Aishwarya, Jagan top in qualifying

Bengaluru's Aishwarya Pissay (Apex Racing) took pole position in the girls section (Stock 165cc) as the Rolon round of MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship began at Kari Motor Speedway, here today
The 21-year old Aishwarya astride a Yamaha R15 bike, overcame her nervousness ahead of the qualifying session and put in the fastest lap of 1 minute, 28.161 seconds, which put her in front of the grid ahead of Kalyani Potekar from Madhya Pradesh (Team Speed Up Racing) and the experienced Alisha Abdullah of Alisha Abdullah Racing Academy.
Jagan Kumar of TVS Racing began the defence of his title by finishing in pole position in the premier Super Sport India (up to 165cc) class.

Close behind Jagan, who clocked a best lap of 1 minute, 15.820 seconds in the sixth lap after a sedate start in the qualifying session, was Rajiv Sethu of Honda Ten10 Racing while TVS Racing's K Y Ahmed came in third.
Team Honda Ten10 Racing had much to cheer about as its riders Mithun Kumar, Soorya PM and B Aravind occupied the top three slots in the Pro-Stock (up to 165cc) class.