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Rahil Pillarisetty, Jagathishree Kumaresan wins twice, Double for Rajender Beedan

Chennai, Oct 5 (UNI) Rahil Pillarisetty from Hyderabad and local ace Jagathishree Kumaresan achieved a double apiece in their respective categories to finish the fourth round of the MRF MMSC-FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2025
on a high at the Madras International Circuit, at Irungattukottai, about 40 km from here, today.
Also completing a double was another Hyderabad rider, Rajender Beedani (MAI Racing) in the Stock 165cc (Novice) class while Chennai’s Soorya PM (Chandra LGE Racing) topped the Pro-Stock 200cc Open race and Varun Patil (Mad Rabbit Racing) from Bengaluru took the honours in the Stock 301-400cc (Novice) outing after the front-runners crashed in the last lap.
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