After an intriguing Day 1 in the sandy terrain of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, Day 2 turned out to be even more fun with Gaurav Chirpal emerging as the overall winner of the India Baja 2017. With just two timed-stages to go and a one minute lead to overcome, Gaurav displayed some splendid driving skills to clock an overall timing of 06:22:22 hours over six stages.
Gaurav, driving a fully modified Suzuki Vitara with co-driver Karan Arya, finished five minutes ahead of Raj Singh Rathore driving the Isuzu V-Cross. On the other hand, Himanshu Arora with co-driver Chira Thakur displayed great grit and character driving the puny 1.3-litre Maruti Gypsy to claim the overall third position at the India Baja 2017 clocking 07:07:17 hours over the six stages.
Winner of the India Baja 2017, Gaurav Chiripal gets direct entry in to the MS Desert Storm, to be held in 2018. Northern Motorsport have been the pioneers of the India Baja series and have gone to great lengths to organise world-class rally events in the country and to provide budding riders and drivers a platform to display and hone their skills along with a chance to get into the bigger game of international rallying.
