Jacob, left and Shanmugha with Blueband promoter Okay. Premnath on Sunday.
Okay.J. Jacob (co-driver S.N. Shanmuga) emerged the overall winner of the Rally of Hyderabad, the fourth round of the Blueband Sports FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) at Sanghi Nagar close to right here on Sunday.
For Jacob, who made his debut in the INRC in 2016 at the K1000 rally in Bengaluru, it was the first overall win. He was ably assisted by Shnamuga and driving an INRC2 spec Volkswagen Polo 1.6, they punched above their weight.
Hyderabad’s powerful terrain and, the longest particular stage amongst the present rally venues in India, proved daunting as the high three in each the INRC1 and INRC2 and plenty of in a single day leaders fell by the wayside in the ultimate stage.
Of the eight premier class vehicles, pushed by high weapons in the nation, solely Younus Ilyas completed the punishing course.
Vishakh Balachandran and Anil Abbas and younger turk Arjun Rajiv and Rohit Gowda, each driving the decrease INRC3 spec Polo 1.6 vehicles completed overall second and third.
Jacob and Shanmugha additionally received the INRC2 class whereas Vishakh and Anil took the INRC3 victory.
Vivek Ruthuparna (co-driver) Athreya Kousgi received the INRC4 whereas proficient Pragathi Gowda and Trisha Alonkar bagged the Ladies class. Baljinder Singh Dhillon and Goutham CP received the Gypsy class.
Provisional outcomes:
Overall: 1. Okay.J. Jacob & Shanmugh (Team Arka Motorsports) 1 hr, 54min, 29.2sec; 2. Vishakh Balachandran & Anil Abbas (1:55:18.0); 3. Arjun Rajiv & Rohit Gowda (1:55:28.7).
INRC: 1. Younus Ilyas (Kollam) & Nitin Jacob (Hyd) 1:57:35.5; INRC 2: 1. Jacob & Shanmugha (1:54:29.2); 2. Ritesh Guttedar & M. Suraj (1:57:01.2); 3. Chetan Shivram & Shiv Prakash (1:58:02.9).
