Coimbatore, 15 November: Dhruvh Goswami won both LGB Formula 4 races on the final day of Round 2 of the CTR-JK Tyre FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship 2026 at Kari Motor Speedway on Sunday. The first win was by 0.175 seconds over Arya Singh after a last-lap overtake.
Kabir Sahoch and Senthil Kumar were crowned the 2026 Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup champions in the Amateur and Professional classes. Round 3 is at the same circuit from 11 to 13 December.
LGB Formula 4
Meco Racing’s Goswami started the day by beating Dark Don Racing’s Arya Singh by 0.175 seconds. Singh led from pole before Goswami went ahead on lap two. A collision between Mehul Agarwal and Aditya Patnaik ended both drivers’ races and brought out the safety car. Singh regained the lead in the closing stages, but Goswami passed him again on the final lap. Goswami’s teammate Raghul Rangasamy was third. Singh set the fastest lap of 1:16.470, and Ashwin Kumar KP won the Rookie class ahead of Ashok Lal and Yogi Krishnan.
In the finale, a 25-minute race plus one lap that ran to 19 laps, Goswami started fifth and won by 1.956 seconds over Singh. Sandeep Kumar led early before Goswami took the front. Kumar and Balaprasath touched and both retired, and a separate incident involving Aashvit Aggarwal preceded a safety-car period. Patnaik finished third, and Goswami set the fastest lap of 1:16.692.
Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup
Vadodara’s Kabir Sahoch won his fifth Amateur race in a row by 2.278 seconds. Saurav Sanjay Dey led on the opening lap, but Sahoch was back in front by lap three and pulled clear. He set the fastest lap of 1:18.687, with Dey second and Varun Ravindran third.
In the Pro class, Anish Shetty came through a close early fight with Senthil Kumar and Navaneeth Kumar, in which the lead changed hands several times, and won by 2.598 seconds. Senthil finished second, 0.177 seconds ahead of Allwin Xavier, who recovered from a near-fall to take third and set the fastest lap of 1:15.848. The round closed the 2026 Continental GT Cup season, with Sahoch champion in the Amateur class and Senthil in the Professional class.
JK Tyre Levitas Cup and the touring car classes
Mumbai’s Pratik Sonawane swept Round 2 in the Levitas Cup Gentleman class, turning pole position into a win by 9.586 seconds over Rookie winner Kaveen Rajapaksa, who was second overall. Sonawane held off an early challenge from Rajapaksa and set the fastest lap of 1:23.713. Ashwin Pugalagiri and Balaji Raju completed the Gentleman podium after Chetan Korada lost ground for exceeding track limits. Rajapaksa also swept the Rookie class, ahead of Aadam Junaid and Ajay Sankar.
Arka Motorsports’ Arjun Narendran won both Indian Super Touring Cars races, the first by 7.009 seconds over Arjun Balu and the second by 48.623 seconds. Biren Pithawalla was third in the first race. In the second, contact between Balu and Pithawalla ended Balu’s race, and Pithawalla finished second ahead of Anant Pithawalla. Narendran set the fastest laps in both races, 1:13.342 and 1:13.208.
In Indian Touring Cars, Aman Nagdev won the first race from Vidyaprakash Damodaran and Yug Jagdishkumar Italiya. Balaprasath A won the second from Italiya and Damodaran after Nagdev retired early.
Team Performance Racing’s Anirudha Arvind beat teammate Deepak Ravikumar by 0.307 seconds in the Indian Junior Touring Cars after retaking the lead with a late move on the inside. Srinivas Teja was third, and Ravikumar set the fastest lap of 1:18.928. In Super Stock, DTS Racing’s Diljith T S won every race of the round, ahead of Deepa S John and Ezhil Edinburgh Komagan.
F1300 Novice Cup
Meco Racing’s Shatveer Shetty won after swapping the lead with DTS Racing’s Augustine Boby. Boby led from pole before Shetty went ahead, and a collision between Momentum Motorsports teammates Aadam Junaid and Kaveen Rajapaksa brought out the safety car. Boby took the lead back with an inside move, but Shetty answered at the Mickey Mouse section and won by 3.863 seconds. Boby was second and set the fastest lap of 1:16.862, and DTS Racing’s Kek Qian Jun took third from Ruthvik Reddy on lap nine.
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