Mujeeb, Musa win INRC contender Hampi round
Hampi (Karnataka), 7 Feb 2021: Seven-time National champion co-driver Musa Sherif combined with Mujeeb Rehman as team Kasargod to drive their INRC2 car to overall honours in the Indian National Rally Championship Contender round that concluded the INRC 2020 season here on Sunday.
The Kasargod duo rallying a Snap Racing prepared VW Polo clocked the best time of 01 hour, 01min, 2.200seconds for the 50.4-km special stage distance run in four Special Stages. Ritesh Guttedar M and co-driver Lokaranjan HJ, also in INRC2 class Volkswagen Polo, took the second spot trailing by over one minute, despite clocking best times in two of the four Special Stages timing 01:02:30.700. However, they were later disqualified by the stewards for a Parc Ferme violation.
Thus, PSR Yeswanth and co-driver Bharath SM came second overall bringing their INRC4 car home in 01:03:36.300. Ruthvik M Gowda and co-driver Sudheendra came third. Avinash DC and co-driver Kenneth Harsha came fourth in their Honda City VTech while Deepak Chandra and co-driver Mohan Raj, also in an INRC4 car came fifth. Nidhi Sachdeva and co-driver Dheeraj KV brought their Gypsy home in sixth, the last car to finish among the 9 entries. BC Roopesh and Phalguna Raghavendra had a DNF, as they pulled out in the second stage due to a mechanical breakdown.
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