Continuing the legacy of promoting motorsports and fuelling its belief of making motorsport accessible to everyone in India, Maruti Suzuki kicked off the 15th edition of Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm Rally from GIP, Noida on 29th January, 2017. This edition has seen a record breaking participation from over 200 participants who will traverse from the inauguration place to Jodhpur covering a distance of over 2000 KM in six days.
The very first leg of the #MSDesertStorm started from Hanumangarh, Rajve Palace Hotel on 30th Jan. Participants covered interesting terrains of 255km (transportation + 3 Special Stages) in the outskirts of hanumangarh before they headed towards Bikaner for Leg-2.
Ace drivers like Suresh Rana (who is 10 time RDH winner), Sandeep Sharma, Bani Yadav, Amanpreet are participating in the X-treme category. Karthick Maruthi (winner of National Rally Championship) and Jagmeet Gill are also participating and both of them are driving Vitara Brezza. In the moto category, the center of attraction will be C S Santosh, who recently finished his second Dakar Rally and will compete against other riders to defend his title.
The rally will continue till 4th of Feb and lot of motorsport action is expected like always.
If you don’t know much about Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm, do check out following. That’s how officials have shared about the same - "Since the year 1998, Maruti Suzuki Motorsports has been fuelling the adrenaline of adventurous rally drivers and has been promoting motorsports in India for 18 years. The Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm Rally this year, saw record breaking participation, bringing together more than 200 rally enthusiasts from India and abroad. This also included the highest number of female participants (13 participants including three all-women teams) in a rally in India. The seven-day extreme event covered a distance of 2,100 km from the National Capital Region to Jodhpur, and was divided into four categories — XTreme, NDure, XPlore and Moto — enabling enthusiasts to use vehicles of their choice, suitable to the corresponding terrain and format.” The rally will continue till 4th of Feb and a lot of motorsport action is expected like always. Stay tuned for more detailed posts on upcoming days.
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