Coimbatore, 25 October 2026: Meco Racing’s Dhruvh Goswami and Balaprasath won the two LGB Formula 4 races on Sunday as Round 1 of the CTR-JK Tyre FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship 2026 ended at the Kari Motor Speedway.
Eight races were held on the final day. The touring-car finale ended in a collision at the last corner, and heavy rain forced the second F4 race to be stopped.
LGB Formula 4
Goswami won the first race by 0.356 seconds after several safety-car periods. He passed Mehul Agarwal around the outside to take the lead back, with Saturday’s winner Arya Singh third. Rookie Ashwin Kumar KP finished eighth overall.
The second race began behind the safety car in torrential rain and was red-flagged and classified after nine laps. Balaprasath won from pole by 0.392 seconds from teammate Agarwal, with Raghul Rangasamy third. Six drivers retired, including Deepak Ravikumar and Ashwin Kumar KP.
Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup
Vadodara’s Kabir Sahoch made it three wins from three in the Amateur class, winning by 1.793 seconds with a fastest lap of 1:19.452. Harish Yodhin climbed from fifth to second, ahead of Saurav Sanjay Dey.
In the Pro class, Bengaluru’s Anish Shetty came from fifth on the grid to win by 4.091 seconds from Navaneeth Kumar and set the fastest lap of 1:15.648. Senthil Kumar was third.
Levitas Cup and Novice Cup
Pratik Sonawane completed a weekend sweep in the Levitas Cup Gentleman class, winning by 5.053 seconds from Sidharth Balasundaram. Vinith Kumar took third from Mira Erda on the penultimate lap, and Aadam Junaid won the Rookie class again.
Shatveer Shetty also won both F1300 Novice Cup races, this time by 8.866 seconds. Augustine Boby beat Junaid to second by 0.458 seconds, while Ruthvik Reddy took fourth from Yash Vikram Singh by 0.004 seconds on the final lap.
Touring cars
Team N1 Intervalve’s Biren Pithawalla won the rain-hit Indian Super Touring Cars race by 2.480 seconds after a multi-class collision at the final corner with Arjun Narendran. Aman Nagdev slipped through to win the Indian Touring Cars again. Deepak Ravikumar beat Srinivas Teja by 0.115 seconds for a second Indian Junior Touring Cars win, and Diljith T S completed a Super Stock double.
Round 2 is at the same circuit from 13 to 15 November.
