The finish turned out to be contrasting for overnight leaders Suresh Rana (navigator Ashwin Naik) and C.S. Santosh (Moto) in the Maruti Suzuki Desert Rally 2017.
As Suresh Rana sped to his fifth title in the Xtreme category, Santosh who led in the first four legs unfortunately incurred a penalty of 30 minutes and dropped to third place after the final leg on Saturday.
He was penalised for reporting late as his transport vehicle broke down.
The results: Xtreme: 1. Suresh Rana & Ashwin Naik (11:50.44); 2. Himanshu Arora & Chirag Thakur (12:36.06); 3. Saazid Singha & Farishrut Jhina (12:46.25).
Moto: 1. T. Nataraj (8:00.34); 2. Tanveer Abdul Wahid (8:14.13); 3. C.S. Santosh (8:26.48).
Ndure: 1. Nikunj Toshinwala & Suvarjit Dutta; 2. Arprit Gupta & T. Natarajan; 3. Suresh Kumar Dudi & Rajith Purusuthman.
Xplore B: 1. Karthick Murali & S.Sankar Anand; 2. Jagmeet Gill & Chandan Sen; 3. Ali Ajgar & Mohammed Musthafa .
