C S Santosh stole the limelight as Team TVS Racing dominated the first round of the Gulf Cup Dirt Track Racing for two-wheelers, which attracted a record 177 entries, in Mangalore, on Sunday, April 27.
The Bangalore rider extracted the maximum from his well-prepared machine to win the glamour events for 260cc motorcycles. He won three races -- both the Indian Expert classes for Indian motorcycles upto 260cc and one race in the Indian Expert Class for foreign motorcycles upto 260cc two and four stroke.
Despite the hot and humid conditions, a huge crowd turned up at the Mangala Exhibition grounds in anticipation of high action from the country’s best riders. With all the winners of last season's Gulf National Dirt Track Championship present they were obliged. None of the riders belied expectations as they went through the motions on a specially-laid out serpentine course prepared by organizers Sportscraft of Mumbai.
Riders line-up for one of the Indian Expert Class races for modified foreign motorcycles
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