<p>A Sivashankar and navigator G Natarajan finished day one on top with an overall penalty of 32 seconds in the third Mahindra Monsoon Challenge TSD (time-speed-distance) rally on Friday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The Erode-based duo was a mere four seconds ahead of Umakanth Alva and Mohammed Mustafa, while Abhijeet Pai and Chandramouli M were third with a penalty of 39 second in the SUV Open category.<br /><br />Participants took off from Orion Mall in Rajajinagar and reached Mangalore after traversing through a mixed terrain. <br /><br />In the SUV OE category, Subir Roy and Nirav Mehta were on top with a penalty of one minute and 19 seconds, while Pratap (Adithya Anthony) is in second and Saurav Chatterjee (Ashoke Kumar Basu) is lying in third.<br /><br />Last year’s overall winners, Karthick Maruthi and Sankar Anand were placed sixth with 51-second penalty, while Bangalore-based National TSD Rally champions Satish Gopalkrishnan and Savera D’Souza were placed seventh with 52 seconds as a back-log.After a night halt in Mangalore, the vehicles will proceed to Shimoga on Saturday for the second leg of the 1,200-km race that concludes in Goa on Sunday. <br /><br />Over 30 vehicles from the Mahindra stables are taking part in the race that is spread over three days. <br /><br /><br /><br />Classification (first leg): SUV Open: A Sivashankar/ G Natarajan (32 seconds penalty) 1; Umakanth Alva/ Mohammed Mustafa (36s) 2; Abhijeet N Pai/ Chandramouli M (39s) 3.SUV OE: Subir Roy/ Nirav Mehta (1 minute, 19 seconds) 1; Pratap/ Adhitya Anthony (1:30) 2; Saurav Chatterjee/ Ashoke Kumar Basu (1:48) 3.<br /><br />Car OE: Wilson Padayattil/ Kuriakose Elias Parel (1:45) 1; Philip Baklin/ David Sharon (1:46) 2; K Dinky Varghese/ Balachandar R (2:20) 3.<br /><br />Corporate: Rajpal Navalkar/ Sagar M (3:09) 1; Sudhindra Hebbar/ Arjun SSB (3:54) 2; Sudarshan/ Gunasekaran (10:01) 3.<br /><br />Amateur: Alfred Raymond A/ Ram Kumar N (3:54) 1; Harsha K Hiriyal/ Prashanth BS (55:22) 2; RS Naresh Kumar/ Shanmugasundaram T (1::1:59) 3.<br /><br />Couples: Garima Avtar/ Dhiraj Arora (1:08) 1. <br /><br />Ladies: Cheshta Sood/ Pratima (23:14) 1.</p>
<p>A Sivashankar and navigator G Natarajan finished day one on top with an overall penalty of 32 seconds in the third Mahindra Monsoon Challenge TSD (time-speed-distance) rally on Friday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The Erode-based duo was a mere four seconds ahead of Umakanth Alva and Mohammed Mustafa, while Abhijeet Pai and Chandramouli M were third with a penalty of 39 second in the SUV Open category.<br /><br />Participants took off from Orion Mall in Rajajinagar and reached Mangalore after traversing through a mixed terrain. <br /><br />In the SUV OE category, Subir Roy and Nirav Mehta were on top with a penalty of one minute and 19 seconds, while Pratap (Adithya Anthony) is in second and Saurav Chatterjee (Ashoke Kumar Basu) is lying in third.<br /><br />Last year’s overall winners, Karthick Maruthi and Sankar Anand were placed sixth with 51-second penalty, while Bangalore-based National TSD Rally champions Satish Gopalkrishnan and Savera D’Souza were placed seventh with 52 seconds as a back-log.After a night halt in Mangalore, the vehicles will proceed to Shimoga on Saturday for the second leg of the 1,200-km race that concludes in Goa on Sunday. <br /><br />Over 30 vehicles from the Mahindra stables are taking part in the race that is spread over three days. <br /><br /><br /><br />Classification (first leg): SUV Open: A Sivashankar/ G Natarajan (32 seconds penalty) 1; Umakanth Alva/ Mohammed Mustafa (36s) 2; Abhijeet N Pai/ Chandramouli M (39s) 3.SUV OE: Subir Roy/ Nirav Mehta (1 minute, 19 seconds) 1; Pratap/ Adhitya Anthony (1:30) 2; Saurav Chatterjee/ Ashoke Kumar Basu (1:48) 3.<br /><br />Car OE: Wilson Padayattil/ Kuriakose Elias Parel (1:45) 1; Philip Baklin/ David Sharon (1:46) 2; K Dinky Varghese/ Balachandar R (2:20) 3.<br /><br />Corporate: Rajpal Navalkar/ Sagar M (3:09) 1; Sudhindra Hebbar/ Arjun SSB (3:54) 2; Sudarshan/ Gunasekaran (10:01) 3.<br /><br />Amateur: Alfred Raymond A/ Ram Kumar N (3:54) 1; Harsha K Hiriyal/ Prashanth BS (55:22) 2; RS Naresh Kumar/ Shanmugasundaram T (1::1:59) 3.<br /><br />Couples: Garima Avtar/ Dhiraj Arora (1:08) 1. <br /><br />Ladies: Cheshta Sood/ Pratima (23:14) 1.</p>
