INRC Round-1 of the SIDVIN MAI Indian National Rally Championship.

[raghuram.cg]

Welcome to Rally of Karnataka 2008
On behalf of the Organising Committee, a warm welcome is extended to all competitors and their crews, spectators and media to the 2008 Rally of Karnataka.
The Rally will be held over the weekend of 13 and 15 June 2008 and is Round-1 of the SIDVIN MAI Indian National Rally Championship.
For all of you who are participating , we look forward to providing you with a first class event.
We hope to provide you with a thoroughly enjoyable rally experience.
Information on Rally of Karnataka 2008 will be posted as soon as it is available, however if you have any questions please feel free to contact the Organisers.
We look forward to seeing you in Mysore in June.

Posted by B.S Sujith on Rally.co.in

Dont miss it guys! 42 Entries confirmed so far, including the few teams like Red Rooster, Winspeed etc

Other rounds of INRC>
Mysore 13 Jun
Nashik 18 Jul
Bangalore 15 Aug
Kochi 12 Sep
Goa 17 Oct
Chandigarh 14 Nov
Chennai 19 Dec

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[madan80]

Wow- Sidvin is sponsoring the rally - looks good.
and with 42 teams- looks even better.

[raghuram.cg]

Originally Posted by madan80

Wow- Sidvin is sponsoring the rally - looks good.
and with 42 teams- looks even better.

Yes, Kudos to SIDVIN for taking the initiative to promote Motorsport in India.Its not 42 teams, its a total of 42 entries including priveteers and team entries.

[rjstyles69]

raghu would it be possible that you post details on the locale/route in Mysore. I prolly would be there as a spectator and for a few shots.

[MA5K]

a couple of shots from Friday SSS. Lohith Urs did 2:41 in Baleno, Vikram Mathais was lead with 2:33 in his Cedia

[VJ_MAVRICK]

If I am not wrong Vikram Mathias is from Red Rooster Racing right. Well! then RRR is doing pretty good and its future too is certainly looking bright.

[madan80]

Its not 42 teams, its a total of 42 entries including priveteers and team entries.

@ Raghu - thanks for the correction

I was reading that Vikram Mathias was doing well - with the RRR cars also performing.

However, question i had - how does one peg Baleno's and Cedias with each other - cedia is 2L and baleno 1.6 right?

[nitrous]

However, question i had - how does one peg Baleno's and Cedias with each other - cedia is 2L and baleno 1.6 right?

I posted this question here about 2 years back.
I was told the Cedia and Baleno are in two different classes.
They compete for only the overall cup.

[MA5K]

Yep, Cedias (only 2 in this round) compete in 2000cc class and in Group N+. Balenos compete in 1600cc class and some of them also compete in Group N+.

Results courtesy Deccan Herald Bangalore Edition (as posted here, all credits to original poster there)

Results:
Overall:
Vikram Mathias and PVS Murthy (Team Red Rooster Racing, one hour 33 minutes and five seconds) 1;
Amittrajit Ghosh and Ashwin Naik (Team Red Rooster Racing, 1::38:36) 2;
Shailendra Hedge and Sheraz Ahmed (1::44:19) 3.

2000 N+ Class:
Vikram Mathias and PVS Murthy (Team Red Rooster Racing, 1::33:05) 1;
Amittrajit Ghosh and Ashwin Naik (Team Red Rooster Racing, 1::38:36) 2.

1600cc Class:
Arjun Surya and Ravi Venkatesh (1::47:33) 1.

1400cc Class:
Samarth K V and Prakhyat Shirole (1::44:55) 1;
J M Manju and Jeevarathinam (1::47:19) 2;
S Sujay and S M Bharath (1::48:36) 3.

Rally Star Cup Class:
Shailendra Hedge and Sheraz Ahmed (1::44:19) 1;
Vikram Devadasen and Raymond (1:45:41) 2;
Byram Godrej and Anjay Kapadia (1::46:51) 3.

Gypsy Class:
Sanjay Agarwal and Shiva Prakash (1::50:30) 1;
Dhiraj Doipode and Pramod Raman (2::00:51) 2.

[raghuram.cg]

Originally Posted by madan80

@ Raghu - thanks for the correction

I was reading that Vikram Mathias was doing well - with the RRR cars also performing.

However, question i had - how does one peg Baleno's and Cedias with each other - cedia is 2L and baleno 1.6 right?

I hope MA5K's post answers your question.

[madan80]

how come the MRF cars nowhere in the frey?

[khaadu75]

Originally Posted by madan80

how come the MRF cars nowhere in the frey?

Coz they didn't take part ... Some kind of issues they having with the MAI or maybe MAI having with MRF . In short they stayed away as MAI & MRF maybe go through a divorce

[speedmiester]

Yes, MAI and MRF are having their tiff and clearly MAI is not boging down for MRF.

Even without the MRF there were 43 entries of the maximum 50 which is great.
Frankly no body missed the "BIG" team and were more than happy that the absense of MRF created a more level field.

For the rally, there was shortage of tyres for the RSC class which were given by MRF. Many of the competitors had to use whatever the spare tyre they had since not every competior got the full set of 5 tyres as promised.

Also there is a rumor that from the next rally, the RSC category will get imported tyres and most probably it will be silverstone tyres.

[khaadu75]

Originally Posted by speedmiester

Also there is a rumor that from the next rally, the RSC category will get imported tyres and most probably it will be silverstone tyres.

I heard that it could even be Pirelli ... lets wait and watch !! Also there is another rumour going around that SIDVIN wants Team MRF to take part coz that would give them a competitor and if MRF doesn't agree to take part then SIDVIN also might re think its strategy ... !!

Interesting time for the INRC ..I dont give a damn who takes part or who doesnt but as long as the SPORT wins everyone should be ok .

Cheers

[madan80]

looks very interesting. how come no indian tyre mfgs/ marketers in the forray? JK, goodyear, yokohoma etc?