23/07/2017
PUNE:
The
9th edition of Maruti Suzuki’s annual southern motorsports rally, Maruti
Suzuki Dakshin Dare concluded in a grand finale in Pune on Saturday with
Team Maruti Suzuki’s Suresh Rana and Ashwin Naik winning the Ultimate Cars
category and T Nataraj in Ultimate Bikes.
Bringing in more challenges and a new route, the 9th edition
of the rally witnessed participants traversing through the undulating terrains
of Chitradurga and Belgaum in South India before finally entering West for the
first time through Kolhapur and hitting the finish line in Pune. The six-day
event which was flagged off from Bengaluru last Sunday, saw over 180 participants
competing with each other to win the coveted title covering about 2000 kms.
Commenting on the success, Tarun Garg,
Executive Vice President – Marketing, MarutiSuzuki India Ltd. said, “Over
the last 9 years, Dakshin Dare has grown tremendously and been able to gain a
strong foothold in the motorsports community in South India. The increasing
number of participation from across the country along with the longest rally
route are testimonial to the claims. The large participationis indicative of
our reach and influencing a larger audience through varied locations added to
the rally each year.”
The top honours were grabbed by Team Maruti Suzuki’s
Suresh Rana and Ashwin Naik in their Grand Vitarafollowed by Samrat Yadav &
S N Nizamiand Sandeep Sharma and Karan Arya in the second and third spot
respectively.
Speaking on their win, Rana said, “This is our
second consecutive win at Maruti Suzuki Dakshin Dare. With a new route this
year, it was important to always keep your mind synced with the vehicle. The
competition was tough with newer participants entering Dakshin Dare.”
In the Ultimate bikes category, T Natarajkept the
lead with Abdul Wahid and Sanjay Kumar coming second and third respectively. In
the Endurance category, Swift driven by Subir Roy & Nirav Mehta led the
category followed by S-Cross driven by Karthick Maruthi&Sankar S Anand
and Raghu Nandan & Prakash M by making it to the finishing line.
Final results:
Ultimate Cars:
1. Suresh Rana & Ashwin
Naik - 10:11:26
3. Sandeep Sharma & Karan
Arya - 10:24:17
Ultimate Bikes:
1. T Nataraj- 06:12:38
2. Abdul Wahid -06:15:37
3. Sanjay Kumar -06:26:53
Endurance Cars (TSD):
2. KarthickMaruthi&Sankar
S Anand – 00:12:45
3. RaghuNandan&Prakash M
– 00:12:49
0 comments:
Post a Comment