Gaurav Gill triumphs at 2014 Rally of Coimbatore

  • Jul 14, 2014
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Gaurav Gill upheld his winning streak at Coimbatore as he won the second round of the Indian Rally Championship alongwith Musa Sherif

Gaurav Gill in action at 2014 Rally of Coimbatore
Gaurav Gill and Musa Sherif driving for Mahindra Adventure were able to maintain their overnight lead to win the 2014 edition of Rally of Coimbatore. The duo won the race with a lead of over two minutes in the second round of the FMSCI-Indian Rally Championship (IRC). Arjun Rao and Satish Rajagopal aboard a Volkswagen Polo clinched second place overall, while they won in the IRC 1600 class. The final step on the rostrum was taken the by Gill’s Mahindra Adventure team-mate Sunny Sidhu and PV Srinivas Murthy.
 
Commenting on his win, Gaurav Gill said, “I didn’t want to take any risks as I already had a good lead overnight. I wanted to hold on to the lead and it just so happened that I was fastest in both the stages today.”
2014 Rally of Coimbatore
The real competition for Gill was his team-mate Amittrajit Ghosh behind the steering wheel of the Mahindra XUV 5OO. But mechanical problem on the first day of the rally meant it was all but over for Ghosh. The Rally of Coimbatore saw a healthy turnout of 36 participants and featured two stages of 26.1km and 12.65km respectively. The next round of IRC will be the AVT Premium South India Rally to be held in Chennai between July 25th and 27th.

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