The 7th JK Tyre Hornbill Motor Rally was flagged-off at Dimapur on Thursday. The rally took off with Parliamentary Secretary for Information Technology & Communication, Technical Education, Science & Technology and Taxes Tovihoto Ayemi, ceremonially flagging off the cars at the NBRC, 6th Mile. Nagaland Adventure and Motor Sports Association (NAMSA) informed that this year, the rally has attracted over 40 pan-India entries, including last year’s champions in the amateur class, Nitoka N. Chophy and navigator Philip Lam, one of the three entries sponsored by Spearhead Initiative. Defending champions and national championship leaders SK Ajgar Ali and navigator MK Mohammed Musthafa are headlining rally. It will culminate on Friday at the Naga Heritage village, Kisama – the site of the Hornbill Festival. NAMSA, while stating that the rally is now an integral part of the Hornbill Festival, said that JK Tyre nurtured and developed the rally in a bid to provide opportunity to regional motorsports enthusiasts. The race is conducted in the TSD (Time Speed Distance) format. TSD rally is usually conducted on public roads in line with traffic regulations. It also conducted in off-road and track conditions, testing both driving and navigational skills, NAMSA said. “The objective of the TSD Rally is to maintain precise times and average speeds on various segments of a predefined route.” Each team consists of a rider/driver and navigator. The route instructions, known as the Tulip, also provide assigned speeds. As such, participating vehicles do not require any special upgrade by way of safety features such as a roll cage. NAMSA said that any roadworthy vehicle is eligible to enter a TSD Rally and the crew is not required to don special gear such as fireproof overalls, gloves and helmets, as in a Stage Rally. For further updates log on to jktyremotorsport, flickr/jkmotorsport, twitter/JKTyreRacing and, facebook/jktyremotorsport About JK Tyre Motorsports, NAMSA said that the company was instrumental in transforming motorsport in India. The company took it upon itself to package and redesign the sport to suit the masses at the same time making the sport affordable and equivalent to International operating standards. Its racing and karting programme has produced the likes of Narain Karthikeyan, Armaan Ebrahim, Karun Chandhok, Aditya Patel and other emerging talents, NAMSA said.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 09:22:26 +0000
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