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Raid De Himalaya, world’s highest arena car rally kick starts

The final leg, to be held on 13 October, will see the rally move to Leh where the winners will be crowned.

Raid De Himalaya, world’s highest arena car rally kick starts

Raid De Himalaya (Photo: Twitter)

The 19th edition of Maruti Suzuki Raid De Himalaya, the world’s highest arena rally, was kicked from Manali in Kullu district on Saturday, around 250 km from here.

Over 170 motorsport enthusiasts in 110 teams are participating in this rally, which will culminate at Leh for the prize distribution ceremony on 14 October. The rally will be taking place at an extremely high altitude of 17,500 feet with temperatures as low as -15° Celsius and will traverse through the terrains of Kaza, Sarchu, Pang, Leh, Kargil and Pensi La.

The final leg, to be held on 13 October, will see the rally move to Leh where the winners will be crowned.

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Winning last year’s top title, Team Maruti Suzuki Motorsport’s Suresh Rana, co-driven by PVS Murthy with look to defend titles in their Grand Vitara. Sandeep Sharma and Karan Aryain their S Cross, Hari Krishnan and Dinesh Dhankarin their Ignis, Dhram Pal Jangra and Thinless Namgailin Vitara Brezza and Samrat Yadav and SN Nizami driving Gypsy.

Cutting it close will be 6 women teams as well as 8 Army teams, which would be taking part across categories in 2017.

With safety given the utmost priority, all the participants undergo a strict scrutiny check one day prior the flag-off.

The rally is divided into three categories– X-treme Cars, X-treme Bikes and Adventure; and will cover about 1850 kms over a span of 7 days.

 

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