Vishnu Prasad wins 2nd race in Round 5 of Volkswagen-JK Tyre Polo Cup India 2010 at Chennai

Vishnu Prasad, the super racer had shown an extraordinary show at Volkswagen- JK Tyre Polo Cup India 2010 to win the 2nd race of Round 5 at the Irungattukottai Race Track with the total time of 00:25:18.816. Parth Ghorpade finished as the first runner up and Dhruv Behl stood third, Sailesh Bolisetti, the champion came fourth. The 2nd race was signaled by the Volkswagen Motorsport Director Mr. Kris Nissen and the Senior Vice-President on the International Projects at the Volkswagen Group Mr. Hans Demant. Vishnu the winner at the 2nd race started at 6th position and put up an outstanding show by making his way to win the motor racing.

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Vishnu Prasad elated on his win said that, his vision is to again acquire the top 3 position in the championships. He also added in excitement that, he had a great start and it is great to be back on the dice with the winners.

Parth Ghorpade, stood at the second position said, the race was a pleasant experience for him, and after this challenge he is confident to win the final race at the weekend. He also said that, his pace was strong in the race and for the first time in this race he is leading the championship.

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Mr Prithviraj Siddappa, the head of Volkswagen Motorsports in India said that, the company received great response for Polo Cup for this season in India. The race was extremely enthusiastic for the organizers with an exciting show presented by the racers, and the champions will be decided in the finale.

The Polo Cup India, 5th and next to the last round of debut race season was inaugurated on November 28th at Irungattukottai Racing Track. The race will end with the finale which will take place on 18-19 December in Chennai.

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The German car makers are dedicated motor sport lovers as they contributes in organising the cross country racing rallies which includes Europe, Germany and the United States and also Asian countries. Volkswagen promotes young talent on board. For the first time, in 1976, German auto maker sponsored the one-make tour cup. The others were the Scirocco Cup, and the drivers of the race eventually became Formula 1 racer Manfred Winkelhock. In the year 1977, the first generation of the Volkswagen Golf GTI switched Scirocco as the cup vehicle and till 1982 it was the most popular car in the competition for young racers. The second generation, Volkswagen Polo cup was followed in 1983, in the beginning it was affixed with 88 hp normally aspirated engine model and 1986, the 112 hp compressor engine. In 1998, Volkswagen came with Volkwagen Lupo, which was an engineers marvel, the top class sports model at competitive prices and also the Volkswagen Beetle Cup.

1998 brought new concept on the racing tracks. It was centrally fielded cars and swapping of other models easily. 2004 brought the new powered Volkswagen Polo with 150 hp which switched the hatch Volkswagen Lupo as cup vehicle and the concept in racing improved. The success of the Polo Cup lies closely to DTM-Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft. The prime league in the tour racing has been successful in pulling crowd and is considered to be necessary for junior car racers career. 

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