabindra of Bangalore early before stamping his class to win in the morning.

The driver has been adjusting to three different cockpits this season as Vishnu aims to become the champion driver in the domestic circuit with three crowns. He has been driving in JK Racing India Series, Formula LGB4 and the Senior Max Category of the National Rotax Max Karting Championship -- being in line for the title in all championships.

"I am trying to make my mark. Money is a big factor which prevents me from going abroad so I want to win here and impress upon sponsors to further my career," said Vishnu.

After an uneventful start to the FB02 race, Rabindra fell behind midway before Vishnu caught up with those ahead and pushed to the front. He clocked 22 minutes, 00.295 seconds to win the race ahead of Mumbai's Rahil Noorani, who was home in 22:14.946. Rabindra ended third with a timing of 22:18.461.

In the third race, Vishnu raced ahead of Rabindra and maintained the distance to eventually win by a difference of 7.454 seconds. Ananth Shanmugam finished third.

Vishnu was then at the wheels of a much smaller and less powered Formula LGB4 car but his dream of making it to the top spot on the podium failed as T.S. Diljith of Dark Don Racing raced to the chequered flag.

It was a second victory in three races for Diljith which should give him a good cushion to push for the title during the final round in December.

Diljith took chequered flag in 20 minutes, 2.245 seconds, leaving Vishnu 0.329 seconds behind. Raghul Rangaswamy finished third in 20:02.912.

The newly introduced JK Super Bikes Cup received good response with the crowds eager to watch riders perform stunts and tricks besides racing the track.

Delhi's Kulwant Singh Monty got the best finish, clocking 16:55.583. Gurvinder Singh and Bhupinder Singh followed Kulwant to the podium by finishing second and third on the 1000cc bikes.

Round 3 results:

JK Racing India Series FB02 (Race 2): 1. Vishnu Prasad (Chennai) 22:00.295, 2. Rahil Noorani (Mumbai) 22:14.946, 3. Akhil Rabindra (Bangalore) 22:18.461; 4. Sandeep Kumar (Chennai) 22:19.893; 5. Ananth Shanmugam (Bangalore) 22:20.469.

JK Racing India Series FB02 (Race 3): 1. Vishnu Prasad (Chennai) 21:51.177, 2. Akhil Rabindra (Bangalore) 21:58.631; 3. Ananth Shanmugam (Bangalore) 21:59.815; 4. Nayan Chatterjee (Mumbai) 22.09.303; 5. Sandeep Kumar (Chennai) 22:10.497.

Formula LGB 4 (Race 3): 1. Diljith T.S. (Dark Don) 20:02.245, 2. Vishnu Prasad (Meco Racing) 20:02.574, 3. Raghul Rangaswamy (Meco Racing) 20:02.912, 4. Ameya Bafna (Rayo Racing) 20:05.763, 5. Chittesh S Mandody (Meco Racing) 20:06.172.

VW Polo R Cup (Race 2): 1. Dylan Pereira (Poland) 22:11.363, 2. Karminder Pal Singh (New Delhi) 22:14.271, 3. Karthik Tharani (Chennai) 22:16.562, 4. Gosia Rdest (Poland) 22:17.416, 5. Bonnie Thomas 22:19.586 (Thodupuzha).

JK Super Bikes Cup: Kulwant Singh Monty 16:55.583, Gurvinder Singh 17:01.653, Bhupinder Singh 17:03.102, Manmeet Singh 17:55.816, Aashir Agarwal 18:16.258.