Sharma remains on pole

Team Maruti’s Sandeep Sharma and co-driver Varun Davessar remained in pole position after the fourth day of the Maruti Suzuki Dakshin Dare here on Friday. 

In the Extreme four-wheeler category, the due drove in a fine manner in their Maruti Gypsy through the 27kms long track towards the outskirts of Hospet which presented an uneven terrain with some tricky turns meandering through villages to clock 2:37.46. 

Maintaining their second position were Sanjay Agarwal and Venu Ramesh Kumar from Team Maruti with a time of 2:38.14. 

Determined to jump up the order, nine time Raid de Himalaya champion Suresh Rana and Parminder Thakur continued to toil hard, finishing the fourth day at 2:40.39. 

In the Extreme two-wheeler category, for the fourth day in a row, defending champion Natraj (2:14.21), Mohit Verma (2:22.20) and Pramod Joshua (2:25.35) stood first, second and third respectively.