Karamjit Singh and his navigator Jagdev Singh put in a flawless run over to secure their second consecutive win in round three of the FMSCI Indian Rally Championship, here today.
Driving for Slideways Industries, Karamjit managed win with an overall time of one hour, 42 minutes and 12.1 seconds.
"The stages here have been so rough and I drove really hard and flat out everywhere yet my VW Polo lasted. Very impressive. The JK tyres too have performed extremely well and the entire Slideways Industries team did not have a single puncture," Karamjit said.
In the Group N 1600cc class Byram Godrej (co-driver Prajwal Pai) faced brake issues early on Saturday and ended the day in second place.
He was back in stunning form on Sunday morning though and had a terrific run in the two special stages to make up over a minute to overhaul his overnight lead to seal his first win in the 1600cc class with an overall time of 1 hour, 47 minutes, 44.9 seconds.
"It is hard to believe that the Volkswagen Polo is only three rallies old given the performance it offers. Stages in the Rally of Coimbatore are known to be extremely rough, but we haven't had any trouble," Byram said.
Vikram Mathias (co-driver R Chandramouli) driving his first rally for Slideways Industries was in a comfortable lead of the class on day one but went off on the penultimate stage of the day.
Sirish Chandran (co-driver Nikhil Pai) who had taken the Polo's first victory in the INRC had a forgettable weekend with a mechanical problem putting him out of contention on the very first special stage on Saturday.
The JINRC class gave the team some more reason with Team Principal Rohan Pawar (co-driver Arjun Mehta) securing another podium finish with an overall time of 1 hour, 56 minutes, 29.2 seconds.
