Hyderabad biker Mohd Riyaz corners glory in Chennai

The Hyderabad biker finishes second in Indian National Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship

Chennai: Though his heart was in Hyderabad where his mother Arifa Begum was recuperating for heart ailment, Mohammed Riyaz kept his mind and focus before emerging second in the second round of the MMSC fmsci Indian National Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship which concluded at the MMRT, here on Sunday.

Riding on Yamaha R1, Riyaz finished behind Hemanth Muddappa (Mantra Racing) from Bengaluru, who expectedly completed a double. Riyaz clocked 08.058 behind Muddappa, who won in 07.914s.

The Hyderabad rider revealed that he was uncertain whether he would take part in the race but his father Mohd Yousuf encouraged to travel to Chennai. “I was very confused and worried but my father told me to go and race. As I’m in the contention for the top spot, I could not afford to miss the race. Thanks to my father I took part and was able to second finish. Even my brothers were unaware of my participation. I flew in the morning for the race,’’ said Riyaz.     

Muddappa, the reigning National champion, also topped the Super Sport Above 1051cc astride a Suzuki Hayabusa which attained a top speed of 231 Kmph, as he overcame fellow-Bengalureans Hafizullah Khan and Vignesh Purushotham.

The results (all 4-Stroke):

Above 1051cc (Super Sport): 1. Hemanth Muddappa (Mantra Racing, Bengaluru) (08.061secs); 2. Hafizullah Khan (Bengaluru) (08.396); 3. Vignesh Purushotham (Bengaluru) (08.409).

851-1050cc (SS): 1. Hemanth Muddappa (07.914); 2. Mohd Riyaz (Hyderabad) (08.058); 3. Sugan Prasad (Bengaluru) (08.421).

361-550cc (SS Indian): 1. Aiyaz Rem (Bengaluru) (12.368); 2. Yogeshwaran (Speed Up Racing, Chennai) (12.620); 3. D Annish Samson (Speed Up Racing, Bengaluru) (12.658).

226-360cc (SS Indian): 1. Bharath Raj (Chennai) (12.427); 2. Mohammed Shakir (Chennai) (12.655); 3. Yogeshwaran (Chennai) (13.014).

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