[Omkar]

The Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) has released the calendar for the 2016 FMSCI - Indian National Rally Championship (INRC), FMSCI - Indian Rally Championship (IRC) and the FMSCI - Indian National TSD Rally Championship (INTSDRC).

The INRC will have Indian participants driving FMSCI homologated cars. The IRC will have categories for overseas drivers driving imported cars, Indian drivers driving imported cars, overseas drivers driving Indian cars, and Indian drivers in Indian cars.

The INRC will have three categories with a possibility of a fourth. The INRC / IRC will have five rounds from July to December in cities like Coimbatore, Nashik, Noida, Bengaluru and Chikmagalur.

The INTSDRC will have eight rounds between July and November. The rallies will be held in cities across different zones of the country.

The last round of the FIA - Asia Pacific Rally Championship will also be held alongside Round 5 at Chikmagalur.

The calendar:

2016 INRC / IRC:

Round 1, Coimbatore, July 23-24, (Gravel)
Round 2, Nashik, Aug 20-21, (Tarmac)
Round 3, Noida, Sept 17-18, (Tarmac)
Round 4, Bengaluru, Nov 26-27, (Gravel)
Round 5, Chikmagalur, Dec 9-11, (Gravel)

2016 INTSDRC:

North Zone:
Round 1, Jaipur, July 2

East Zone:
Round 2, Durgapur, July 29
Round 3, Ranchi, Aug 13
Round 4, Haldia, Aug 27

South Zone:
Round 5, Bengaluru, Sept 10
Round 6, Hubli, Sept 24

West Zone:
Round 7, Pune, Nov 12
Round 8, Goa, Nov 19

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[slicvic]

Is the Indian National TSD Rally Championship (INTSDRC) a new initiative, don't remember reading about it in previous FMSCI schedules

Went through the rules of the same briefly, Gadgets like TERRATRIP are banned for this year, that would mean a lot of novices could easily take part and would be really good to the sport.
However the very next paragraph indicates that if gadgets are used a penalty multiplication factor would apply.
Doesn't make sense