BANGALORE: Maruti Suzuki
Dakshin Dare, which
was fl agged off from Mysore
in Karnataka entered
Ooty in Tamil Nadu after
two days of rallying in Karnataka
and Kerala.
Motorsports enthusiasts
are getting set to leave today
late night for the toughest
and most grueling part of the
rally spanning 530 kms over
26 hours. The Night Rally
spanning over 60 kms will
traverse through the blue
valleys of Nilgiris to reach
Coimbatore by sunrise tomorrow
morning where another
9 special stages await
them, reports reaching here
said.
Meanwhile, at the end
of leg 2 of Maruti Suzuki
Dakshin Dare, the positions
remain same. Gaurav Gill/
Mousa Sheriff clocked a total
time of 1.24.55 Hrs and
are leading as of now. Lohith
Urs/Chapong Chaiwan
is following them at 1.28.41
Hrs just four minutes behind.
Anwar Khan/Md Nadeem:
1.35.02 maintains their third
position as yesterday.
In the Endurance Car category,
Sanjay Takale/Musthafa
are at the top with a penalty
of 0.00.35 hrs. Last year’s
winners and Bangalore couple
Satish Gopalakrishnan/
Savera who are driving a
Grand Vitara and having
closed yesterday’s difference
to just one second, retain
second spot with a cumulative
penalty of 0.00.37 hrs.
Kartik Maruti/Shankar
Anand has lost their third
spot to Ashish Budhia/Yogesh
Gupta who has a cumulative
penalty of 0.00.41
hrs. In the ultimate bikes
category, Pramod Joshua
who was tied up at the top
slot with Nataraj, slipped at
one of the hair pin bends and
damaged his bike.
He will be unable to continue
further. He had shared
the top slot yesterday with
Nataraj who now leads with
an overall timing of 1.23.36
Hrs.
The second spot in bikes
is with Chetan Ganapathy:
1.28.43 while Sharath follows
him just one minute
behind with a total timing of
1.29.46 Hrs
Earlier, Maruti Suzuki
Dakshin Dare left very
early from the chilly Wayanad
through the Kozhikode
Ghats into the lush tea and
rubber plantations in the
foothills of Munnar. A 18
km special stage was held of
the participants of Ultimate
cars and bikes at Kakkadam.
The rally then traversed
through Gudalur ghats into
the fl ora and fauna rich Nilgiris
to reach Ooty covering
an overall distance of 230
kms. through Gudalur ghats
into the fl ora and fauna rich
Nilgiris The results (after
second leg) : Ultimate Cars:
Gaurav Gill/Moussa Sheriif:
1.24.55 Hrs, Lohit Urs/
Choupan Chaiwan: 1.28.41
Hrs, Anwar Khan/Md Nadeem:
1.35.02 Ultimate
Bikes: Nataraj 1.23.36 Hrs,
Chetan Ganapathy:
1.28.43, Sharath: 1.29.46
Hrs Endurance Cars: Sanjay
Takale/Musthafa 0.00.
Hrs sec, Satish 0.00.37 Hrs,
Ashish Budhia 0.00.41 Hrs.
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