Ameo Super Race 2020: A fitting farewell to the Race Ameo

For 2020, Volkswagen Motorsport India will bring back the Race Polo, in its new avatar, as the machine for its one-make championship. So, the outgoing Race Ameo received a proper farewell this weekend at the MMRT in Chennai.    

After three successful seasons of its premier one-make racing championship with the Race Ameo, Volkswagen Motorsport India bid an emotional farewell to its creation at the Madras Motor Race Track in Chennai this weekend. As our readers may be aware, this weekend marked the beginning of the 2020 season of the MRF Indian National Car Racing Championship (INCRC), alongside which, MRF also hosted the final round of its marquee international four-wheeler championship - the MRF Challenge.

While the MRF Challenge ran its six Formula 2000 (F2000) races separately, Volkswagen ran the Ameo Super Race as a support race in MRF's 'All Saloons' category. In essence, Volkswagen invited top Indian racing drivers from across the country (most of whom have participated in VW's one-make championships earlier) to be part of the farewell Ameo Super Race (not a part of the 2020 MRF INCRC).

Moreover, folks at MRF Racing decided to mix things up and combined all saloon categories into a single race. The result? A 29-car starting grid comprising of the Race Ameos, the Indian Touring Car (ITC) contenders as well as the Super Stock class.

Arjun Balu of Race Concepts (ITC competitor) had an exceptional race weekend as he opened his 2020 innings with solid victories in both All Saloon races over the weekend. This also made him the top finisher in the ITC category. As for the Ameo Super Race, Saurav Bandyopadhyay topped the class on Day 1 (Race 1), followed by Anindith Reddy in second and Dhruv Mohite in third. On Day 2, 2018 and 2019 Ameo Cup competitor Anmol Singh Sahil topped the Ameo category, again followed by Reddy in second and Mohite in third.

Anindith Reddy won the 2015 Volkswagen Vento Cup and also tasted success as the 2016 & 2017 Euro JK champion (JK Tyre National Racing Championship). Meanwhile, Dhruv Mohite won the 2018 VW Ameo Cup.

Here are the race results for Day 1 and Day 2:

Ameo Super Race

Race 1:

1st - S. Bandyopadhyay - Mumbai

2nd - A. Reddy - Hyderabad

3rd - D. Mohite - Kolhapur

Race 2:

1st - A. Singh Sahil - Delhi

2nd - A. Reddy - Hyderabad

3rd - D. Mohite - Kolhapur

ITC Class

Race 1:

1st - Arjun Balu (Race Concepts)

2nd - D. Vidyaprakash (Prime Racing)

3rd - Vishnu Prasad (Prime Racing)

Race 2:

1st - Arjun Balu (Race Concepts)

2nd - Keith D'Souza (FB Motorsport)

3rd - Sunil Ranjit D. (Race Concepts)

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