By Invitation : Ucal Rolon National Road Racing Championships'09 - Round One by Navroze Contractor

The first round of the Ucal Rolon Championships was held at the Kari Speed way in Coimbatore. The track is situated in a beautiful location sixteen kilometers from Coiambatore and the weather these days was much cooler than expected. I was there to cover the Super Bikes class, and specially the Red Rooster Racing team, and how they go about their business.

Every racing event has some drama, and this one particularly had high drama, to put it mildly. Andrew Morris and Mathew Lim from Red Rooster racing had come down from Singapore. Joe Raja Singh and his honcho Muju were there in tech team. Amit Sandill had his hands full throughout the weekend with logistics that are needed to run a racing team with four riders. K. Rajini, Preetham Dev Moses, and Sameer Venugopal rode Yamaha R6 while was on his Honda 600. Rajini, Preetham and Rohit had reputations to protect. They have raced internationally and so, all eyes were on them. The programme was rather over packed with events. Small bikes with many classes, 600 Super sports, one-liter super bikes, plus a series of go-cart races, all were accommodated in the weekend. Such a tight schedule requires a high degree of organization and time management. That all the events were pulled of, though with minor irritants was an achievement of the organizers.

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