A new event has been added to the select calendar of off road events in the country that offer competitive biking as a category – the 3rd J&K Bank Mughal Rally.
So far the only two events that host this category of racing are the Raid de Himalaya that runs over the highest mountain passes of Himachal, Ladakh and Kashmir and the Desert Storm rally that traverses the sandy stretches of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
From this year, bikers will be allowed to participate in the two-day Mughal Rally in the Kashmir Valley on June 30 and July 1. Launched in 2010 as a rally for SUVs and cars, the Mughal Rally for moto-quads and bikes will be run under the Rally Xtreme category, following regulations specified by the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India and the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) the governing bodies for Indian and international motor sporting events respectively.
So far, 17 bikers have sent in their entries.Of the 105 teams participating, the four wheeler Xtreme has 50 SUVs and cars while the rest fall under the Enduro category.
The Mughal Rally is organized by the Shimla based motorsport club Himalayan Motorsport Association, whose flagship event is the Raid de Himalaya which takes place annually every October. Club President Vijay Parmar said that the Bikes and Quads have been included this year in the Mughal Rally on popular demand.
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