Chennai, Dec. 28 -- Mumbai's Hanuman Pawshe (Fast Track Racing India) annexed the title in the premier Unrestricted class after defending champion Hemanth Muddappa (Mantra Racing) was penalized for jump start in the final run to provide a dramatic finish tothe MMSC-FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship at the Madras International Circuit, at Irungattukottai,about 40 km from here, on Sunday.
Going into the fourth and final round today, both Pawshe and Bengaluru's Muddappa were tied on 55 points with the former's teammate Alimon Saidalvi (Bengaluru) two points adrift of the leaders.
In the final run today, Muddappa was pulled up for a jump start which left Pawshe the championship winner in this category ahead of Saidalvi...