Round three of the FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship was yet another successful outing for Pune-based rallying team, Slideways Industries, supported by Volkswagen Motorsport India and J K Tyres.

Driving for Slideways Industries, former Production Car World Rally Champion and multiple APRC champion Karamjit Singh (co-driver Jagdev Singh) put in a flawless run over the weekend to secure his second consecutive win in the Indian Rally Championship class with an overall time of 1 hour, 42 minutes and 12.1 seconds.

In the Group N, 1600cc class Byram Godrej (co-driver Prajwal Pai) faced brake issues early on Saturday and ended the day in second place. He was back in stunning form on Sunday morning though and had a terrific run in the two special stages to make up over a minute to overhaul his overnight lead to seal his first win in the 1600cc class with an overall time of 1 hour, 47 minutes, 44.9 seconds.

Vikram Mathias (co-driver R Chandramouli) driving his first rally for Slideways Industries was in a comfortable lead of the class on Day One, but went off on the penultimate stage of the day. Sirish Chandran (co-driver Nikhil Pai), who had taken the Polo’s first victory in the INRC, had a forgettable weekend with a mechanical problem putting him out of contention on the very first special stage on Saturday.

The JINRC class gave the team some more cheer with Rohan Pawar (co-driver Arjun Mehta), securing another podium finish with an overall time of 1 hour, 56 minutes, 29.2 seconds.

source: http://www.indianexpress.com / The Indian Express / Home> Express news service  / Pune – July 24th, 2013