Chennai, Oct. 30 -- Pune's Sarthak Chavan marked his 20th birthday by qualifying for pole position with a record lap in the premier Super Sport 301-400cc Open class to launch his campaign in the third round of the MRF Indian National Racing Challenge 2W 2026 in style at the Madras International Circuit at Irungattukottai, about 40 km from here, on Friday.
Sarthak, who heads the points table following three wins in four starts, clocked a blistering flying lap of 01 minute, 47.251 seconds which bettered the previous best of 01:47.291 set earlier today in free practice by his Petronas TVS Racing team-mate Chiranth Vishwanath.
In the process, Sarthak led a 1-2 for his team as veteran KY Ahmed was placed second ahead of Thiruvallur's Mohamed M...