Sharma, clocking an overall time of 2h 37m 46s in his modified Maruti Gypsy, was 28 seconds clear of his nearest rival Sanjay Aggarwal (Venu Ramesh Kumar).
Nine-times Raid de Himalaya winner Suresh Rana (Parminder Thakur), also driving a Gypsy, remained third on 2:40:39 after the completion of three special stages today. The rally concludes in Goa tomorrow after the drivers complete double runs on two special stages.
Natraj extended his lead in the extreme bike category to a whopping eight minutes. He led the pack with 2:14:21, ahead of Mohit Verma (2:22:20) and Promod Joshua (2:25:35).
Kartick Maruti (Shankar Anand) were leading in the four-wheel TSD category recording 1h:59s. Sachin Singh (Prathima) and Ganesh Moorthy (Nagarajan) were second and third on 2:38 and 2:48 respectively.
Extreme bike: 1. Nataraj (2:14:21s), 2. Mohit Verma (2:22:20s), 3. Pramod Joshua (2:25:35s).