National Racing 2W: Hyderabad’s Rahil grabs pole in 301-400cc Class

Chennai: Showing impressive pace, Hyderabad’s Rahil Pillarisetty (RACR Castrol Power1) qualified for pole position in the premier Super Sport 301-400cc Open class as the second round of the Indian National Racing Challenge 2W – 2026 commenced at the Madras International Circuit in Chennai on Friday.

The 28-year-old Rahil put in a hot lap of one minute, 48.806 seconds for pole position ahead of Chennai teenager Rakshith Dave (Petronas TVS Racing) and Bengaluru’s Savion Sabu (Mad Rabbit Racing).

Rahil’s two arch-rivals, Sarthak Chavan (Pune), who is on a flight back from Europe, and Chiranth Vishwanath (Bengaluru), missed both practice and qualifying sessions. The Petronas TVS Racing team pair is expected to reach Chennai on Saturday, in time for the race, which they will start from the back of the grid. The others to qualify for pole position in their respective classes were KK Anandhu (Veedol C2 Racing) from Chennai in Stock 301-400cc Novice; R. Hari Haran (RACR Castrol Power1) from Coimbatore in Stock 165cc Novice; Venkatesan Iyyappan (M3 Torque Motorsports) from Chennai in Pro-Stock 200cc.

Chennai’s Kamal Navas snatched the pole position in the Expert (Apache RR310) class, followed by Bengaluru’s AS James. Completing the front row was another Chennai rider, Manoj Yesuadian.

Brimming with confidence following her win in last month’s Round-1, young Poojita Anil Kumar from Bengaluru qualified for pole position in the Women class (Apache RTR 200). Hyderabad’s Hannah Akkineni Joshitha will start from P2, followed by Dhrishya Nair from Bengaluru.

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