Coimbatore, 12 November: Kari Motor Speedway will host Round 2 of the CTR-JK Tyre FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship 2026 on 14 and 15 November, with 18 races across the weekend and the winners of the opening round now the drivers to catch.
Round 1 produced dominant victories, a last-corner collision and a rain stoppage, leaving several classes finely balanced. Live coverage will be shown on JK Tyre Motorsport’s Facebook and YouTube channels from 9.30am IST on both days.
LGB Formula 4: three races, three winners
The single-seater class had a different winner in every race. Arya Singh took the wet Saturday race by 2.456 seconds, Meco Racing’s Dhruvh Goswami won Sunday’s first race by 0.356 seconds with an outside move on Mehul Agarwal, and Balaprasath converted pole into victory in the rain-hit finale, which was red-flagged and classified after nine laps.
Goswami’s win came after a Saturday recovery from 19th on the grid to sixth. Agarwal fought at the front in all three races, Raghul Rangasamy reached the podium twice and rookie Aditya Patnaik finished third on Saturday, 0.120 seconds ahead of Agarwal.
Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup: Sahoch sweeps the Amateurs
Vadodara’s Kabir Sahoch won all three Amateur races, by 2.298, 3.218 and 1.793 seconds, and cut his fastest lap from 1:19.880 to 1:19.452. Mumbai’s Saurav Sanjay Dey leads the chase after finishing fifth, second and third, with Srivilliputtur’s Harish Yodhin also in contention.
The Professionals had three winners: Coimbatore’s Senthil Kumar won Race 1 from pole by 0.025 seconds, Navaneeth Kumar won Race 2 after a red-flag restart, and Bangalore’s Anish Shetty won Sunday’s race from fifth on the grid by 4.091 seconds while setting the class’s quickest lap of 1:15.546.
JK Tyre Levitas Cup and Novice Cup
In the Levitas Cup, Mumbai’s Pratik Sonawane won both Gentleman races from pole, by 8.574 and 5.053 seconds, with Sidharth Balasundaram second each time. Sri Lanka’s Aadam Junaid won both Rookie races. In the Novice Cup, Meco Racing’s Shatveer Shetty won both races from pole by 10.865 and 8.866 seconds, ahead of DTS Racing’s Augustine Boby.
Super Saloon: titles still open
DTS Racing’s Diljith T S won both Super Stock races and Noida’s Aman Nagdev did the same in the Indian Touring Cars. Deepak Ravikumar of Team Performance Racing won both Indian Junior Touring Cars races. The Indian Super Touring Cars are the most open class: Arka Motorsports’ Arjun Narendran won on Saturday, but Team N1 Intervalve’s Biren Pithawalla took Sunday’s wet race after a last-corner pile-up cost Narendran the win, with Arjun Balu also in the hunt.
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