FMSCI Indian Rally Championship 2015: Abhilash PG and Anoop Kumar DS of Team Rennoil R3A take first place in 41st K-1000 Rally

Round three of the FMSCI Indian Rally Championship 2015, the Horizon 41st K-1000 Rally, saw Abhilash PG and Anoop Kumar DS of Team Rennoil R3A take first place in their Mitsubishi Evo VIII, with a time of 1:20:57.2s. Finishing 1 minute and 46.8 seconds behind them were Lohitt V Urs and Srikanth GM, who still manage to hold the lead in the overall championship with one round left. With 1:23:02s on the clock, AR Racing’s Arjun Rao Aroor and Satish K Rajagopal finished third. Defending IRC champions Gaurav Gill and Musa Sherif from Team Mahindra Adventure retired from the rally, as did their teammates Sunny Sidhu and PVS Murthy, after their Mahindra XUV500s suffered mechanical issues.

On his win, Abhilash had said, “I am very happy to have won the K-1000 this time around. We did not take too many risks but drove a controlled rally. There were small issues with the brakes but it did not prove to be too much of a problem.”

Team Yokohama’s Rahul Kanthraj and Vivek Bhatt won the IRC 2000cc category in the their Mitsubishi Cedia, while Dhruva Chandrashekar and Jeevarathinam J, who finished fifth overall, took first in the IRC 1600cc and FMSCI 1600cc Cup classes.

Results:

IRC:

1. Abhilash PG-Anoop Kumar DS (Team Rennoil R3A, 1:20:57.2)

2. Lohitt V Urs-Srikanth GM (1:22:44.0)

3. Arjun Rao Aroor-Satish K Rajagopal (AR Racing, 1:23:02.0)

IRC 2000cc:

1. Rahul Kanthraj-Vivek Bhatt (Team Yokohama, 1:27:12.4)

2. Sumit Punjabi-Nitin Jacob (1:28:26.9)

3. Younus Ilyas-Thomas Paul (1:29:35.5)

IRC 1600cc:

1. Dhruva Chandrashekar-Jeevarathinam J (1:26:47.6)

2. Bikku Babu-Bonnie Thomas (1:28.18.9)

3. Ashwin Reddy Daram-Suraj M (1:28:23.8)

FMSCI 1600cc Cup:

1. Dhruva Chandrashekar-Jeevarathinam J (1:26:47.6)

2. Ashwin Reddy Daram-Suraj M (1:28:23.8)

3. Lokesh Gowda V-Ashika Menezes (1:29.57.4)

R Bharath Raj Trophy for Best Novice: Nayan Jyoti Sarma and Vinay BM.

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