PANAJI
Dr Mohammed Fahed VP (Co-driver Rajeev Lal) from Kerala is in the lead after four special stages (SS) of the Rainforest Challenge (RFC) India off-road motorsport competition in Goa.
The first day was full of surprises, intense action and vehicle topples. As per provisional results declared after the completion of 4 of the 26 SS, Fahed-Lal led with 310 points out of 400. Giving him a tough fight was Satish Kumar (Chethan Chengappa) from Karnataka in the second spot with 290 points. The third position was grabbed by N Abinav Reddy (Vishuthi Varun) of Telangana with 275 points.
Defending champion Kabir Waraich (Dushyant Khosla) from Chandigarh was in the fourth position with 270 points while Dr Chaitanya Challa (Pradeep Kumar) from Telangana was in the fifth position on the leaderboard with 234 points.
Dr Fahed was the top performer in SS 2 and SS 3 and he got a perfect 100 in both of the stages. He did quite well in SS 4 as well where he was placed third with 90 points. However, his overall scores took a huge jolt when he toppled his vehicle in SS1 and was unable to finish the stage, because of which he was given 20 points for DNF (Did Not Finish). Satish was placed first in SS 4 with 100 points and he got 95 points each in SS 2 and SS 3. Unfortunately, he did not attempt SS 1, which had an impact on his overall scores for the day.
