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Coimbatores Rajvirdhan of Prime Racing won from pole in Super Saloon class timing 20:24.968 seconds. Leela Krishnan 20:39.329 secs started fifth and finished second. Defending champion Siddharth Krishore was third in 20:57.189 secs,while Ram Narayanan finished a creditable fourth.

The LGB Formula Swift class qualifying saw pole sitter S Naredran of TVS Girling drifting away from a good start and losing time in the second lap due to oil spill from a car. Seizing the chance,Mumbais Ameya Walavalkar of Mars Racing won the 15 lapper timing 20:01.813 seconds. Teammate Deepak Ravi Kumar 20:09.308 secs of Chennai finished second.

Narendran shifted gears and passed three cars to close the gap and settled for third. Having returned a best lap time of 1min 59.132 secs,he clocked a total time of 20:09.579 secs.

Deepak Ravi kumar with 98 points leads the table followed by Ameya 75. Karthik Krishna 55 is third.

B Balavijay MotoRev India won Indian Junior Touring Cars ahead of pole-sitter DiljitShaji LCT Sigaram Racingwhose car lost pace after seven laps in the 10 lap race.