Amittrajit Ghosh and Ashwin Naik ace Rally of Coimbatore

Driving a Mitsubishi Cedia Amittrajit Ghosh and Ashwin Naik, won overall in Round 3 of the FMSCI INRC Rally of Coimbatore, which began and ended at the Kari Motor Speedway (KMS). 

The duo got the better of the competition at the Coimbatore with a total time of 01:42:42.9. Coming in two seconds behind the winners were Vikram Devadasen and Srikanth GM, who finished second, followed by Phalguna V Urs and Anoop Kumar.

In the Indian National SUV Rally Championship Gaurav Gill and Musa Sherif in the Mahindra XUV 500 emerged victorious, while Karamjit Singh and Jagdev Singh from Malaysia won the IRC Championship in their Volkswagen Polo. 

In the INRC 1600 class, it was Byram Godrej and Prajwal Pai who took first place, while Asad Khan and Zayne Asrar won in the JINRC class, in a Maruti Esteem. 

Out of the 31 cars that started the Rally, 22 cars finished Leg 1.  However, as per the Super Rally format 5 out of 9 competitors opted to run Leg 2, thus making it a total of 27 cars fighting for Leg 2. 

Starting from the KMS, they then proceeded to the Textool stage of 24.81 kms. At the end of Textool stage, there were 25 cars running with two competitors dropping out due to mechanical failure.

There were 19 cars that reported for the Super Special Stage at the Kari Motor Speedway.  It was a festive atmosphere at the KMS where the rally drivers had the opportunity to watch some racing action from the JK Tyre Racing Championship, and similarly racing drivers in this years competition got a real taste of what rally driving is all about, as ‘Master Drifter’ Gaurav Gill enthralled crowds with some real rally style drifting.  

INRC 1600 class

Byram Godrej / Prajwal Pai - 01:47:44.9 

Arjun Rao / Sathish Rajagopal - 01:47:57.6

Mohammed Kasim / Sanath G  - 02:14:06.2

Junior Indian National Rally Championship (JINRC)

Asad Khan / Zayne Asrar  - 01:51:06.2 

Suhem MK / Jeevarathinam J - 01:53:00.0 

Rohan Pawar / Arjun Mehta - 01:56:29.2.

Indian National SUV Rally Championship (INSUVRC)

Gaurav Gill / Musa Sherif - 01:40:00.3 

Lohitt V Urs / Bonnie Thomas - 01:46:29.1

Sunny Sidhu / Srinivas Murthy PV -01:52:43.1.

Indian Rally Championship (IRC)

Karamjit Singh / Jagdev Singh - 01:42:12.1 

Sumit Panjabi / Chetan Shivram - 02:00:35.6.