Ghosh-Naik win Nashik Rally

Nashik, 9 June 2013: Kolkota driver Amittrajit Ghosh along with co-driver Ashwin Naik continued their charge winning the overall win at the Rally of Maharashtra, the second round of the Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) here on Sunday. The duo piloted the Mitsubishi Cedia to first place overall to continue their winning spree after clinching the opening round of the 2013 season at the South India rally in Chennai.

Vikram Mathias and co-driver Srikanth Gowda, also in a Cedia came second while Arjun Rao Aroor and co-driver Satish Rajgopal took third overall in their Volkswagen Polo.

In the SUV category, it was Gaurav Gill and co-driver Musa Sherif who topped the field in the Mahindra XUV, scoring the times not only in the class but also overall despite not being eligible for overall honours. The second place went to Lohitt V Urs and co-driver Bonnie Thomas, as the duo managed to overcome their mechanical problems.

Asad Khan and co-driver Zayne Asrar won the honours in Junior INRC category in a Maruti Esteem. Aniruddha Rangnekar (co-driver Nitin Jacob) and Rohan Pawar (co-driver Arjun Mehta), finished second and third respectively in their Polos.

The next round of the Indian National Rally Championship is scheduled at Coimbatore on July 19.

Provisional Results:

INRC Overall: 1.Amittrajit Ghosh / Ashwin Naik (Group N Cedia) (1hr, 28mins, 16.0secs); 2. Vikram Mathias / Srikanth Gowda (Group N Cedia) (1:28:45.0); 3. Arjun Rao Aroor / Satish Rajagopal (VW Polo) (1:31:01.0).

INRC 1600cc: 1.VikramRao Aroor / Rajagopal; 2. Raghunandan B / Suraj K (Honda City) (1:33:17.0);
3. Byram Godrej / Prajval Pai (VW Polo) (1:33:51.0).

Junior INRC: 1.Asad Khan / Zayne Asrar (Maruti Esteem) (1:36:12.0); 2. Anirudha Ranganekar / Nitin Jacob (VW Polo) (1:39:57.0); 3. Rohan Pawar / Arjun Mehta (VW Polo) (1:43:46.0).

SUV NRC: 1. Gaurav Gill / Musa Sherif (Mahindra Adventure, XUV 500) (1:26:29.0); 2. Lohitt V Urs / Bonnie Thomas (Mahindra Adventure, XUV 500) (1:46:12.0);

IRC: 1.Karamjit Singh / Jagdev Singh (VW Polo) (1:27:40.0); 2. Sumit Punjabi / Dr S Dinesh (Cedia) (1:46:00.0).