Rajiv Sethu, Mithun Kumar claim pole

: Rajiv Sethu of Honda Ten10 Racing grabbed pole position ahead of reigning champion Jagan Kumar (TVS Racing) in the Super Sport Indian (up to 165cc) class in the second round of MRF MMSC Fmsci Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship at the MMRT track at nearby Sriperumbudur.
Also topping the qualifying session in their respective categories were Mithun Kumar of Honda Ten10 Racing (Pro-Stock 165cc), Deepak Ravikumar (Super Sport Indian 300-400cc) and Apex Racing Academy's Aishwarya Pissay (Girls, Stock up to 165cc).
Sethu, the 22-year old from Chennai, who has been improving with each outing and is a regular in the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship, clocked the fastest lap of one minute 59.344 seconds.

Jagan Kumar, who went out at the fag end of the session after sorting out his bike and managed just three laps, had a best time of 02:00.396) while K Y Ahamed, also of TVS Racing, completed the front row with 02:00.497.
Championship leader Mathana Kumar (Honda Ten10 Racing) was placed sixth after clocking 02:03.820, behind Prabhu Arunagiri (02:01.842) and S Kannan of TVS Racing (02:03.174).
Bengaluru's Aishwarya Pissay expectedly took the pole position in the girls category ahead of Chennai's Rhyana Bee (Speed Up Racing) and Ann Jennifer.
In the Pro-Stock (up to 165cc) qualifying session, Mithun Kumar, who won both the races in the first round at Coimbatore last month, was the quickest in 02:06.403, followed by Shyam Shankar and Naresh Babu.

Meanwhile, local entrant Deepak Ravikumar, who missed the Coimbatore round, snatched pole (01:58.716) in the Super Sport Indian (300-400cc) class as he pipped championship front runner Amarnath Menon (Gusto Racing) while Vivek Pillai of Rockers Racing was third quickest in 01:58.882.