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Delhi-Jaipur-Delhi Woman's Rally: The Drive!
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The fourth season of the Woman's Rally this year was not all that serious. A lot of fun, a whole new experience and Anshika Ajmera grinning from ear to ear by the end of it.
There was something about this rally that got my nerves from the time I heard about it. The end destination, Jaipur was a place I have been many a times. I knew, almost everything that the city has to offer! So what new will this rally add to the 250 kilometres long stretch? Will it be any different, apart from the fact that there were rules and regulations that were a must to be followed, to be a winner in the fourth season of the Woman's Car Rally 2011.
With all these questions in mind, it was finally time to get out and move away from all the hustle-bustle of the city and experience some thrill down the remotest of locations. A nice breeze at six o'clock on a Saturday morning was a sight rarely witnessed.
Losing track of the time, I realised I am running late and had to make in time for participants would not be allowed later than six. Managing to be just in the nick of time at DLF Place Saket, Delhi, the assembly point. And as the clock struck 6:30, we were all set to take up the challenge and experience a whole new world.
One after the other, the cars got flagged off from the start line after the marshal's wrote the first time out on our time cards. Butterflies' flying in my stomach was not because I had to drive so much, but the anxiety was of not missing any marshal's on the route and to reach them with the proper TSD calculations and to be as accurate as possible. As a first timer, my mission was to go for the trophy , however, sadly we did not. But, nevertheless, with extreme patience and trust on the navigator who was completely an unknown person to me, it meant more than merely surviving the rally. Perfect co-ordination, timing and trust on the navigator were the key roles as a driver I had to be in.
Putting all the anxieties aside, rules remembered thoroughly and the road-book a.k.a the bible intact, it was time to hit the road.
Leg 1A: The route for leg one passed through Suraj Kund, Sohna, Firozpur Jhirka, Tijara and all the way to Alwar, close to about 195 kilometers on the odometer. Brushing way through the busy streets of Delhi, it was time to go hand-in-hand with the calculations. Rajesh (the navigator) was busy doing calculations when we came across our first hurdle of losing the way. Thankfully, policemen and localites pointed in the right direction in their own language which at first, was a little hard to understand. Aptly, put by the organisers that the team needs to ask their way in case they find it difficult to understand the road book, with the last resort of calling them up.
The route from Saket to the Karni Singh shooting range and ahead till Police post Sohna was quite a smooth ride. However, that was just a start and broken roads welcomed us once we got off the smooth stretch. The entire stretch from Pipaka village, Sohna to Taoru village (towards Rewari) was broken and crowded too. It was difficult to maintain the time-speed calculations, making us nervous as we had to catch up to the stipulated time. The only thing that needed at that point was a route where the time-loss could be covered.
SLIDESHOW: WOMEN CAR RALLY: LEG 1
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