Muraleedharan clinches rider's title in

Vishwadev Muraleedharan completed a fine double to clinch the rider's title in the Suzuki Gixxer Cup (Novice) category of the MMSC One-Make Championship at the Buddh International Circuit on the
concluding day of the MMSC Race Fest, here today.
Also clinching the championship in their respective categories were: Ananth Raj (Suzuki Gixxer Cup (Open), Kannan S (TVS Apache RTR 180, Open), Akhanda Pratap Singh (TVS Apache RTR 180 Novice) and Sarath Kumar of Ten10 Racing (Honda CBR 250).
Muraleedharan, a 23-year old MBA graduate from Coimbatore who topped both the races in his category this weekend, ended the season with six wins for a tally of 212 points, ahead of Kerala's Amarnath Menon (184).

"Obviously, I am extremely happy to win the championship in my very first full season of racing. It was very competitive right through the season, but I put in consistent performances to win the title.
"I plan to move to the Asian Road Racing Championship next year, but a lot will depend on securing sponsorship," said Muraleedharan, who finished his first full season with six wins from 10 starts.

Also achieving a double this weekend was Aravind Balakrishnan in the Honda CBR 150 (Novice) category as he caught up with championship leader Sivanesan S who, after finishing second in the first race yesterday, crashed in the second outing. Going into the fifth and final round of the series to be run in December, Aravind and Sivanesan are tied on 141 points.

Joining the list of double winners was Kannan S in the TVS Apache RTR 180 (Open) category as he finished the season with 116 points, just six ahead of Aravind Ganesh.
Akanda Pratap Singh, despite finishing sixth in the truncated three-lap race for TVS Apache RTR 180 (Novice) class following an on-track incident, still won the championship with 110 points, pipping Satish Kumar by a mere three points.
In the day's last race, Sarath Kumar of Ten10 Racing sealed the championship by completing a double in the Honda CBR 250 category to stretch his lead to 65 points over Sumit Lucas Toppo (Prolap Racing) with a round to spare.