Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS): IDEMITSU Honda SK69 Racing Team's Rajiv Sethu clinched second place in the Pro-165cc race on the penultimate day of the final round of the 2021 Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship, here on Friday.

Fighting fiercely from the start itself, Rajiv quickly leapt to first place. While continuing to maintain his lead, a small mistake in lap 4 moved him down. However, Rajiv kept his calm and bounced back to finish second. Unfortunately, Mathana Kumar and Senthil Kumar could not finish the race.

On an eventful day, IDEMITSU Honda India Talent Cup NSF250R Race 1 closed with Sarthak Chavan, Kavin Quintal and Mohsin P as top contenders.

After an unfortunate crash between four out of nine riders, it was a 4-lap shootout for five millennial riders -- Sarthak, Kavin, Mohsin and Vivek Kapadia and Samuel Martin.

Racing his finest from the get-go, Pune's Sarthak finished on top followed by Chennai's Kavin who finished in second place.

In a head-on battle for the third spot, Valanchery's Mohsin moved ahead of Samuel and confirmed third place on the podium, whereas Sameul Martin and Vivek Kapadia finished fourth and fifth respectively.

Meanwhile, Vivek Gaurav, Siddesh Sawant and Raheesh Khatri rounded off the podium in race 1 of IDEMITSU Honda India Talent Cup CBR150R class.

The 19-year-old Vivek of Patna made his way to the first position with a comfortable lead of 1.713 seconds, while Siddesh of Uttur, starting the race from the last row, finished second. Giving a tough competition to Siddesh in the last few laps was 14-year-old Raheesh Khatri of Mumbai who ultimately secured third place at the podium, recording the best lap of 2:07.611.

On the other hand, Chennai's Kevin Kannan finished race 1 of Honda Hornet 2.0 One Make Race in the first place. Joining him on the podium at the second and third place were G Balaji and Ajai Xavier.