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2015 IRC: Gaurav Gill continues to lead Rally of Maharashtra on Day 2

Arjun Rao Aroor wins the first Spectator Special Stage in a Volkswagen Polo R2

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Overdrive|Jun 15, 2015, 12:00:15 IST

The second day of Round 1 of the Indian Rally Championship, the Rally Of Maharashtra, witnessed drama aplenty. Samir Thapar of JCT Rallying retired after his Mitsubishi Evo X suffered irreparable damage yesterday, something that the competition must have been happy about. This left the field clear for the SuperXUVs to attack the timing sheets once again.

Gaurav Gill and co-driver Musa Sherif maintained their lead in the rally during the last three Special Stages of the event. After SS9 Gill had an overall time of 1hr 26min 25sec. His strength in the rally was especially evident in the windmill stage at Nashik, easily the most characteristic stage of the only tarmac rally on the IRC calendar.

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Running second at the end of nine stages were Amitrajit Ghosh and co-driver Ashwin Naik who ...Continue Reading...

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First Published:Jun 13, 2015, 22:26:21 IST
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