Kohima, December 5, 2012: Dr. Chumben Murry, Minister for Agriculture, Government of Nagaland, flagged off the fourth round of the JK Tyre-FMSCI Indian National TSD Rally Championship that is being run as part of the JK Tyre Hornbill Rally at the Indira Gandhi Stadium here on Wednesday.
In all, 56 cars and eight two-wheelers, are taking part in the 140 km rally that will begin on Thursday morning and conclude later in the day. The event is being run coinciding with the World famous Hornbill Festival and organized by the Nagaland Adventure and Motor Sports Association (NAMSA) in association with Berunda Adventure Sports Club, Mysore with support from the Government of Nagaland. Of the 64 entries, 20 are participating in the JK Tyre-FMSCI TSD Indian National Rally Championship while the rest in a concurrent event open to local enthusiasts.
Championship leaders in the TSD INRC, Karthick Maruthi and his navigator Sankar Anand, both from Erode and driving a Mahindra Thar, hoped to consolidate their position in the Overall and Pro-Expert class that they head with a tally of 65 points. “We have prepared as well as we could and we want to do better than in the previous three rounds,” said Maruthi who finished second in the opening two rounds before winning the third in Jaipur.
Heading the leaderboard in the Pro-Stock class are the Bangalore duo of Chidananda Murthy and navigator Sujith Kumar BS of Tata Motors Full Throttle who are comfortably placed with 65 points and well clear of the rest of the field. “We made a couple of errors in the third round at Jaipur that cost us some time, but we are confident of doing well,” said Murthy who won two rounds, but finished third in Jaipur and will be driving a Tata Vista.
Meanwhile, the oldest participant in the Rally, the 59-year old Mrs Dipali Poddar and her navigator Ipshita Das, both from Kolkata, in a Maruthi Wagon-R, was quite modest of her chances. “We did fairly well in the previous three rounds, but for this round, I am without my car, Maruti Esteem that couldn’t reach Kohima in time. I hope that we will do well in this round,” said Poddar who took time out from running a Nursing Home in Kolkata. “I have been rallying since 2002 and taken part in various events. My family has been very supportive of me, and I would like to win a Cup for my grandson who is just two months old and of course, my husband who has always encouraged me,” Poddar added.
The participants will traverse 140 Kms through parts of National highway 29, Touphema tourist village and culminate at the Naga Heritage Village, Kisama.
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JK Tyre has always been closely associated with the world of sports. Almost three decades back the company laid down a long term and sustained approach to promote Motorsport. Participating in this form of the sport has helped the company in continuously updating its products to meet the challenges of gruelling Indian conditions. The sport at that time in India was perceived for elite but JK Tyre took upon itself to package and redesign the sport to suit the masses. The company not only made the sport affordable but also equivalent to International operating standards. JK Tyre’s foray into Motorsport was a well thought out strategic decision to not only use and develop this virgin branding platform but also to realize the dreams of making India a force in the field of motor sport.
In 2011, the company acquired the Formula BMW Series and rechristened it as the JK Racing Asia Series (JKRAS). With this acquisition, JK Tyre created history in Indian Motorsport by becoming the first Indian company to acquire an FIA accredited series. The series has to its credit of producing as many as six of the current Formula One drivers, including reigning two- time champion Sebastian Vettel. By taking over the series, JK Tyre promises to utilize it as a platform to encourage and support the world’s best racing drivers and promote India as one of Asia’s motorsport capitals. Thus, JK Tyre has conquered two steps in the motorsport program where the new racing aspirants first establish themselves in India, then graduate to Asian level i.e. to Formula BMW, which is now JKRAS and then they move to higher levels of racing. JK Tyre now stands closer to achieving its mission of bringing world-class motorsport to the Indian masses.
The Racing and Karting programme by JK Tyre has been the breeding ground for the country’s motorsport talents like Narain Karthikeyan, Armaan Ebrahim, Karun Chandhok, Aditya Patel and other emerging talents.
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