The Finals of the Gulf Cup Dirt Track Racing commenced at BHEL Dushera ground, Govindpura on the 7th of February 2010. The event was organized by Sportscraft, Mumbai in association with Bhopal Automobile Sports Club. The course laid out by Sportscraft wasn’t any ‘piece of cake’ type of track with all the sharp bends and loose gravels. In addition to this, there were various water logged areas on the track to worry the riders more. However, the riders displayed their excellent skills by racing as if these obstructions never even existed. The entire event was an overall exciting package as anticipated. All thanks to the excellent riders and their well-tamed machines blowing dust all over the track.
Mujaffar Ali from Bhopal and Pramod and Joshua who hail Bangalore impressed the crowds with their incredible talents on the dirt track in the Gulf Cup ‘Clash of the Titans’. They emerged as the well deserving kings of dirt track motorcycle racing in India. The trio had also displayed their superior skills in the previous legs held in Jaipur, Hyderabad and Nashik.
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Along with winning the Indian Expert Class Group ‘A’ Foreign Motorcycles up to 260cc, Joshua also claimed victory in the Indian Expert Class Group ‘B’ up to 260cc 2 & 4 stroke. He dominated the winning position like all previous rounds on his TVS. He withheld this position even though he faced tough competition from Pradeep and R. Nataraj who finished second and third respectively.
For Joshua, the first race was rather easy as compared to the Indian Expert Class Group ‘B’ where Sudeep Kotegar gave him a tough fight for the victory position. Kotegar however failed to succeed in his conquest to win the first position and ended up being second best. In the third place was Vishal Barguje.
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Amongst the Novices, Murthy R. proved to be as good as the experienced riders. He won the Novice Championship for bikes up to 165cc 2-stroke and up to 130cc. Fighting against the tough competition offered by Vineeth Kurup and Jatin Jain, Maninder Singh acclaimed the first position without much signs of difficulty in the Private Expert Class for Foreign Motorcycles 260cc 2 & 4 stroke. Vineeth and Jatin took the second and third place respectively.
In the Private Expert Class Group B up to 260cc 2 & 4 stroke, Mujjafar Ali claimed the victorious position along with Firoz Khan and Jes David who were second and third respectively. Ali showed extraordinary talent in winning all the four races he took part in, which made him the winner of maximum races in the event.
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The totally amused crowd expressed their gratitude towards Gulf Oil and Sportscraft and is all set to have more of such events in the years ahead.
The Complete results on Next Page
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“GULF CUP DIRT TRACK RACING – 2009 – 2010 BHOPAL OPEN EVENTS – RESULT”
POSITION PRIZE NAME OF THE WINNER ORIGIN
SCOOTERS – GROUP C, UPTO 110CC 2 & 4 STROKE
1ST TROPHY + RS. 2000/- MUJJAFAR ALI BHOPAL
2ND TROPHY + RS. 1500/- FEROZ KHAN AURANGABAD
3RD TROPHY + RS. 1000/- ASIF KHAN BHOPAL
LOCAL CLASS – GROUP C – MOTORCYCLES UPTO 165CC, 4 STROKE
1ST TROPHY + RS. 2500/- MUJJAFAR ALI BHOPAL
2ND TROPHY + RS. 1500/- MOHD YOUSUF BHOPAL
3RD TROPHY + RS. 1000/- MOHD SAAD KHAN BHOPAL
LOCAL CLASS – GROUP C – MOTORCYCLES UPTO 165CC , 2 STROKE
1ST TROPHY + RS. 2500/- MUJJAFAR ALI BHOPAL
2ND TROPHY + RS. 1500/- SHUJAAT KHAN BHOPAL
3RD TROPHY + RS. 1000/- MOHD ALI KHAN BHOPAL
“GULF CUP DIRT TRACK RACING – FINAL ROUND CLASH OF TITANS – 2009 – 2010 BHOPAL”
NOVICE CLASS, GROUP C – MOTORCYCLES UPTO 130CC – 4 STROKE
1ST TROPHY + RS. 22500/- *MURTHY R BANGALORE
2ND TROPHY + RS. 15000/- KANNAN NAIDU MUMBAI
3RD TROPHY + RS. 12000/- GAURAV NAIDU HYDERABAD
NOVICE CLASS, GROUP – C, MOTORCYCLE 131CC UPTO 165CC – 4 STROKES
1ST TROPHY + RS. 22500/- *MURTHY R BANGALORE
2ND TROPHY + RS. 15000/- A. ANANDH COIMBTORE
3RD TROPHY + RS. 12000/- ANILKUMAR S BANGALORE
NOVICE CLASS, GROUP C – MOTORCYCLES CC UPTO 165CC, 2 STROKE
1ST TROPHY + RS. 22500/- A. ANANDH COIMBTORE
2ND TROPHY + RS. 15000/- KSHITIJ SHUKLA MUMBAI
3RD TROPHY + RS. 12000/- SHUJAAT KHAN BHOPAL
PRIVATE EXPERT CLASS, GROUP B – MOTORCYCLES UPTO 260CC – 2 & 4 STROKE
1ST TROPHY + RS. 28000/- MUJAFFAR ALI BHOPAL
2ND TROPHY + RS. 20000/- FEROZ KHAN AURANGABAD
3RD TROPHY + RS. 15000/- JES DAVID JAIPUR
PRIVATE EXPERT CLASS, GROUP A – FOREIGN M’CYCLES UPTO 250CC – 2 & 4 STROKE
1ST TROPHY + RS. 28000/- MANINDER SINGH DELHI
2ND TROPHY + RS. 20000/- VINEET KURUP NASHIK
3RD TROPHY + RS. 15000/- JATIN JAIN NAGPUR
INDIAN EXPERT CLASS, GROUP – B, MOTORCYCLES UPTO 260CC – 2 & 4 STROKE
1ST TROPHY + RS. 27000/- *PROMOD JOSHUA BANGALORE
2ND TROPHY + RS. 18000/- *SUDEEP KOTEGAR MANGALORE
3RD TROPHY + RS. 13500/- *VISHAL BARGUJE BANGALORE
INDIAN EXPERT CLASS, GROUP A – FOREIGN M’CYCLES UPTO 250CC – 2 & 4 STROKE
1ST TROPHY + RS. 27000/- *PROMOD JOSHUA BANGALORE
2ND TROPHY + RS. 18000/- *H.K. PRADEEP BANGALORE
3RD TROPHY + RS. 13500/- *R. NATRAJ BANGALORE
*TVS Racing Team
Pramod and Joshua
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