Chikmagalur Rally: Kadur & Takale share wins in INRC & IRC's penultimate round
Karna Kadur won the Indian National Rally Championship's category of Chikmagalur Rally on Sunday, while Sanjay Takale emerged victorious in the Indian Rally Championship contingent.
Photo by: Anand Philar
Kadur (co-driver Nikhil Pai) completed INRC’s eight stages in 01hr32m13.8s, 1m15.5s clear off fellow Volkswagen Polo driver Bikku Babu (co-driver Milen George).
While Volkswagen secured a 1-2 finish through its customer programme, it wasn’t exactly a perfect day for the German manufacturer with Rally de North winner Arjun Rao (co-driver K Rajgopal) crashing out after hitting a tree.
However, it was Mahindra who had the worst results of all, with both Amittrajit Ghosh (co-driver Ashwin Naik) and Sunny Sidhu (co-driver Musa Sheriff) failing to finish the rally.
While title contender Ghosh retired in the penultimate stage with a suspected technical problem, Sidhu wasn’t classified for failing to reach the parc ferme.
Meanwhile, Rahul Kantharaj (co-driver Vivek Bhatt) completed the podium in a Mitsubishi Evo 8 with a time of 1hr34m51.9s.
Pos | Driver | Car | Total | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Karna Kadur Nikhil Pai |
Volkswagen Polo |
01:52:15.9 | 00:00:00.0 |
2 |
Dr Bikku Babu Milen George |
Volkswagen Polo |
01:53:31.4 | 00:01:15.5 |
3 |
Rahul Kanthraj Vivek Bhatt |
Mitsubishi Evo 8 |
01:55:27.6 | 00:03:11.7 |
4 |
Bopaiah K.M Karumbaiah G |
Volkswagen Polo |
01:55:46.5 | 00:03:30.6 |
5 |
Philippos Mathaii Harish K N |
Volkswagen Polo |
01:56:52.6 | 00:04:36.7 |
Takale wins IRC class
Despite a front-left puncture that severely hampered his time in Leg 1, Takale (co-driver Noriko Takeshita) managed to win the IRC class of the championship in his Subaru Impreza WRZ STI.
The veteran Indian rally driver who secured a podium finish in the international APRC class was also eligible for points in the IRC category, taking a dominant win.
Meanwhile, Ritesh M Guttedar (co-driver Sheeraz Ahmed) finished over 12 minutes behind in second, with Byram Godrej (co-driver Ninad Mirajgaonkar) completing the podium.
Pos | Driver | Car | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Sanjay Takale Noriko Takeshita |
Subaru Impreza |
01:48:59.2 | 00:00:00.0 |
2 |
Ritesh.M.Guttedar Sheeraz Ahmed |
Volkswagen Polo |
02:01:12.3 | 00:12:13.1 |
3 |
Byram Godrej Ninad Miraj Gaonkar |
Volkswagen Polo |
02:02:47.5 | 00:13:48.3 |
4 |
Shafraz Junaid Akhry Ameer |
Volkswagen Polo |
02:02:52.5 | 00:13:53.3 |
5 |
Amol A Satoskar Dr Dinesh |
02:03:26.0 | 00:14:26.8 | |
6 |
Raghav K.P Naveen Y G |
Volkswagen Polo |
02:04:36.8 | 00:15:37.6 |
7 |
Pramod Raman Dilip Sharan |
Mitsubishi Cedia |
02:12:44.2 | 00:23:45.0 |
8 |
Joseph George Guru Prasad M |
Volkswagen Polo |
02:13:16.0 | 00:24:16.8 |
9 |
Harshita Raj Gowda Raj Sekhar Gowda |
02:19:08.4 | 00:30:09.2 | |
10 |
Abhilash P G Srikanth Gowda |
Mitsubishi Evo 8 |
02:20:57.4 | 00:31:58.2 |
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