Gaurav Gill to take part in Coffee Day India Rally

Bengaluru, Nov 21 (PTI) FIA Asia Pacific Rally championGaurav Gill will be seen in action in the much-awaited CoffeeDay India Rally 2017 to be held...

Bengaluru, Nov 21 (PTI) FIA Asia Pacific Rally championGaurav Gill will be seen in action in the much-awaited CoffeeDay India Rally 2017 to be held in Chikmagaluru from November24 to 26.

Driving for Team MRF, Gill is the lone Indian to have wonthe FIA Asia Pacific Rally title.

"Organised by The Motor Sports Club of Chikmagaluru(MSCC) and sponsored by Coffee Day Group, the rally hasregistered nearly 45 entries including the best known namesfrom the world of motorsports," Coffee Day India Rallychairman and vice-president of Chikmagaluru Motor Sports Club,Farooq Ahmed told reporters here.

The three-day extravaganza will witness concurrentrunning of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (4-wheeldrive and 2-wheel drive) and the FMSCI MRF Indian NationalRally Championship, Ahmed said.

Other participating on the APRC grid are Gill's team-mateOle Christian Veiby from Norway, a regular on the World RallyChampionship circuit, and factory driver for Skoda MichaelYoung of New Zealand, besides Kerala-based PG Abhilash, SumitPanjabi and Sri Lankan Shafraz Junaid.

Gill along with his partner Stephane Prevot from Belgiumis leading the APRC chart with 136 points, just six ahead ofVeiby and his fellow-Norwegian co-driver Stig Rune Skjarmoen.

Both Gill and Veiby will be driving the Race Torque-prepared Skoda Fabia R5 car.

The INRC entry list includes Amittrajit Ghosh, Arjun RaoAroor, Rahul Kanthraj, Karna Kadur and young Dean Mascarenhasbesides a clutch of home-grown talent, Coffee Day Hotels andResorts Director M Venkatesh said.

The entire rally route is located in the Coffee DayGlobal's estates bordering Chikmagalur, Venkatesh added. PTIBDN SSCSSC.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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