# Rakshith Dave wins MRF Challenge after Chiranth penalty 2026-08-15T20:37:11+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Rakshith Dave, 18, inherited victory in the premier Super Sport 301-400cc class of the MRF Indian National Racing Challenge 2W after a 30-second penalty was imposed on Chiranth Vishwanath, who had taken the chequered flag first. The first round concluded at the Madras International Circuit in Chennai on Sunday. Sportstar reported that on Saturday, Pune's Sarthak Chavan, 19, had won the opening race with a last-lap move, leading a Petronas TVS Racing 1-2 finish ahead of Chiranth and Rahil Pillarisetty. In the Super Stock 301-400cc race, 16-year-old Kabilesh Rajini Krishnan, son of 11-time national champion Rajini Krishnan, secured his maiden domestic win, according to The Hindu. Alwin Xavier had won the same category's first race on Saturday after teammate Kabilesh retired. Chennai's Ann Jennifer (Motul Sparks Racing) completed a double in the Super Stock 165cc Intermediate class, winning both races over the weekend. Bengaluru's Poojita Anil Kumar, 18, notched her maiden national-level win in the Women's category of the Petronas TVS Racing One-Make Championship. The second round of the championship is expected to be announced later. ## Coverage - sportstar.thehindu.com - thehindu.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-16T14:10:39+00:00. Tags: Ann Jennifer, Madras International Circuit, Sarthak Chavan Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/sarthak-chavan-wins-indian-national-racing-challenge-2w-opener/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/sarthak-chavan-wins-indian-national-racing-challenge-2w-opener/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/