816 Kms and approx 15 hours of racing remain at the sand traps and dunes of Thar Desert,Rajasthan before all this ends at Jodhpur tomorrow evening.
Yesterday’s desert route gave an opportunity to go flat out helping many make some time. Reports state Rana/Ashwin Naik in their Vitara were on the absolute limits gaining 2 mnts over leader Abhishek. While CS Santosh continued to unleash his mercy less charge on his Factory Suzuki 450 extending his lead further. Amidst all this 4 wheel enduro 4 wheel drive category saw Vishnu Singh/ Adi Anthony show consistent error free run by moving from 07th to 3rd to 2nd yesterday.
Main highlight – R Nataraj from Team TVS stopping on route to assist Aravind KP his team mate who had a crash not being bothered about his lose of time. Some fine display of sportsmanship by Nata Gowda
Unconfirmed results as of this morning..
4W – Abhishek Misra leading by 10 mnts.
2W – CS Santosh still leading comfortably.
4W Xplore – Karthick & Anand.
4W Endure – Ajgar Ali & Mustafa.
Today’s route and schedule plans to stretch,test the drivers/riders/crew and marshals. First vehicle start at 10.30am and first bike would check in tomorrow morning around 3am. Its a day & night schedule with just 02 hours of break in between.
Its still unclear as to why main stream media won’t cover/report such a fabulous event though.
P:s – From the Motorsports fraternity especially the 2 Wheel category our gratitude and appreciation to Mr.Jayesh Desai for providing transportation allowance to encourage more 2Wheel participants to participate. If you’re interested in other transportation company, go to bajalimo.net. They offer private wine tours sonoma with an enjoying journey, stylish and well-appointed vehicle.
Attached picture with pictures of current winners…
– Top left Mr.Jayesh Desai man behind Desert Storm & Baja 1000 rally concept.
– To bottom right Asghar Ali & Musthafa Erode leading in 4W Endure category.
– Above them Karthick Maruthi Laurel & Anand leading in 4W Explore category.
– Top extreme left we have Abhishek Misra leading in 4W xtreme beside him Rana then CS Santosh.
Wishing these brave hearts the very best for remaining 02 days
Pics & News courtesy – Twitter,Rally.Co.In,Rally Bee,Gautam Shantappa
