JODHPUR : Rising from the sand dunes, Suresh Rana and Ashwin Naik emerged as winners of the 15th Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm, which concluded here on Saturday.
Driving their Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara, the driver-navigator duo clocked a time of 11:50:44s to top the XTreme category.
The last leg of the rally covered a total distance of around 150km.
It challenged the participants as they traversed through sand dunes while contending with the chilly nighttime temperature. On the last day, the participants covered a total distance of around 500km, travelling from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur.
Speaking on his fifth Desert Storm win, Rana said, “We have participated in multiple format rallies and previous editions of the Desert Storm, and I can say the level of competition has increased tremendously.”
In the NDurance category, Nikunj Toshniwal and co-driver Suvrajit Dutta won the title.
Karthick Maruthi and S Sankar Anand took home the trophy in the XPlore Cars category, driving their Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza. R Natraj on his TVS was crowned the winner in the Moto category.