Rana-Ashwin win cars class; Natraj claims bikes event: Dakshin Dare
Pune, 23 July 2017: Defending champion Suresh Rana of Manali and co-driver Ashwin Naik of Mangaluru won another Maruti Suzuki Dakshin Dare title, as Rana added another feather to his 10 Raid de Himalaya titles, at the cross-country event which concluded here on Saturday.
Samrat Yadav and SN Nizami came second followed by Sandeep Sharma and Karan Arya.
TVS Racing dominated the two-wheeler section, with R Natraj heading the TVS campaign followed by Abdul Waheed Tanveer in second. Sanjay Kumar came third.
Kolkata’s Subir Roy and Nirav Mehta pair won the Endurance Cars TSD (Time, Speed, Distance) event followed by Karthick Maruthi and Sankar S Anand from Erode.
TVS’ star rider and Desert Storm winner, Natraj won the Group A and also the overall category astride an RTR 450FX, beating teammate Abdul Waheed Tanveer in Group A.
Rajendra RE came out triumphant in the Group B upto 260cc class on his TVS Apache RTR 200 and Aishwarya Pissay too was in the same category bike winning the women’s section, also on an RTR 200. Scooter specialist and two-time Gulf Monsoon Challenge winner Syed Asif Ali claimed the scooter’s category on a TVS SXR150.
Final Results:
Extreme category: 1. Suresh Rana and Ashwin Naik 10 hours 11 minutes 26 seconds; 2. Samrat Yadav and SN Nizami 10:14:52; 3. Sandeep Sharma and Karan Arya 10:24:17.
Ultimate Bikes: 1. R Natraj 6:12:38; 2. Abdul Waheed Tanveer 6:15:37; 3. Sanjay Kumar 6:26:53.
Endurance Cars (TSD): 1. Subir Roy and Nirav Mehta 12 minutes 20 seconds (penalty); 2. Karthick Maruthi and Sankar S Anand 12:45; 3. Raghu Nandan and Prakash M 12:49.
