Jagat Singh, Nagarjuna A win the first ever Indian Truck Race
Jagat Singh and Nagarjuna A have won the inaugural race of the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship, organized for Indian truck drivers. The championship, which is in its third edition, for the first time, featured the Super Class - a category for Indian drivers. These drivers were selected through training and selection programs from Tata Motors' fleet customers' operations across the country.
The drivers were trained by race instructors in India over a period of three months. The race attracted a crowd of over 50,000 people. The first place winners of the two Super Class category races were awarded Rs. 10 lakh each.
The Pro Class (which featured international racing drivers) saw David Jenkins, Rick Collett and Graham Powell finish first, second and third respectively.
David Jenkins of Team Tata Technologies, who had finished fourth in the first 8-lap race of the two Pro Class races, managed to take top honours in the final 20-lap race. Rick Collett and Graham Powell, both from Team Tata Cummins, took second and third place respectively.
Matt Summerfield of Team Castrol Vecton, winner of the first 8-lap race, clocked the fastest lap of 1:50:691 seconds in the second race, around the 3.1 kilometer long race track.
Results:
Race 1 - Indian Drivers Batch 1
- Jagat Singh
- Malkeet Singh
- Rajkumar Mahato
- MD Parvez
- Rabinder Yadav
- Syed Akram Pasha
Race 2 - International Drivers
- Matt Summerfield
- Graham Powell
- Rick Collett
- David Jenkins
- Tony Smith
- Ben Horne
- Olly Janes
- Paul McCumisky
- Adam Bint
- Brian Burt
- Simon Cole
- Ray Coleman
Race 3 - Indian Drivers Batch 2
- Nagarjuna A
- Bhag Chand
- Anand
- Jitendra Singh
- Bacchu Singh
- MD Iliyas
Race 4 - International Drivers
- David Jenkins
- Rick Collett
- Graham Powell
- Ben Horne
- Brian Burt
- Tony Smith
- Adam Bint
- Matt Summerfield
- Olly Janes
- Simon Cole
- Ray Coleman
- Paul McCumisky
Courtesy : Team BHP