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Muddappa becomes most-decorated motorsports athlete with dozen national titles | | | agencies CHENNAI, Dec 24: Ten-time national drag racing champion Hemanth Muddappa became the most-decorated motorsports athlete with an unprecedented dozen titles after remaining unbeaten in top two classes to emerge a double champion in the MMSC-FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship here on Sunday. He made it a sweet double emerging triumphant in both the Unrestricted Class and the 1051 to 1650cc class in the fourth and final round at the Madras International Circuit (MIC) at Irungattukottai near here. Muddappa won the 1051 to 1650cc class title despite suffering a wheelie at the start and annexed the top place in both round 3 and 4 to bring his tally of national titles to a grand dozen. He remained unbeaten in these top two classes in all the four rounds, throughout the year. Earlier in the morning, Muddappa won the 4-stroke unrestricted category astride the Suzuki Hayabusa, beating arch-rival and Bengaluru mate Alimon Saidalvi, clocking a blistering 07.746s and went on to claim another first place in the 4S 1051 to 1650cc class, beating another stalwart Mohammed Riyaz of Hyderabad with a time of 7.779s. |
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