Rugved Barguje won the SX1 class at Round 5 of the MRF MOGRIP FMSCI National Supercross Championship in Nashik. His 37 point total came from a second place in Moto 1 and a victory in Moto 2. Nine classes brought the national field together at Pethe Nagar Grounds, with riders from the leading teams and local competitors sharing the same compact, demanding arena.
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Rugved Barguje left Nashik with the SX1 win and the highest total of the day. He finished second in the first moto, then won the second to score 37 points at Round 5 of the MRF MOGRIP FMSCI National Supercross Championship. The result came at Pethe Nagar Grounds on 25 October, where nine classes shared a programme built around short laps, jumps and quick decisions.
Two riders contest a jump during the 2025 MRF MOGRIP National Supercross Championship. This archive image is from the previous season.Photograph: MRF Motorsport archive
The two-moto result rewarded a rider who kept himself in contention from the start. Ikshan Shanbagh won Moto 1, with Barguje second and Bantelang Jyrwa third. In Moto 2, Barguje took the win. Shanbagh finished fourth and Jyrwa continued his consistent run. Across the combined SX1 standings, Shanbagh scored 33 points and Jyrwa 32.
That pattern gives the win its shape. Barguje did not need a perfect opening race to stay close. He used the second moto to make up the difference. Supercross places the riders close together through repeated obstacles, so a strong lap must be built from a clean start, a line through traffic and a landing that leaves the bike ready for the next turn.
A rider clears the MOGRIP jump at Thakkar Dome in Nashik in 2023. It is a past visit to the city, not a photograph from this year’s round.Photograph: Rudra Photo / Ganesh Khirakade / Pudhari
The second moto changes the points picture
A two-race format asks competitors to manage both pace and recovery. The first moto gives riders points and an immediate look at how the track is behaving. Conditions can change as tyres cut into the surface and more bikes use the same lines. By the second start, each rider has to decide what can be repeated and what needs adjustment.
The published result named Barguje the Best Rider of the Race. His 37 points came from the combination of second place and a win, a useful measure of a complete meeting. A dominant single race can make the headline. The overall classification rewards the rider who can keep scoring when the next start brings another set of risks.
SX2 had its own close result. Amal Varghese won with 37 points on a Kawasaki KX 250F. Abdul Lathiff finished second with 30 and Suhail Sathar third with 28. The leading class brings more power and attention, though SX2 helps show the range of machinery and experience that the national championship gathers at one venue.
Rugved Barguje celebrates an earlier MRF Supercross result in Coimbatore. Round 5 in Nashik gave him another SX1 victory.Photograph: Autotrack archive
The SX1 duel makes the headline, while the rest of the programme gives the event its depth. Nine classes shared the weekend at Pethe Nagar Grounds, bringing riders with different experience and equipment into the same championship meeting. That variety changes how a venue is used. The line through a jump, the condition of a landing and the way loose soil moves under repeated laps can affect each class differently.
MRF’s championship structure gives younger and developing riders a place alongside the established SX1 field. The results list multiple class winners, each with a separate race to solve. For the organisers, that means keeping the programme moving and the course safe as the surface changes. For the riders, it means finding a rhythm in a venue that is being shaped by every session.
The overall tally also gives context to the points. Barguje’s 37 came through two motos with very different outcomes: second in the first, then first in the second. Shanbagh’s 33 and Jyrwa’s 32 show how close the next places remained. The standings reflect more than a single start. They reward the ability to score across the two races, and they keep a close finish in view even when one moto has already gone.
Nine classes make the programme wider than SX1
The junior classes supplied three more winners. Ector Ezak topped Junior SX1, Chaitanya Joshi won Junior SX2 and Rida Sayyed led Junior SX3. Elsewhere, Jayden W N took Novice Group B, Sachin D topped Indian Experts Group B, Abhi S Nath won Private Experts and Clinton John C led the local category.
Those classes give the paddock different entry points. Juniors have a place to develop race experience. Privateers and local riders can take on national competitors in a defined category. The premier classes bring the established names and the pressure of a championship season. A nine-class card asks organisers to keep the schedule clear and gives spectators multiple story to follow.
Supercross and outdoor motocross share dirt, jumps and the need to keep a motorcycle settled over changing ground. The MRF series uses the Supercross name for its national championship. Its compact course concentrates the action into repeated turns and obstacles. Riders have to be alert to the surface each time they return to a section, and close racing can leave little space to correct a mistake.
A rider clears a dirt jump in MRF MOGRIP championship archive photography from 2019.Photograph: MRF Motorsport archive
Nashik has appeared on the MRF MOGRIP calendar as a place where the championship can reach audiences beyond its circuit-racing heartland. A temporary supercross course brings the competition close to spectators and lets them see the riders negotiate jumps, turns and changing grip in a concentrated space. The format is easy to understand from the fence. The detail is in how each rider chooses a line and carries speed into the next obstacle.
A report from one round also needs to keep the result in proportion. Barguje won SX1 at Round 5 and scored the highest total in that class on the day. The championship continues through its remaining rounds, and the points gained in Nashik form one part of that season-long contest. The next meeting in Kolhapur is scheduled for 29 November. That date gives the riders a clear next target after the break in the calendar.
The interval between rounds is valuable for the work that rarely appears in a classification. Riders can review what changed between motos. Teams can inspect the machines and plan adjustments before another temporary course is built. The winner carries confidence into the next meeting, while those who left points behind have a precise reason to return prepared. A championship moves forward through these small periods of review as much as through race day.
Nashik has a place in the championship’s history
The city has hosted MRF Supercross before. Nashik’s 2023 visit at Thakkar Dome remains an earlier point in that story, while this year’s Round 5 took place at Pethe Nagar Grounds. The venues and seasons are distinct, so the archive photographs in this article are labelled with their original context. The connection is the championship’s return to a city where fans have seen the format before.
For riders, the event’s compact layout creates a close relationship between the course and the crowd. Spectators can follow the field through repeated passes and see how different lines work. A jump makes the action visible. The lap is decided by the corners and landings around it, where a rider has to preserve speed while keeping the bike in the right place for the next obstacle.
Kolhapur is the next mark on the calendar
MRF lists Round 6 in Kolhapur for 29 November. Barguje carries the Nashik result into the next round, while Shanbagh and Jyrwa have shown how close the leading SX1 group can be. Every venue changes the course and the points opportunity. The field will arrive with the same championship aim and a new set of lines to learn.
Nashik delivered a clear class winner and a wider result sheet full of competition. Barguje’s second and first places made the difference in SX1. Varghese led SX2. The junior categories added their own champions for the day. It was a national championship weekend in its fullest sense: several levels of the sport using one course, each rider working towards a different next step.
Reading an SX1 result across two motos
Barguje’s 37 points came from a second place in Moto 1 and a win in Moto 2. That sequence tells a more useful story than the final ranking alone. He was already in the fight before the second start, then finished the day with the strongest result in the class. Supercross rewards clean starts and quick decisions, though a two-moto total asks a rider to stay effective across separate races and whatever changes between them.
Shanbagh’s 33 points and Jyrwa’s 32 kept them within reach of the winner. A four point spread across three riders gives Round 5 a close top order. The figures also make the second moto important without erasing the first. A rider who begins the day with a difficult result needs to recover, while a strong opener must be protected with another disciplined race. This is the structure behind Barguje’s return to the top of SX1.
A supercross course is a changing surface. Repeated laps deepen ruts, flatten some edges and move soil away from the racing line. Riders have to update their choices while still travelling at speed. The course crew has its own job between sessions, keeping the circuit within safe limits and ready for the next class. That constant work helps explain why the same jump can feel different by the time the final moto begins.
The Nashik result gives each leading rider a different task for Kolhapur. Barguje carries the confidence of a class win and the knowledge that both motos contributed to it. Shanbagh and Jyrwa have a small gap to close. The next round is scheduled for 29 November, leaving time for preparation and review. By then the standings will have moved on, and the result from Nashik will be one reference point in a longer season.
The separation between motos also gives the team a chance to study what the first race revealed. A start that loses positions may prompt a closer look at the launch. A line that becomes rough can change the rider’s approach to a jump. The course staff has to keep the track usable while preserving the features that make supercross demanding. These changes happen over the same day, so the second moto becomes a fresh reading of the venue.
Barguje’s return from second to first is the clearest example of a rider finishing stronger. Shanbagh and Jyrwa remained close enough to ensure the class was decided over the whole programme. Those details give the result more texture than a podium photograph. They show which riders collected points consistently and how the final standings were formed. The official classification remains the best reference for the complete nine-class result.
A local event also depends on people who rarely appear in the final report: course workers, officials, medical staff and marshals. Their work is especially visible at a temporary venue where the track has to be prepared and monitored through the programme. The racing is the reason people arrive. The organisation is what allows the schedule to run. MRF’s national series brings that operation to several locations over the year, with each round asking crews to adapt to a new setting.
Round 5 in Nashik now gives way to the next date in Kolhapur. Barguje has a result to carry forward, while his closest rivals can use the points gap as a clear target. The championship still has more racing to come, and the standings will keep changing. For Nashik, the defining image is a close SX1 contest across two motos, with the result earned through consistent scoring and a stronger second race.
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