September 1999 Issue 

From the Editor
Motor Sports Web Sites
From the President's desk
The 25th Karnataka 1000 1999-Report by Mr.George Francis
Classification after Round V

From the Editor

August 1999 was agog with the news of the FIA investigation. In the words of Mr.Yvon Leon, the person who was deputed to investigate, it was termed as a fact-finding mission. Whether it was an investigation or fact-finding mission, it turned out to be a show of strength of the members for the FMSCI. Even at Annual General Body Meetings rarely one gets to see such numbers and unity as was seen in this meeting with Mr.Leon. I do not want to dwell into the details of this meeting as it is dealt with later in this issue.

The 25th Year of the Karnataka 1000 turned out to be a good event and a personal triumph for the few people who were involved in this event. The competitors were unanimous in their feeling that it was far the best Karnataka 1000 in a long time.

Nepal Motor Sports Club, the latest entry into the Federation as member organised a rally for all the dignitaries who were present for the SAF games in Katmandu. The event turned outto have all the ingredients of a National event bar the distance of the rally. There were 45 entries and was lead by Sri.Sharat Kumar Bhandari, Sports Minister of Nepal. The Nepal Motor Sports Club along with Bengal Motor Sports Club will be organising the 2nd Servo Millennium Indo Nepal Rally in January 2000. The Prize money is to exceed Rs.5 lakhs and will have both Special Stages and TSD parts.

For the Go kart lovers, good news is in store as an international go kart size track is being laid out in the outskirts of Hyderabad. It is being name Runway 9. It is to be opened on the 15th of October. To follow suit will be another similar track in Bangalore at SpeedZone.

With the JK Road racing round on the 12th September and the Popular Rally on the 18th September we will be seeing a lot of action.

I was witness to a unique event in Coimbatore organised by Spitfire and Coimbatore Automotive Sports Club on 5th September. It was a combination of an autocross, rally cross, drag meet and an exclusive rally cross for Tata Sumos. Not only was it well organised but also attracted a number of entries including a lot of new entrants besides the big names. They were also able to rope in Indian Oil as a sponsor for this event.

Finally the issue of the rear suspension which was in question for the last two events have been resolved in a meeting the Chairman, 4W Technical Committee had with two scrutineers as well as representatives of the two teams of JK and MRF. A bulletin to this effect has been issued.

C. Sridhar
Editor - FASTRAC

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From thePresident's desk

It might surprise some to see the reincarnation of this column !!

Circumstances the FMSCI has emerged from were such, that I have to address our compatriots and compeers, as to what really prompted the much spoken about FIA "investigation.

FIA, vide Mr. Yvon Leon‘s fax to us dated the 2nd, August 1999, told us that he, in his capacity as Consultant of FIA for foreign affairs, had been requested by Mr. Max Mosley, President, FIA, to conduct an "investigation" regarding the situation of motor sports in India. His report was to be presented to the FIA World Motor Sport Council and then to the General Assembly, who meet in early October this year.

The FMSCI asked both, Mr. Leon and Mr. Mosley, as to what had suddenly happened in Indian Motor Sports, which we did not know of, and which needed to be suddenly "investigated", that too, at such a short notice. The FMSCI also asked Mr. Leon to tell us of what "charges" were being "investigated", and who filed such charges?

There was no reply, which was substantially comprehensive in its contents, apart from a reiteration that Mr. Leon would meet FMSCI in Bombay on the 27th August and again on the 29th at Madras.

It was becoming abundantly clear, as to who was behind this sudden demand for an "investigation", as loyal FMSCI members started calling in & saying that they were being asked if they would indeed join the promotion of another parallel federation, which was bound to be

formalised, as soon as this "investigation" was through.

The FMSCI Chairman Dr Vijay Mallya then took matters in hand, & asked FIA for more time, so that an extra ordinary general meeting could be called for, with the mandatory notice period etc. Once again, FIA replied that it was not possible to delay this "investigation" as the report had to be submitted to the World Motor Sports Council in the first week of October. Very obviously, someone was very keen that the FMSCI investigation be concluded, that too, very quickly.

It may be recalled that the FMSCI, in a vote-by-circulation on 12th July 1999, had unanimously agreed to withdraw the mandate, given to Mr Nazir Hoosein, which he enjoyed as our nominee on FIA Asia. This decision was ratified at the council meeting held on 17th. July 1999. Consequently, it became evident as to who had triggered the need for this sudden "investigation" & that too, without any specific charges. Nevertheless, Dr Mallya spoke to Mr Nazir Hoosein on the 15th. August 1999.

It was, at this time confirmed, that the bogey & spectre of another federation, of which we last heard about when Mr. Hoosein was suspended from Indian Motor Sports in 1997, had returned to haunt.

The FMSCI went into action. A team consisting of Past Presidents M/s Percy Ghyara, Anand Swadi, Kushru Madan, Adi Malgham & Vice President Mr. C. Sridhar, along with Mr. BV Chandok, member of the Council met Mr. Leon in Bombay. Accompanying them were Mr. Homi Commissariat. Mr. Farokh Commissariat, Mr. Ketan Mehta, Mr. Jagdish Thackersey, Mr. Mohinder Lalwani. Mr. Darayus Bathena, unable to attend due to his travels abroad, asked to represent his views, in the form of a lengthy letter that he addressed to Mr. Leon.

By all accounts, the meeting was satisfactory. Mr. Leon asked direct questions on the volume & depth of our activities, and what our role was vis-a-vis the automobile associations like the WIAA & their kin. Mr. Leon was also presented with a voluminous dossier, giving complete details of the number of permits FMSCI had issued over the last few years, growth in number of licence holders, number of member associations who enjoyed affiliation with the FMSCI etc.

While in Bombay, we are given to understand that he was advised to meet with the representatives of the WIAA, members of the specialised press, and perhaps, somebody from CASTROL India Limited, who magnanimously fund the FMSCI rally effort.

The scene now turns to Madras. It is understood that Mr. Leon was to travel to Madras on the evening of 28th. August, but our grapevine from Dhun Buildings (head quarters of MRF Ltd.) reported that Mr. Leon was already in Madras on the 28th. morning itself. Here, he was asked to meet members of the local press, along with some members from MRF rallying team. Also in his schedule, was a long & supposedly interesting meeting with Harish Samtani, who, as you all perhaps know, pulled out from a leading position of the JK Tyres Racing Championship.

True to his word, Mr. Leon has apparently not made any press statements. The FMSCI, who had been advised by no less than the FIA President Mr. Max Mosley, not to react to any press releases, appreciate Mr. Leon restraint, while he obviously appreciated ours.

The 29th. August dawned, when over 30 clubs were represented in person, by no less than 45 people, at Madras, in the Wallajah Room of the Taj Connemara. Exactly at 09.30 hrs, the appointed time, along with Mr. C Sridhar, and Mr. BV Chandok, I escorted Mr. Yvon Leon into the meeting room. Mr. Leon was visibly taken aback at the sheer size of the gathering !! After having everyone introduce themselves, I addressed the gathering, representing various issues which were unique to our country.

Mr. Leon then addressed the gathering, and was visibly apologetic at the short notice he was forced to give us, as well as the unfortunate connotation the word "investigate" had caused. He said he meant to use the word "investigation" in the french way, which means to gather fact, rather than the english way, which means to investigate "charges". Mr. Sanjay Sharma, manager, motor sport of the JK Tyres Rally team, asked permission if he could say a few words to the gathering. Being granted, he spoke at length about JK Tyres association with Indian motor sport, and how various problems were obviously being resolved amicably, & to show that our rallies, for example, are as good as any of those running anywhere in Asia. What stopped us from conducting a full fledged international event was logistics & money.

Mr. Rajat Mazumdar spoke about the dangers of another federation, where, on one side, their sponsorship from one of India leading oil companies was being put on hold due to these uncertainities.

Mr. T.T. Raghunathan then asked Mr. Leon to spell out who were the 2 sides to this "investigation". I was asked to answer this question, & I stated that the FMSCI was one, and it was becoming very obvious to everyone that Mr. Nazir Hoosein was the other.

This opened up a tide of spontaneous sentiments expressed against the formation of another Federation, just because an individual could not see eye to eye with the FMSCI council. Moreover, it seemed ridiculous that our own representative on the FIA, was now very obviously conspiring & working against us, who had nominated him in there, in the first place. Words like "treachery" "traitor" "betrayal of trust" "stabbed in the back" freely flowed.

Mr. Khushru Madan then spoke passionately, and stated that he was the one who fought with the FMSCI council to see that Nazir does not loose his mandate to the FIA world council, against all odds, but was rewarded by this act of betrayal of trust.

The general assembly of persons who attended the meeting, in one single voice, demanded for summary removal of Mr. Hoosein from the FIA world council. I explained that this was not a duly constituted general body meeting, nor did it have any agenda. However, Mr. Leon had obviously taken detailed notes of the strong sentiments expressed, said he would convey these to the FIA. I, for one would convey these to the FMSCI council,

when they next meet. We could not diminish our status in the eyes of the FIA by doing anything that would bring us into disrepute, even though we have the powers to change our mandate anytime we liked.

Mr. Leon then asked all members to state their plans for the future, and each member spoke out the detailed plans for the coming few months of this year as well as for the future. He thanked each member for his individual assessment & prospective thoughts. In my closing address, I stated that it was impossible to feel isolated with the kind of support the FMSCI enjoyed, and with this sort of solidarity, it would not be inopportune to get together, to run a major international event in India.

Mr. Leon made a closing statement, and stated that he was satisfied with what he saw, and that he would very promptly forward his findings to the FIA. He wished us good luck in our endeavours to increase our level of activity, & stated that he was always available for any assistance.

Under these very pleasant circumstances, Mr. Yvon Leon visit filled in yet another chapter of our Federation glorious, colourful & often turbulent history.

The 25th Karnataka 1000 Rally, 1999

Economical & Exciting :

The Silver Jubilee 25th Karnataka – 1000 Rally ’99 for cars and motorcycles in the Golden Jubilee year of the organizer. Karnataka Motor Sports Club (KMSC) proved that a Motor Rally can be exciting, even if it is run ‘economically’.

The Castrol India Ltd., sponsorship having been denied to KMSC (like all other clubs), the organisers went a begging for sponsors.

The KMSC, with a colourful list of members, which almost reads like the who’s who in the Karnataka Automobile industry, failed miserably to get a sponsor quickly. Respite came in the form of the "knockout Beer", brand of the Mysore Breweries Ltd., who chipped in a lakh to sponsor the motorcycle part of the legendary K-1000 rally.

The history of the Karnataka – 1000 rally is interesting. The KMSC, founded in 1949, ran the first ever race in Karnataka the same year at South Parade, and the first rally in 1950. Having run a motor cycle race in Mysore in 1951, and a motorcycle race at Yelahanka in 1954, followed by a car race at the Yelahanka airstip in 1955, the Karnataka 1000 rally was born in 1975.

In the 25th edition of the KMSC’s prime event, Karnataka – 1000, was run as a simple economical and exciting event.

Only 2 special stages, namely, India mines and Kondli mines made up the basic structure of competition. Both India mines and Kondli mines were to be run thrice in the same direction, and the former thrice and latter twice in the opposite direction. Six plus five making eleven stages, totaling 128.70 kms of competitive running. The total distance of the rally ran to 564.27 kms, including transport stages.

The India mines stage measured 14-20 kms, while the Kondli mines stage was 8.70 kms long. The setting of these special stages was very simple. One had to proceed on the Bangalore – Tumkur highway and after reaching Tumkur, travel to Gubbi and Nittur and 5 kms before KB Cross (after 2 kms from the Diamond Cement Board) one reches Harena Halli, where the service park was located and left of the Highway and stages on the right.

Thanks to Bharath Raj, Member of KMSC and owner of India mines and the owner of the Kondli mines, the KMSC could run their 1999 Silver Jubilee edition successfully.

The simple route (with hardly any chances for navigational error) could have easily made the competitors over confident. 50 motorcycles, 21 cars started the K-1000 ’99 but only 30 motorcycles and 10 cars finished the event. Service was allowed with re-grouping at the end of the two stages run consecutively, and each set of stages meant hardly 23 kms of stage driving or riding with negligible transport distances. Compare this to the K – 1000 run as a 1000 miles event, and God knows, what the present day competitors would have done.

The Karnataka – 1000 ’99 ran the motorcycles and cars events as separate parts of the same rally. In accordance with the FMSCI rule that all organisers running rallies for motorcycles and cars, should try and run them as separate events, to give both classes, equal publicity, in 2000, and be prepared for the same in 1999, the KMSC is the first club to have made a concrete step towards this format.

On 10th August the compulsory recee (reconnaissance) was run for both cars and motorcycles, and on 11th the pre-event scrutiny was held at the Sri Kanteerva Stadium at Bangalore.

6 am on the 12th August saw the 51 gleaming motorcycles line up at the Kanteerva Stadium in downtown Bangalore for the Start. K. Prasad of Team MRF Limited known as a chia (Championship) to fellow competitors and Karnataka locals, took the starters flag followed by Teammates Rohitaaz Kumar and Amar Sandhu, respectively. Tragedy struck Team MRF Limited and tuners TVS Suzuki on the recee day itself. Reigning champion Zubin Patel, overdoing the recee had a toss and broke his collar bone and wrist (which had earlier broken in another accident also) plus damaged his right elbow terribly. By the looks of it, he may take the test of the reason ( 4 months) to re-coup.

Though 3 out of 4 competitors sponsored by Team MRF were participating, the hype and hoopla seemed to be on the brand presence of the Yamaha’s and Suzuki’s.

19 Yamahas (of which 9 were RX 100s and 10 were RX 135s), 4 Suzuki Shaolins and 27 Suzuki Shoguns made up the 50 competing motocycles. The line – up clearly emphasized the lead that Suzuki’s have made into the field of Indian Motor Cycle Rallying in the past 5 years.

The fact being that only the Yamaha’s & Suzuki’s are the only works teams entering Indian motor sport, the way the lesser powered Suzuki zoomed into Indian Motor cycle Rallying and Racing Makes interesting reading.

In the Pre – 1994 days the Yamaha’s were the leaders. People like Sekhar Bhojama of Down Town works in Bangalore put the Yamaha’s in the prime spot.

1994, TVS Suzuki launched an aggressive campaign into Indian Two wheeler Rallying with Rajaram, prime tuners, being put on the R & D job exclusively for shoguns. Powering the shoguns from now where, TVS Suzuki started getting results. The Yamaha’s though very much present in Indian Rallys those days fared poorly due to no R & D support, and service support from the manufacturers. In fact, even the Coorgi legends Jagat & Anita Nanjappa’s pet bike is Yamaha 100, with which they ruled the Indian Rallys until 1998, when they shifted to 4 wheelers.

Growing in leaps and Bounds, Suzuki located the promising riders like Shyam Kothari, K. Prasad and Zubin Patel and offered them factory prepared bikes. Winning rally by the dozen the practice in two wheeler rallying was to get on to a shogun, so that they could get into the works team later, and get spares support when they are novices.

Zen Motors, a retail outlet of TVS Suzuki got into the fray supporting the up and coming rallyists with spares for shoguns, at Zen’s own expenditure for the love of rallying. Of course, Zen, run by Krishna Murthy & Praneeth, School – Time friends, become popular among Indian rallyists and not a day would pass in their Bangalore outlet without a rallyists visiting them.

In 1996, 1997 and 1998, TVS Suzuki Shoguns won the Castrol National Rally Championship for motorcycles.

It was in the last few rallies of 1998 that Yamaha realised that they were the hare in the Tortoise & Hare story. Waking up, Pacer Yamaha, enlisted Shekar Bhojana of Down Town Works, to support the prime Yamaha competitors. Japanese Mechanics and R&D personalle flew into India to locate the advantages that Shoguns had and the Pacer Yamaha team started perfecting their machines. The RX 135s were brought in, to get that little bit of an edge that one needs to win a rally by fractions of seconds. The limelight of the rallying season is fully shining on the Team Pacer Yamaha now. The Suzuki’s, to beat the 35 cc edge of the Yamaha’s are now perfecting the equally powered Shaolins. In fact, the 1998 season was used as a test run for the Shaolins, with Amol Talpade riding them.

Coming back to the K – 1000 rally again, the 50 competitors reached the service park in Haren Halli and were now ready to take on the special stages, after the 2 hours 11 kms tiring transport from Bangalore.

Chia Prasad sponsored by MRF Limited and astride a Pacer Yamaha works team 135 bike, thundered across the Indian mines and Kondli mines to lead the pack until the 6th stage. Fate had it that he should sudder a puncture in the 7th Stage. The stages and the tighter service schedules upset Prasad and Rohitaaz Kumar of Chandigarh, another MRF sponsored rallyist an another Pacer Yamaha tuned Yamaha 135 took over the saddle.

In the meantime, prime drop-outs included Amar Sandhu, Uday Kumar, Vikram Singh, G. Prasad, Nippendar Jassy, and many more totaling 20. In fact, each time the rally passed a stage we were busy noting down drop-outs.

The puncture that cost him the first place, did not make Prasad to loose heart. The chia in him fought valiantly through 2 stages (totaling 22 kms) with a flat rear wheel to finish for service and finally ‘breast the tape’ at second spot.

The performance of R. Sreenivas , Akash Ithal, Kunal Singh, Rohan Rego, Ravindra A.s., Manu and Amarjeet Singh should be lauded. They seem to be now forming the second line of attack in Indian Motorcycle rallying and should soon tune up to be prime rallyist.

R.H. Vikram, ex-MRF Team member, is the other one to watch in the ’99 season. Vikram, who was over – weight during the last few years, has trimmed down by 12 kgs to put the pressure on the ‘big guys’. I have to trim down if I want to be on top. I am going to work hard this season", said Vikram (known as Vicky), to the applause of his massive fan following in Bangalore.

The last bike finished the special stages by around 6.30 pm. and left for Bangalore to put their bikes into Parc Ferme.

On the 13th August, at 6 am., local hero and Team MRF Tyres sponsored current Group N National Champion Sagar Muthappa navigated by Sandeep Rao, flagged off into the Cars event of the Karnataka – 1000 rally, 1999.

20 cars followed in one minute interval. There were 7 MRF Tyres sponsored cars, 5 JK Tyres sponsored cars, 2 Team Chettinad Sporting cars, 2 Team Kadur Cars, two partly sponsored JK Cars and 3 privateers.

The JK Tyres rally team was seething under the loss of their overall and top Group A placings in the South India Rally ’99, which Team MRF Tyres, won at the IMSAC (Indian Motorsport Appeal Court) Team MRF Tyres, current National Overall and Group A and Group N Champions, were basking in glory, leading all the groups in the 1999 National Championship until now.

At 8.20 hrs, Team MRF Tyres, Sagar Muthappa, went into the special stages at Haran Halli, in his 2 rallys old Group A (modified) car, and toppled. That set the trend for the K-1000 1999. While the rest of the rallyists passed through the 1st stage, with utmost care, Deborshi Sadan Bose of Calcutta, a very young ‘boy driver’, took off into a ditch, due to a navigational error, and ended his adventure run there. While a forlorn Deborshi and Iqbal (navigator) were walking down the stage to exit, Iqbal said, "It is totally my fault. I missed a call".

Nihar Kiran Modi, along with navigator Nikhil V. Pai did the same trick on flatter ground, straightened out their esteem and proceeded.

The pace was being set by Naren Kumar and Ram Kumar (MRF Tyres) leading the overall and Group A positions, while Manik Raikhy and Vivekanandan (JK Tyres) were leading the Group N Cars.

In the car event also, the pet obsession was to note down who fell off from the rally, as the dare-devils passed from stage to stage.

Everything seemed under control for Team MRF Tyres, until the last 3 stages, the 4 times National Champions Hari Singh & Gurinder Singh Mann (navigator) of JK Tyres Rally Team, slowly increased their pace to make up quick seconds on Team MRF’s Naren Kumar.

While Sanjay Hardy Sharma, team Manager, of the JK Team, sat on a ledge, with folded hands and closed eyes praying for their anchormen Hari and Gurinder, far away in the horizon, one could see a yellow speck drive towards the final of the final stage. Tuners Brian Palmer, and his assistants Sathya Narayana and his boys, and all the other JK Team members who had dropped out lined up an both sides of the 1 ½ kms straight Tarmac, and applauded as Hari Singh and Gurinder Singh Mann, came into view. Microphones crowded, and claps deafened the finish TC of the 11th stage, as Hari and Gurinder said, "though we were down at one stage, by the last stages we here we are". Just behind them decided to go for it and checked in JK Tyres Rally Team Manik Raikhy and Vivekanandan to receive the applause for the Group N winner.

Team MRF Tyres almost finished to fifth in overall, Group A and Group N. But the crown for the kings went to JK Tyre Rally Team.

Nevertheless, Team MRF Tyres leads in overall, Group A and Group N in the Castrol National Rally Championship for cars 1999.

In the motorcycle category, Team MRF Tyres sponsored, and Pacer Yamaha tuned, Rohitaaz Kumar, leads overall and Group C in the Castrol National Rally Championship for motorcycles. Team Pacer Yamaha leads in Group D.

Only 3 rounds remain for the Motor cycle Championships, while there are 4 rounds for the cars.

The JK Tyres Rally Tuner – Manager Vicky Chandhok made a statement that the JK Tyres Team ran their cars with the same set up as in the South Indian Rally 1999 (for which they were excluded by the IMSAC (Indian Motor Sport Appeal Court).

Does this remark mean that the IMSAC are fools, or Team MRF Tyres are cheat, or that JK Tyres Rally Team can get away with what ever they do. Only a ‘Ban Penalty’ from rallys could change the attitude of these two teams MRF and JK, who are peripheral manufacturers hogging the lime light in Indian Motorsport.

On the August 14, post-event scrutiny was alone on the leading Bikes & Cars, and a well-attended prize distribution function with Tea and snacks, at Hotel Woodlands wound up the Silver Jubilee K – 1000 rally.

The absence of the "Rally Ball" again shown like a sore thumb in one of the oldest rallies of India, which ran without a sponsor. Until date, only the Eastern Motor sports Association and Nasik Automotive Sports Club have ended their rallies with the customary cock tails and dinner. For the last competitor, who spends and comes for an event of national stature, that is where he cheers or drains his rally feelings.

Results :
Motorcycles – Overall Group C (Modified Bikes)

Rohitaaz Kumar 1:45:44 MRF
K. Prasad 1:46:35 MRF
R.H. Vikram 1:46:56 Yamaha
Akash Ithal 1:56:39
Sham Sundar 1:57:45

Motorcycles–Group D (Unmodified Bikes)

R. Srinivas 1:58:52 Yamaha
Kunal Singh 1:59:57 TVS
Rohan Rego 2:02:57 Zen
Amith Kumar 2:04:06
Ravindra 2:05:42

Motorcycles – Unseeded

Akash Ithal 1:56:39
Sham Sundar 1:57:45
Rohan Rego 2:02:57 Zen
Amith Kumar 2:04:06
Ravindra 2:05:42

Motorcycles – Novice Class

Pramod Rahan 2:10:18
Manu 2:10:40
Badal Joshi 2:10:59
Amarjet Singh 2:14:15
Kailash 2:16:01

Cars – Overall

Hari/G.S. Man 1:42:40 JK
Naren. K/R. Kumar 1:44:34 MRF
M. Raikhy/P. Vivek 1:47:16 JK
K. Singh/Jaidas .M 1:48:47 MRF
Jagat/Anita 1:49:39 MRF

Cars – Group A (Modified Cars)

Hari/G.S. Man 1:42:40 JK
Naren. K/R. Kumar 1:44:34 MRF
Leela/F.Ahmed 1:53:31 JK
Ramesh/V.Kamat 2:12:01

Cars – Group N (Unmodified Cars)

M. Raikhy/P. Vivek 1:47:16 JK
K. Singh/Jaidas .M 1:48:47 MRF
Jagat/Anita 1:49:39 MRF
Navaz/Sherin 1:56:23 Chetinad
Vijayant/Chander 1:57:12 MRF

Cars – Unseeded

K. Singh/Jaidas .M 1:48s:47 MRF
Navaz/Sherin 1:56:23 Chetinad
Vijayant/Chander 1:57:12 MRF
Ramesh/V.Kamat 2:12:01
Satyan/Woodhan 2:13:58

Car – Novice

Ramesh/V.Kamat 2:12:01
Satyan/Woodhan 2:13:58


Classification of CNRCC/CNRCM
 
1999 Castrol National Rally Championship for Cars
Classification after Round V
Posn.
Name
Total
Drivers - Overall
1
 V.R. Naren Kumar
55.00
2
 Arjun Balu
53.75
3
 N. Leelakrishnan
47.00
4
 Manik Raikhy
45.25
5
 Vijayant Chaudhry
40.00
Hari Singh
40.00
7
 Karandeep Singh Sandhu
26.50
8
 B. Sagar Muthappa
25.00
9
 Jagat Nanjappa
24.50
10
 P.G. Abilash
23.75
11
 Navaz Bhathena
22.50
12
 Nikhil Taneja
20.00
13
 Karamjeet Singh
15.00
14
 Umakanth Alva
7.00
15
 Abhijoy Mitra
6.00
B.S. Pruthvi
6.00
17
 Sanjoy Arya
4.00
18
 S. Bhojnagarwala
3.00
Nihar Modi
3.00
20
 Rajiv Ranjan Roy
2.00
N.K. Ramesh
2.00
22
 Upkar Dicky Gill
1.25
23
 Jiby Maliakkal
1.00
Deborshi Sadhan Bose
1.00
Satyan Kochar
1.00
Navigators - Overall
1
 P. Vivekanandan
55.25
2
 D. Ramkumar
55.00
3
 Kumar Ramaswamy
53.75
4
 Farooq Ahmed. K
47.00
5
 Gurinder Singh Mann
40.00
6
 M.K. Chander
32.50
7
 Jaidas Menon
26.50
8
 Sandeep S. Rao
25.00
9
 Anita Nanjappa
24.50
10
 Sherin Balachandran
22.50
11
 Moosa Sherif
20.00
Jeff G. Poothakaran
20.00
13
 Shivu Shivappa
11.00
14
 R. Satish Kumar
7.50
15
 Sunil K. Shetty
7.00
16
 Dipankar Dutta
6.00
17
 Yogesh Gupta
4.00
18
 C.K. Chinnappa
3.75
19
 Nikhil Pai
3.00
Somdeb Chanda
3.00
21
 Vishnu Kamath
2.00
Sushanto Goswami
2.00
23
 Aditya S. Jaswal
1.25
24
 Sandeep Lal
1.00
Charan Rao
1.00
Alistair Woodhan
1.00
Drivers - Group "A"
1
 N. Leelakrishnan
30.00
2
 V.R. Naren Kumar
28.50
3
 Arjun Balu
27.50
4
 Hari Singh
20.00
5
 Manik Raikhy
8.00
6
 Karamjeet Singh
7.50
7
 Upkar Dicky Gill
6.25
8
 Sanjoy Arya
6.00
9
 Mitil Chakravorty
5.00
N.K. Ramesh
5.00
11
 Ashis Bagchi
4.00
12
 J.K. Jaiswal
3.00
Navigators - Group "A"
1
 Farooq Ahmed. K
30.00
2
 D. Ramkumar
28.50
3
 Kumar Ramaswamy
27.50
4
 Gurinder Singh Mann
20.00
5
 P. Vivekanandan
15.50
6
 Aditya S. Jaswal
6.25
7
 Yogesh Gupta
6.00
8
 Vishnu Kamath
5.00
Bhabesh Dhabaria
5.00
10
 Satya Sundar Dutta
4.00
11
 Basudeb Ghosh
3.00
Drivers - Group "N"
1
 Manik Raikhy
33.75
2
 Vijayant Chaudhry
33.50
3
 Karandeep Singh Sandhu
23.50
4
 Jagat Nanjappa
20.25
5
 B. Sagar Muthappa
20.00
6
 Navaz Bhathena
19.75
7
 P.G. Abilash
19.00
8
 Nikhil Taneja
15.00
9
 Umakanth Alva
7.00
10
 Abhijoy Mitra
5.00
11
 S. Bhojnagarwala
4.00
B.S. Pruthvi
4.00
13
 Rajiv Ranjan Roy
3.00
Satyan Kochar
3.00
15
 Nihar Modi
2.00
Deborshi Sadhan Bose
2.00
17
 Jiby Maliakkal
1.00
Navigators - Group "N"
1
 P. Vivekanandan
27.50
2
 M.K. Chander
26.00
3
 Jaidas Menon
23.50
4
 Anita Nanjappa
20.25
5
 Sandeep S. Rao
20.00
6
 Sherin Balachandran
19.75
7
 Moosa Sherif
15.00
8
 Jeff G. Poothakaran
14.00
9
 Shivu Shivappa
10.25
10
 R. Satish Kumar
7.50
11
 Sunil K. Shetty
7.00
12
 C.K. Chinnappa
5.00
Dipankar Dutta
5.00
14
 Somdeb Chanda
4.00
15
 Sushanto Goswami
3.00
Alistair Woodhan
3.00
1999 Castrol National Rally

Championship for Motorcycles

Classification after Round IV
Posn.
Name
Total
Riders - Overall
1
 Rohitaz Kumar
75.00
2
 K. Prasad
52.00
3
 R.H. Vikram
48.00
4
 Zubin Patel
41.25
5
 Nipender Jassy
40.00
6
 R. Srinivas
19.50
7
 Amol C. Talpade
18.75
8
 A.S. Akash Ithal
18.50
9
 V.Shamsunder
15.00
10
 B.C. Roopesh
14.00
11
 Gaurav Gill
10.00
12
 Amarinder S. Sandhu
8.00
13
 Jagat Nanjappa
6.00
14
 S.P. Chinappa
5.50
15
 Syed Jaffer
5.25
Riders - Group "C"
1
 Rohitaz Kumar
37.50
2
 K. Prasad
26.50
3
 R.H. Vikram
24.00
4
 Zubin Patel
22.00
5
 Nipender Jassy
20.00
6
 Amol C. Talpade
10.00
A.S. Akash Ithal
10.00
8
 V.Shamsunder
9.25
9
 B.C. Roopesh
7.00
10
 Amarinder S. Sandhu
4.00
11
 Vikram Singh
3.75
12
 Syed Jaffer
3.50
13
 Jagat Nanjappa
3.00
14
 T. Ravichandran
2.50
15
 D. Uday Kumar
2.00
Riders - Group "D"
1
 R. Srinivas
32.50
2
 G. Prasad
24.25
3
 Rohan Rego
20.75
4
 Kunal Singh
18.50
5
 Amit Kumar K.
16.00
6
 S.P. Chinappa
14.00
7
 Gaurav Gill
12.50
8
 Pradeep Kumar
10.00
9
 A.S. Ravindra
9.25
10
 Madhu S.
7.50
11
 Rustom Patel
6.75
12
 C.D. Jinan
6.25
13
 Vikram Singh
3.50
14
 Badal Doshi
3.00
Sunil Rao
3.00
16
 Mukesh P. Thakker
2.00
Pramod Raman
2.00