Coimbatore, 24 October 2026: Arya Singh won a shortened LGB Formula 4 race as the CTR-JK Tyre FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship 2026 opened at the Kari Motor Speedway on Saturday.
Rain, a red flag and a safety-car start made for a busy first day of Round 1, the opening event of the championship’s 29th season.
LGB Formula 4
The race was cut to 11 laps after four laps behind the safety car. Mehul Agarwal and Arya Singh fought for the lead from the front row, with Meco Racing’s Raghul Rangasamy forcing his way into second. Agarwal got back in front but spun a few laps from the end, leaving Singh to win by 2.456 seconds from Rangasamy.
Dark Don rookie Aditya Patnaik beat Agarwal to third by 0.120 seconds. Dhruv Goswami climbed from 19th on the grid to sixth.
Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup
Kabir Sahoch won both Amateur races from the front, by 2.298 and 3.218 seconds, and set the class’s quickest lap of 1:19.880. Mumbai’s Saurav Sanjay Dey finished fifth from tenth on the grid in Race 1 and second in Race 2.
In the Pro class, Coimbatore’s Senthil Kumar won Race 1 by 0.025 seconds from Anish Shetty, who set the fastest lap of 1:15.546. Navaneeth Kumar won Race 2 after a red-flag restart, 1.245 seconds clear of Senthil, with Vivek Satyanarayan Pillai third.
Levitas Cup and Novice Cup
Mumbai’s Pratik Sonawane won the JK Tyre Levitas Cup Gentleman class by 8.574 seconds from Sidharth Balasundaram. Mira Erda came through from eighth to third overall, and Sri Lanka’s Aadam Junaid won the Rookie class.
Meco Racing’s Shatveer Shetty won the F1300 Novice Cup by 10.865 seconds from pole. DTS Racing’s Augustine Boby was second and Junaid third. Nine drivers did not finish.
Touring cars
Arka Motorsports’ Arjun Narendran led the Indian Super Touring Cars from start to finish, winning by 10.042 seconds. Noida’s Aman Nagdev won the Indian Touring Cars, Team Performance Racing’s Deepak Ravikumar won the Indian Junior Touring Cars from 12th on the combined grid, and DTS Racing’s Diljith T S took the Super Stock win.
Round 1 ends on Sunday, with racing streamed live from 9.45am IST.
