Indian Racing Festival 2025, Day 2: Sai Sanjay hands Speed Demons Delhi impressive victory

The Indian Racing Festival (IRF) 2025 delivered another action-packed day at the Kari Motor Speedway on Sunday. On day 1, Raoul Hyman dominated the IRL Driver A Race, setting the tone for the festival. On day 2, fans witnessed Sai Sanjay from Speed Demons Delhi take an impressive victory in the IRL Driver B Race in Coimbatore.

Right off the start, front row starters, Akshay Bohra and Neel Jani battled it out for the lead into turn one. Bohra came out on top while Neel Jani dropped below the top 3. Just as Bohra was looking good to separate himself from the rest of the pack, but suddenly lost pace and fell behind Sai Sanjay and the top 5. 

Sai was loosely followed by the Goa Aces driver, Fabienne Wohlwend. One of the biggest highlights of the race was the battle for 3rd place. With Akash Gowda leading Tijil Rao and Neel Jani, there was only one lap to go. Rao from the Chennai Turbo Riders was able to make a move on Gowda to take 3rd place.

However, with just a few more corners to go, Rao left the gap for Gowda and Jani to get past him. But the battle didn’t end there. In the last couple of corners, Neel Jani from the Kichcha’s Kings Bengaluru, was able to make a desperate and successful move to take the final podium position from Akash Gowda. 

At the start of the race, a 3rd place finish would not have been ideal for Jani. But after his power failure on lap 1, his P3 finish was an impressive comeback from the Swiss driver. With all this drama happening behind him, Sai Sanjay cruised on to take victory in Race 2 of Round 1 at the Kari Motor Speedway. 

Speaking after the race, Sai Sanjay said, “I think we had the pace all weekend. We were quickest on Friday, just unfortunate in qualifying where I messed up a bit and we ended up P3. But I knew we had the pace, big time. The team did an amazing job with the car. The team are now focused on the next round going to Chennai.“