Hampi (Near Hospet, Karnataka), 28 Jan 2021: Leading riders from TVS Racing, Samuel Jacob, Nataraj and Aishwarya Pissay are all set to provide the thrills and challenge the rivals as Utsav de Hampi, a grand festival of multiple motorsports event kick starts with Rally de Hampi, the fourth round of the MRF Mogrip fmsci Indian National Rally Championship for 2-wheelers here on Friday. Three more events, a 4×4 off road, the four-wheeler INRC contender round and Autocross de Hampi, will also be held during the festival.
To announce the event, the organisers Motorsports Academy of Vijaynagar, the new district which is carved out of Bellary, and Promoter God Speed held a Press Conference at Hospet on Thursday. Seven-time National Motocross champion Shyam Kothari, the brain behind God Speed Racing, FIM World Cup Baja winner and leading star in the Ladies class Aishwarya Pissay, Clerk of the Course Girija Shankar .Joshy, and rally legend of yesteryears both on bikes and cars, CK Chinnappa along with hosts Darshan, Santosh and Rohit Gowda were present.
The championship is in its final stages after three rounds of exciting stuff beginning with Puttur, Bengaluru and the third round recently in Coimbatore. The rally offers two physical stages, Jambu and Sagar, run thrice and twice respectively on Sunday. Jambu is 11.4km while Sagar is 13.8km for a total Stage distance of 61.8km and along with a transport section of 84.35km, the total rally distance for all the five stages and transport together is 146.15km.
Samuel Jacob who won the overall honours ahead of Nataraj in the third round in Coimbatore is leading Cclass 4, the Super Sport 260cc Group B while Nataraj, also from TVS Racing, is in the top Super Bike Pro Expert Group A. J Imran Pash, also from TVS Racing, came overall second in Coimbatore and is in the same class as Jacob. Aishwarya Pissay, also from the stables of TVS, is leading the championship in the Ladies class.
On Friday, Parth Jindal of JSW group, Dy CM Laxman Savadi, Ministers Sriramulu, Anand Singh, MP Tejesvi Surya, CT Ravi, Suresh Babu along with Vijayendra and Siddharth Singh are expected to grace the inauguration on Friday evening.
The following classes will be held in nine classes:
Class 1: Super Bike-Pro Expert (Group “A” Single class irrespective of engine capacity);
Class 1-A: Super Bike (Expert) Group “A”
Class 2: Super Sport 130 Group “B”;
Class 3: Super Sport 165 Group “B”;
Class 4: Super Sport 260 Group“B”;
Class 5: Super Sport 400 Group“B”;
Class 6: Super Sport 550 Group“B”;
Class 7: Group “B” (S0 to S3 Scooters up to 210CC);
Class 8: Group “B” Ladies Class.
Non Championship class: Star of Karnataka
