Soorya, Navneeth duo clinch overall title
The Hindu
The pair also tops the Pro-Stock 301-400cc category
Chennai’s P.M. Soorya and Puducherry’s Navneeth Kumar annexed the overall title in the TVS Eurogrip MMSC Motorcycle Endurance race at the MMRT here on Sunday. The pair also topped the Pro-Stock 301-400cc category while completing 55 laps over two hours. Finishing second a minute in arrears were pole-sitters from Hyderabad, Satyanarayana Raju and Sahil Shetty, while the team of Abhimanyu Gautam and R. Anand was third with 54 laps.
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