<p>The three Mitsubishi Evolution variants swept the time sheets with JCT Rallying’s Samir Thapar and co-driver Gurinder Singh Mann winning the Super Special Stage as the Coffee Day Rally commenced here on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>While the huge crowd at the Amber Valley School grounds were disappointed when National champion Gaurav Gill retired barely 200 metres after the start with a broken drive shaft, Thapar along with Vikram Mathias provided much of the entertainment.<br /><br />Thapar topped the charts with a 2:27.3, to finish ahead of former National champion Mathias who finished in 2:27.8 in the IRC class.<br /><br />Topping the IRC 2000 class was young Karna Kadur in the Mitsubishi Cedia, with a time of 2:38.5, well clear of Team Yokohama’s Rahul Kanthraj.<br /><br />Dean Mascarenhas, the 20-year old from Mangaluru, put in a solid performance to dominate the IRC 1600 class, clocking 2:41.4.<br /><br />Equally impressive was Adith K C, the National champion in the FMSCI 1600 who clocked 2:37.7 to top his category.<br /><br />The action will escalate when the competitors head to the nearby coffee estates for the Special Stages.<br /><br />Results: IRC Overall: Samir Thapar/ Gurinder Singh Mann (JCT Rallying) 2:27.3, 1; Vikram Mathias/ Swaroop Mohan (Evo IX) 2:27.8, 2; Abhilash PG/ Anoop Kumar (Evo VI) 2:32.2, 3.<br /><br />IRC 2000: Karna Kadur/ Sujith Kumar BS (Mitsubishi Cedia) 2:38.5, 1; Rahul Kanthraj/ Vivek Bhatt (Team Yokohama) 02:40.2, 2; Byram Godrej/ Somaya AG (Slideways Industries) 02:42.0, 3.<br /><br />IRC 1600: Dean Mascarenhas/ Shanmugha SN (VW Polo) 2:41.4, 1; Ritesh M Guttedar/ Lokaranjan (VW Polo) 2:43.1, 2; Anirudha Ranganekar/ Ninad Mirajgaonkar 2:46.3, 3.<br />FMSCI 1600: Adith KC/ Harish KN (Honda City V-Tec) 2:37.7, 1; Raghu Nandan B/ Suraj K (Honda City V-Tec) 2:41.7, 2; Shahid Khan/ Dhananjayan B (Maruti Esteem) 2:43.4, 3.</p>
<p>The three Mitsubishi Evolution variants swept the time sheets with JCT Rallying’s Samir Thapar and co-driver Gurinder Singh Mann winning the Super Special Stage as the Coffee Day Rally commenced here on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>While the huge crowd at the Amber Valley School grounds were disappointed when National champion Gaurav Gill retired barely 200 metres after the start with a broken drive shaft, Thapar along with Vikram Mathias provided much of the entertainment.<br /><br />Thapar topped the charts with a 2:27.3, to finish ahead of former National champion Mathias who finished in 2:27.8 in the IRC class.<br /><br />Topping the IRC 2000 class was young Karna Kadur in the Mitsubishi Cedia, with a time of 2:38.5, well clear of Team Yokohama’s Rahul Kanthraj.<br /><br />Dean Mascarenhas, the 20-year old from Mangaluru, put in a solid performance to dominate the IRC 1600 class, clocking 2:41.4.<br /><br />Equally impressive was Adith K C, the National champion in the FMSCI 1600 who clocked 2:37.7 to top his category.<br /><br />The action will escalate when the competitors head to the nearby coffee estates for the Special Stages.<br /><br />Results: IRC Overall: Samir Thapar/ Gurinder Singh Mann (JCT Rallying) 2:27.3, 1; Vikram Mathias/ Swaroop Mohan (Evo IX) 2:27.8, 2; Abhilash PG/ Anoop Kumar (Evo VI) 2:32.2, 3.<br /><br />IRC 2000: Karna Kadur/ Sujith Kumar BS (Mitsubishi Cedia) 2:38.5, 1; Rahul Kanthraj/ Vivek Bhatt (Team Yokohama) 02:40.2, 2; Byram Godrej/ Somaya AG (Slideways Industries) 02:42.0, 3.<br /><br />IRC 1600: Dean Mascarenhas/ Shanmugha SN (VW Polo) 2:41.4, 1; Ritesh M Guttedar/ Lokaranjan (VW Polo) 2:43.1, 2; Anirudha Ranganekar/ Ninad Mirajgaonkar 2:46.3, 3.<br />FMSCI 1600: Adith KC/ Harish KN (Honda City V-Tec) 2:37.7, 1; Raghu Nandan B/ Suraj K (Honda City V-Tec) 2:41.7, 2; Shahid Khan/ Dhananjayan B (Maruti Esteem) 2:43.4, 3.</p>
