Indian Racing Festival 2025; Round 1: Hyman hands Goa Aces’ victory in inaugural IRL race

Roul Hyman stormed through to win for Goa Aces as the 2025 Indian Racing Festival (IRF) roared to life at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore on Saturday, with a day of nail-biting qualifying sessions and fierce, precision racing.

One of the key highlights of the day was undoubtedly Kyle Kumaran from Kichcha’s Kings Bangalore, who crossed the line in 2nd place, after starting all the way down in 11th. Aqil Alibhai came in 3rd for the Chennai Turbo Riders after a steady and consistent performance from him.

Kumaran was originally supposed to have started on pole, but 2 of his lap times were deleted in the qualifying session, promoting Raoul to start on pole.

28th JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship (LGB F4)

Race 1 of the FLGB4 Category of the 28th edition of the JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship set the competitive tone for the weekend. A superb qualifying lap from Mehul Agarwal secured P1 on the grid. However, he was not able to hold on to the lead as Diljit TS got a great launch to take the lead. But he was also unable to hold on. As conditions improved and the racing line was rubbered in, Dhruvh Goswami started attacking to take the victory. Diljit crossed the line in P2 as Balaprasath A completed the podium positions.

Dhruvh Goswami (m) claimed a hard-fought victory.
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In Race 2, Dhruv Goswami was able to take the victory, finishing just 5 tenths ahead of Diljit TS in 2 ^nd. Mehul Agarwal finished 3 ^rd, 1.442 seconds behind the leader.