Yamaha R15 One Make Race Championship concludes

Yamaha R15 One Make Race Championship, which started in Chennai this year, came to a thrilling and exciting end today as the fifth and the final leg concluded at the Madras Motor Race Track, Chennai. The racing track was set abuzz with roaring excitement as hordes of youngsters turned up to witness two days of biking expertise shown by the participants. Yamaha had organized this championship as part of SIDVIN-FMSCI National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2010. This year, Yamaha R15 One Make Race Championship was open to participation from both Yamaha and Non-Yamaha customers.

 
Displaying their racing skills, the bikers participated in two categories - Novice and Expert comprising of two rounds of each. Mr. G.R. Santosh of Bangalore emerged the winner in Race 1 in the Novice category while Mr. B. Lalrutsanga and Mr. Arjun E.B bagged the 1st Runner Up and 2nd Runner Up position respectively. In Race 2 of the same category, Mr. Arun J Pillai of Chennai took the first spot, Mr. G R Santosh of Bangalore took the second spot and Mr. Deepak Pepineni grabbed the third spot. Mr. R Deepak of Chennai stole the show by winning both races in the Expert category. Mr.  Shayam Shankar was the 1st Runner Up in Race 1 while Mr. D. Dinesh Kumar was the 2nd Runner. On the other hand, Mr. D. Dinesh Kumar showed his dexterity and came second in Race 2 of this category and Mr. Shayam Shankar took the third position in the podium. Mr. R. Deepak won the 2010 Championship in Expert category while Mr. G.R. Santosh was the champion in Novice category. Both of them have been awarded SZ-X bikes.

The technology in Yamaha YZF R15 has percolated from R1 (Delta box frame/ Fuel Injection/ 6 speed gearbox/ styling/ Liquid Cooled 4V engine). Just like R1, it is light weight, has power on demand, besides having centralized mass, stopping power, aerodynamics, ergonomics and stability/rigidity, among others. It has the controllability and maneuverability to maximize riding/cornering/braking performance.

IYM operates from its state-of-the-art manufacturing units at Surajpur in Uttar Pradesh and Faridabad in Haryana and produces motorcycles both for domestic & export markets. With a strong workforce of more than 2,000 employees, IYM is highly customer-driven and has a countrywide network of over 400 dealers. Presently, its product portfolio includes VMAX (1,679cc), MT01 (1,670cc), YZF-R1 (998cc), Fazer (153cc), FZ-S (153cc), FZ16 (153cc), SZ & SZ-X (153cc), YZF-R15 (150cc), SS125 (123cc), YBR 125 (123cc), Yamaha YBR 110 (106cc) and Crux (106cc).