Shlok Ghorpade dominates 2 classes but misses the plum

Prajwal adjudged 'Best Rider of the Day

Prajwal Vishwanath from Petronas TVS Racing came out triumphant in the SX1 class to be adjudged as the 'Best Rider of the Day' while privateer Shlok Ghorpade dominated two classes but missed the top slice by just a point in the SX1 in the fourth round of the MRF Mogrip fmsci Supercross National Championship promoted by God Speed Racing at Bengaluru in November.

SX1:

Local rider Prajwal V won the top honours with 34 points while Privateer Shlok Ghorpade from Satara with a single point difference lost the top slot and he finished second with 33 points. The remaining three places were also bagged by Petronas TVS Racing riders, Ikshan Shanbhag with 31 points in third, Rugved Barguje with 30 points in fourth and CD Jinan took fifth place with 24 points.

Moto 1, the first race of the day began with a pileup in the first corner as the top-three TVS riders collided but their teammate Prajwal Vishwanath sneaked in to take the lead followed by Shlok Ghorpade in second and retained the positions till Lap 4. Rugved quickly recovered from the first comer crash and started catching up with the tail-enders and in no time, he was running third and was trying to close the gap on Shlok. At that point, Shlok, had gained a lot of ground and was catching up with Prajwal. With two laps left, Shlok was almost next to the leader and was successful in taking the lead. Shlok Ghorpade won the first Moto followed by four Petronas TVS Racing riders Prajwal Vishwanath, Rugved Barguj, CD Jinan and Ikshan Shanbhag, in that order from second to fifth.