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ADVENTURE & WILDLIFE
India BAJA Rally
Sanjay Razdan
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ff-road racing’s biggest name, Dakar, was brought 07th April : Vehicle and paper scrutiny
into India in 2017 through its “Dakar Challenge” 08th April : Leg 1 with competitive stages of about 300
label.
kms broken into 4 stages
09th April : Leg 2 with competitive stages of about 150
kms broken into 2 stages
In one of the most exciting new developments in
motor sports in India, the India Baja rally-raid in its 2017
The stages were fast and flowing but very technical and
edition is now one of the Dakar Challenge events.
one needed to drive over sand tracks and over huge sand
In its very second year of running, the India BAJA dunes.
Rally brought off- road racing’s biggest name, the
Dakar, to India, by giving an opportunity, to an Indian It was a real test of man and machine with less than 50%
competitor, to participate in the 2017 Merzouga Rally vehicles actually completing the 2 day rally.
and in the 40th edition of the Dakar 2018. (Presently
only for Motorcycle Riders)
Rally was open to only 4x4 specially prepared rally
vehicles and motorcycles.
The value of this prize represents a significant €20,000,
the registration fees for one motorcycle in these events. Sanjay Razdan won the rally in “Upto 1350 CC
Modified Vehicles” class and was 2nd Runner up in “All
This year India BAJA Rally was organised with over 450 kinds of Modified Vehicles”
kms of competitive stages over the sand dunes and sand
tracks around Jaisalmer from 07th to 09th April.
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