Mumbai’s Ameya Walavalkar had to settle for the second place after a neck-and-neck battle with eventual winner Goutham Parekh in Race 1 of the penultimate round of the JK Tyre National racing championship here on Saturday.
After qualifying in the third position, Mars Racing’s Walavalkar kept fighting till the last lap of the Formula LGB Swift category but failed to get past Parekh in Sriperumbudur, Chennai.
Results: Formula LGB Swift: Race 1: 1) G Parekh (Wallace Sports, 19:54.126), 2) A Walavalkar (Mars Racing, 19:54.238), 3) S Kumar (TVS Girling Racing, 19:57.034); Polo
R Cup: Qualifying: 1) O Kothadiya (Pune, 2:03.427), 2) V Prasad (Chennai, 2:03.436), 3) Rahil Noorani (Mumbai, 2:03.960)
