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Hyderabad biker bags national drag racing championship

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Hyderabad, TELANGANA :

The city bike racer clocked 7.922, beating the likes of Hemant Mudappa (08.162) , 3. Sugan Prasad (Bengaluru) (08.382).

Mohammed Riyaz recently hogged the limelight in the 851-1050cc section in the first round of the MMSC Fmsci Indian National Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship in Chennai.

Hyderabad:

Hyderabad’s Mohammed Riyaz recently hogged the limelight in the 851-1050cc section in the first round of the MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship in Chennai. The city bike racer clocked 7.922, beating the likes of Hemant Mudappa (08.162); 3. Sugan Prasad (Bengaluru) (08.382).

“It was a big one as it was my 100th career title,’’ said the 31-year-old. The event was conducted in a secure bio-bubble environment at the MMRT circuit in Chennai.

Racing is in his blood as his father Mohd Yousuf was also a bike racer. “I learnt the basics from him. He pushed me into the racing career. Thanks to his encouragement I have achieved many victories in the national circuit,’’ he said.

Riaz participates in drag and circuit racing. While he uses BMW s1000RR (pro) for circuit racing, he rides the Yamaha YZF R1. “I bought the BMW in 2017 the Yamaha is dated back to 2008. It has given me good results.’’

Known for his passion for racing, Riaz said speed thrills him. “It needs a lot of skill to race at high speed. I take a lot of care of my bikes. I have the fastest time of 9.55 seconds in a normal quarter-mile course of 402 metres. I have the honour to do the fastest timing for the last three years. Of course, there is an element of risk. So it all depends how you handle your bike,’’ added Riaz, who is regarded as the best fine tuner of the bikes in the country. He even got the best tuners title too. “Other racers have extra horsepower with new bikes, I continue with my old one and race with it.’’

The city racer has participated in international racing in Malaysia once. “There is a lot of difference from countries like Malaysia or Italy. We hardly have any race circuit in the country. In fact, we don’t have any place to practice. We have a lot of talented racers in the city,’’ he said.


Riaz idolises Valentino Rossi, an Italian professional motorcycle racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion. “He is a God in racing and greatest motorcycle racers of all time.’’

source: http://www.telanganatoday.com / Telangana Today / Home> Sport> Other Sports / by N Jagannath Das / October 21st, 2020

Riyaz, Joel star in JK Tyre Vroom final day

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Hyderabad, TELANGANA / Bengaluru, KARNATAKA   :

Bengaluru :

“I have come straight from a good stint in Hosur and was feeling good,” Riyaz said “I was confident of a good outing and right from the start of the race, I knew that I was on a roll,” he added

Hyderabad’s  Mohammed Riyaz and Bengaluru’s   Joel Joseph did the star turn in the JK Tyre Vroom Quarter- Mile Rush, winning the Super Bikes and Super Cars categories with elan here today.

Riyaz, a runner-up in the National Drag Racing Championship, was supreme in the Unrestricted Open Class, completing the 400 metre dash in just 9.869 seconds.

Racing on his favourite Yamaha RD 7, his reaction time was an amazing 0.507 seconds at the start that give him an unbeatable edge over all the competitors.

“I have come straight from a good stint in Hosur and was feeling good,” Riyaz said. “I was confident of a good outing and right from the start of the race, I knew that I was on a roll,” he added.

“I know my bike very well and I had full faith in myself. I really enjoyed myself,” Riyaz said, when asked about his victory.

In the four-wheeler Unrestricted Class, local boy Joel was a picture of confidence in his Honda City Turbo Dragster. He won the race handsomely as excited fans cheered him on, needing just 12.763 seconds with a great reaction time to clinch the title and all the bragging rights.

Joel reigned supreme in the Indian Open as well to make it a grand double. He clocked a total time of 12.673 seconds which was beyond all the others’ reach.

“I am very satisfied with both my runs today. Coming to the event as a defending champion gave me that confidence and I always knew I had a great chance,” Joel said.

Earlier, Riyaz looked good for the championship mantle in the speedy 851 to 1051cc Class as well, after having clocked 9.912 seconds. But seasoned Rizwan Khan  pulled off a sensational run, recording the quickest time of the day: 9.677 seconds.

“It was an amazing performance by Rizwan,” the Hyderabadi said, graciously acknowledging his friend-cum-rival’s victory. In the super sport Indian Open, Kaleem Pasha of Bengaluru proved to be the king, taking the title in flat 11.778 seconds.

Nidha Adeni of Bangalore, the only lady racer on the second day of the JK Tyre Vroom event, finished a commendable fifth in the Indian Cars’ 1101-1400 cc category.

source:  http://www.outlookindia.com / Outlook / Bengaluru – April 30th, 2017