Bengaluru, Jan 20 (PTI) The sixth and final round ofthe MRF FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship 2017, the MRF43rd K-1000 Rally, is poised for a thrilling finish heretomorrow, with favourite and current points leader Gaurav Gilllooking to claim his fifth championship title.
Three-time Asia Pacific Rally Champion Gill (co-driverMusa Sherif) is sitting pretty on 75 points.
However, Dean Mascarenhas, who has already sealed theINRC 3 category championship with 63 points, can still claimthe overall championship if he wins this round and Gillfinishes no higher than 11th place.
The MRF K-1000 rally will see 29 teams compete for tophonours. It will take place near the Kadavigere gate, abouttwo hours from the city, and boasts of two special stages of14.9 km and 8.9 km.
The teams will run through the two special stagesthrice, adding up to roughly 72 km of special stages.
In the INRC 2 category, Rahul Kanthraj and Vivek YBhatt (79 points) look good to take the championship but mustfinish ahead of Younus Ilyas and Harish K.N., who with 58points can still pip them to the post.
In the overall team championship, Mahindra Adventureleads Arka Motorsports by 35 points with both having a chanceof winning the championship.
Points tableINRC: 1. Gaurav Gill (75 points) & Musa Sherif (85);2. Dean Mascarenhas (63) & Shruptha Padival (63); 3. RahulKanthraj (47) & Vivek Y Bhatt (47); 4. Karna Kadur (43) &Nikhil Vittal Pai (43); 5. Amittrajit Ghosh (40) & Ashwin Naik(42)INRC 2: 1. Rahul Kanthraj (79) & Vivek Y Bhatt (79);2. Younus Ilyas (58) & Harish K.N. (58); 3. Karna Kadur (50) &Nikhil Vittal Pai (50)INRC 3: 1. Dean Mascarenhas (100) & Shruptha Padival(100); 2. Daraius N Shroff (51) & Nitin Jacob (51); 3.
Punyabrata Barma (46) & Mrinmoy Saha (53). PTI BDNBN.
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