Chiranth Vishwanath grabs pole positions in premier Pro-Stock categories in penultimate round of the MMSC fmsci Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2024.

Chiranth Vishwanath, the 17-year-old from Bengaluru who is in the middle of his breakthrough season, came up with two stunning rides to grab pole positions in both the premier Pro-Stock categories as the fourth and penultimate round of the MRF MMSC fmsci Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2024.

For Chiranth, it was his maiden pole position in the Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open category, and he followed it up by taking P1 in the Pro-Stock 165cc Open class for a rare double. His arch-rival and TVS Racing teammate Sarthak Chavan, also 17, from Pune, will line up in P2 behind Chiranth in both the categories. Incidentally, Chiranth emulated Sarthak’s double pole that the Pune star had secured in Round 1 in June.

The qualifying sessions dished out exciting fare with all pole-sitters leaving it very late before delivering the hot laps for P1 slots. Chennai teenager Abdul Basim (Rockers Racing) took pole position in the Novice (Stock 165cc) category as did another local rider, 25-year-old Kaushik Subbiah Ganesan (RACR Castrol Power1 Ultimate) in the Stock 301-400cc Novice class in the National Championship.

Chiranth’s best performance on the day came in the PS 301-400cc qualifying session where he came up with a sizzling lap with a little more than a minute left to upstage Sarthak who finished ahead of veteran and Chennai ace Rajini Krishnan (RACR Castrol Power1 Ultimate).

In P4 and P5 were TVS Racing’s Deepak Ravikumar and Alwin Sundar (Gusto Racing India), respectively, with less than a second separating the top five.

Late in the evening, Chiranth was back in the saddle, this time in the Pro-Stock 165cc Open class qualifying session that he won with another standout performance. Yet again, Sarthak was pushed to P2 with multiple National champion Jagan Kumar making it a front row sweep for TVS Racing.