India’s ace rallyist Gaurav Gill came up with a powerful performance on the opening day of the 10th edition of the Maruti Suzuki Dakshin Dare held recently.
The Mahindra Adventure driver along with his trusted co-driver Musa Sherif, was fast and aggressive in all the three special stages of the day finishing in 2:25:47 minutes.
Amittrajit Ghosh with Ashwin Naik stayed right behind his Mahindra Adventure teammates by clocking 2:30:24.
In the two-wheeler category, Yuva Kumar took the opening day’s honors. Vishwas SD finished the day second while Akash Aithal took the third position. Defending champion Suresh Rana of Team Maruti Suzuki suffered an initial setback but showed great fighting spirit.