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2016 Desert Storm: Suresh Rana wins the Xtreme Category with a 70-minute lead
CS Santosh takes first in the Moto category ahead of Aravind KP and R Nataraj
After six days of rallying the 2016 Desert Storm, Suresh Rana (co-driver Ashwin Naik) and CS Santosh emerged as the winners of the Xtreme and Moto categories, respectively.
Rana finished the rally with a total time of 12:52.03s while Amanpreet Ahuwalia (co-driver Virender Kashyap) and Niju Padia (co-driver Nirav Mehta) finished second and third. Aabhishek Mishra (co-driver PV Srinivas Murthy) was leading the Xtreme category until he rolled his car in Leg 5 and retired from the rally.
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In the Moto category Santosh...
First Published:Apr 10, 2016, 12:15:22 IST
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