Chennai, Sept. 12 -- Shrugging off lack of sleep and jet-lag following an overnight journey from Spain to Chennai, and starting from the last row of the grid, a gritty 19-year-old Sarthak Chavan from Pune still found reserves of energy to win the premier Super Sport301-400cc Open race in the second round of the MRF 2W Indian National Racing Challenge at the Madras International Circuit, at Irungattukottai, about 40 km from here, on Saturday.
Sarthak, who arrived in Sriperumbudur at six in the morning today, missed Friday's practice and qualifying sessions, but found his rhythm at the right moment to pull off a stunning win, while acknowledging that leader Rahil Pillarisetty's retirement at the end of the penultimate lap played a part in hi...