Rathore-Arvind duo take top honours in Raid-de-Himalaya

The 17th edition of Maruti Suzuki Raid-de-Himalaya, world's highest altitude and one of the most challenging motorsport rallies, ended here today with R S Rathore and Arvind K P taking top positions edging out 250 driving enthusiasts from about 150 teams while covering 2000 kms in six days.
In adventure trial category, the top slot was bagged by Jagmeet Gill along with his co-driver Chandan Sen who completed the race with a total penalty scores of 16 minutes and 58 seconds followed by Asgar Ali who emerged as first runner up.
There were in total 55 teams in the adventure category. Rana P S was crowned the champion in the extreme two-wheeler category.

"We are overwhelmed to see the response received by our flagship motorsport event Maruti Suzuki Raid-de-Himalaya. This year has been exciting to follow, to see the passion of the rallyists even against the toughest conditions.
"This participation and excitement raises the bar making the rally more eventful with every season," Executive Director, Marketing and Sales, Maruti Suzuki India Limited, R S Kalsi said.
He said the sports event stands out in the number of highest women participants with Bani Yadav returning to give a tough competition.
"Amidst adverse weather conditions and challenges of the rough terrain, the enthusiasm of the rallyists never faded," he said.

The rally was ceremoniously flagged off from Shimla and the last phase of the rally ended here while traversing through Rangdum in the last leg.