Indian National Rally C'ship: Aroor Arjun Seals First Win In Seven Years

Mangaluru's Aroor Arjun Rao, with co-driver Satish Rajagopal, took the Overall title in the Fmsci Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) which was held as part of the 46th South India Rally, at the Madras Motor Sports Club, here on Sunday.

This was the first win in seven years for Aroor Arjun.

Sahil Khanna (Harish KN Gowda) topped the INRC-2 category while Daraius Shroff (Shahid Salman) sealed his maiden win in the National Championship crown by finishing first in the INRC-3 category.

Abhin Rai (D Uday Kumar) emerged as champion in the INRC-4 category while Pragathi Gowda (Trisha Alonkar) took the honours in the Ladies' class and Arjun Rajiv (Rohit Gowda) topped the Junior INRC category.

Two physical Stages were to be run twice each in reverse direction on Sunday. But both the loops of the MIC Track Stage were cancelled. Thus, the final day's schedule was reduced to two runs of the Aavisa Stage that held up well to the heavy rains and were dry.

Provisional classifications:

Overall INRC: 1. Aroor Arjun Rao  or  Satish Rajagopal (01:55:26.6); 2. Daraius Shroff  or  Shahid Salman (01:58:11.1); 3. Sheshank Jamwal  or  Aseem Sharma (0158:30.1).

INRC-2: 1. Sahil Khanna or Harish KN Gowda (02:01:38.9); 2. Charen Chandran or Vignesh Mahalingam (02:15:29.4); 3. Harikrishan Wadia or BK Rishabh (02:16:53.8).

INRC-3: 1. Daraius Shroff or Shahid Salman (01:58:11.1); 2. Sheshank Jamwal or Aseem Sharma (0158:30.1); 3. Vishakh Balachandran or Anil Abbas (01:59:29.8).

INRC-4: 1. Abhin Rai or D Uday Kumar (02:04:48.5); 2. Dheeraj KV or Pramod Raman (02:07:51.2); 3. Arun Mohan or Rishikesh KR (02:45:44.9).

Junior INRC: 1. Arjun Rajiv or Rohit Gowda (02:00:13.2); 2. Arnav Pratap Singh or Arjun SSB (02:00:50.6); 3. Jahaan Singh Gill or Suraj Keshava Prasad (02:01.04.9).

Ladies Cup (Open): 1. Pragathi Gowda or Trisha Alonkar (01:59:58.5); 2. Shivani Parmar or Sanath G (02:20:12.4).

Junior INRC: 1. Arjun Rajiv or Rohit Gowda (02:00:13.2); 2. Arnav Pratap Singh or Arjun SSB (02:00:50.6); 3. Jahaan Singh Gill or Suraj Keshava Prasad (02:01.04.9).

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