Chennai, July 6th, 2010: Even as Yamaha R15 One Make Race Championship continues to create roaring excitement, the second leg saw hordes of youngsters turned up to witness the same at the Madras Motor Race Track, Chennai this weekend. 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.

The championship saw a great deal of enthusiasm from the participants in all the rounds. While GR Santhhosh emerged as the winner of The Yamaha R15 Novice Race, R Deepak stole the limelight by winning both the races under Expert category. K. Rajini won the Sidvin FMSCI national championship round 2 group A super stock 600 cc championship.

The contestants struck the track on Yamaha’s Super Sports YZF-R15 and experienced the breathtaking acceleration of the bike on a race circuit. Loaded with true Yamaha racing DNA, YZF-R15 provided complete racing experience to the biking enthusiasts and hands on feel of its power, stability, cornering and braking. Yamaha made their experience more exciting by mounting Daytona Racing Kits in the bikes. These kits are developed using valuable experience gained from MotoGP & World Superbike racing and are designed exclusively for racing purpose in a closed circuit.

Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Yutaka Terada, Director – Sales & Marketing, India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd. said, “The championship has been quite exciting as is reflected in the level of participation and response from the audience. Through our innovative racing events like Racing Ride-tech Challenge and R15 Racing Championships and now R15 One Make Race, we take forward our global legacy of being a brand that is redefining the biking culture in India and is providing Indian bike enthusiasts an opportunity to experience the combined thrill of technological superiority and artistic brilliance.”

The technology in 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.

All the riders participating in Yamaha R15 One Make Race Championship will be evaluated till the fourth Round on the basis of their performance. The best performing riders (One from each Class: 1 - NOVICE & 1 – EXPERT) would be given a chance to participate in the “YAMAHA ASEAN CUP RACE” to be held in Malaysia later in 2010. Talented Riders can further get a chance to compete in “ASIA ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIP RACE 600cc Class” based on their performance in Yamaha ASEAN Cup Race-2010. Rider selected based on his performance in the Asia Road Race Championship 600cc Class can make his Life Time Dream come true as he could get a chance to participate in the Grand Prix.

Yamaha’s Corporate culture has always given special importance to bike racing in India as a way of expressing the ‘spirit of challenge’ that it values so highly. Earlier, the Racing Ride-tech Challenge events have proved to be very successful in their aim of inculcating the racing spirit as well promote safe biking culture in the country. Now, with R15 One Make Race, Yamaha aims to take the racing culture and spirit in India to the next level.