Anindith takes big lead n round 3, Diljith score grand double

On a day of upsets, Hyderabad lad Anindith Reddy opened up a sizeable lead in the Euro JK 17 event while Diljith T S of Kerala scored a grand double in the LGB Formula 4 category in the 20th JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship 2017 at the Kari Motor Speedway.
Championship leaders Joseph Mathew (Suzuki Gixxer Cup) and Lalhruaizela (Red Bull Road to Rookies Cup) suffered their first defeats in three rounds. However, they still managed to hang on to their positions on the leader board.
Chennai's Joseph was upstaged by Aizawl's Malsawmdawngliana and Ahmedabad's Sachin Chaudhary to take the third spot. He is still comfortably ahead in the championship battle with 56 points, a neat 17 points ahead of the field..

Mizoram's Lalhruaizela fell behind state mate Lalnunsanga early in the race as he failed to find a way past him or the unbeaten Sri Lankan, Jaden Gunawardena thereafter.
Lalhruaizela was still left smiling though as he had already booked his all-expenses paid trip to Spain for the prestigious Road to MotoGP qualifiers in October.
He collected a grand total of 56 points while Lalnunsanga had 46 points.

The day's show, however was stolen by Anindith, who collected 18 points in his usual emphatic way, adding 18 points to his 15 yesterday, which took him to 96 points before the grand finale at the BIC, Delhi in November.

His main contender Vishnu Prasad, the leader after Round 2, also collected 18 points, coming second in the day's first race and winning the second. But he is lagging behind by 14 points and will need a near miracle to topple Anindith.
The LGB Formula 4 was equally exciting, with Diljith of Dark Don Racing proving a class apart. He took full advantage of the reverse grid that came into play on Sunday to win both races. He started from pole in Race 1 and fought hard to win. He was dominant in the second, not allowing anybody a chance to gatecrash into his party.

Overnight leader Chittesh Mandody, who forced a grand victory on Saturday, couldn't overcome the handicap of the reverse grid and made do with fourth position in the opening race. In the second too, he managed fifth place to wrap up his weekend with 19 points.
It was enough to take his tally to 61 to open a handy eight point lead over Prasad, who had started the weekend on par with Chittesh at 42 points, couldn't even finish in the morning for an ominous start.
He fought his way to fourth place in the second for a total of 11 points and is now eight points behind the leader.

The victor, Diljith, however, is still way behind on the leaderboard, with only 29 points, having begun the round with just eight points.
RESULTS:
Euro JK 17: Race 1 ( 15 laps): 1. Anindith Reddy (15:41.209); 2. Vishnu Prasad (15:42.622); 3. Ricky Capo (15:5
Race 2 (15 laps): 1. Vishnu Prasad (16:30.165); 2. Anindith Reddy (16:31.057); 3. Akash Gowda (16:37.973)
LGB Formula 4: Race 1: 1. Diljith T S (18:06.101); 2. Raghul Rangasamy (18:12.194); 3. Sandeep Kumar A (18:12.287)
Race 2: 1. Diljith T S (19:01.443); 2. Sandeep Kumar A (19:04.289); 3.Raghul Rangasamy (19:09.908)
Gixxer Cup: 1. Malsawmdawngliana (14:15.595); 2. Sachin Chaudhary (14:16.355); 3. Joseph Mattew (14:18.080)

Red Bull Rookie Cup : 1. Jaden Gunawardena (11:36.996); 2. Lalnunsanga (11:37.376); 3.Lalhruaizela (11:37.