Arjun Rao and Satish Rajgopal finished on top of the podium in Round 3 of the MRF FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) – MRF Rally de North. The challenging route saw many competitors face issues with mechanical failures while others crashed out.
Rao and Rajgopal won the rally with an overall time of 47 minutes 10 seconds followed by Karna Kadur and Nikhil Pai as the first runners-up (48:04) and Gaurav Gill and Musa Sherif, as the second runners-up (48:24). Karna Kadur and Nikhil Pai also won the INRC 2000cc category.
Dhirendra Kumar and Honey, entered in the MRF FMSCI Indian Rally Championship (IRC) won their category with a time of 1:00:04 which ran concurrently with the INRC. Indian drivers in Indian cars were eligible for the INRC while Indian or Foreign drivers in Indian or Foreign cars were eligible for the IRC.
INRC Overall
Arjun Rao and Satish Rajgopal
Karna Kadur and Nikhil Pai
Gaurav Gill and Musa Sherif
INRC 2000 cc
Karna Kadur and Nikhil Pai
Bikku Babu and Milen George
Rahul Kanthraj and Vivek Bhatt