Veteran Jagat emerges victorious – The Hindu



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He was the oldest and had the least loved vehicles, but Jagat Nanjappa from Coorg showed his young rivals that it was the skill, experience and guts that mattered.

The veteran rallyist, along with his co-pilot Chetan Changappa V5 Offroaders on Saturday won the fifth edition of the Isuzu RCF 2018.

Jagat, who had a nearly 200-point lead over his next rival at the start of the last day, assured the title with a show of consistency in the five stages held on the last day.

Jagat scored 95 points in the 25th stage dotted with blocks and finished in 2006 with 2600 points to finish first.

Jagat will represent India at the RCF Mother Trial to be held in Malaysia in November

"The milestones of this year have been more difficult than last year. was the most difficult, my jeep is basic and my co-pilot proved that we could beat others with basic equipment and I can not wait to take part in the RCF Mother Event, "said Jagat.

Malaysian rider Mervyn Lim (co-driver Alex Tan) of GOA Fairmont replaced defending champion Gurmeet Virdi (co-driver Kirpal Singh Tung) of second place, while Mervyn scored a perfect 100 in the 22nd and 23rd stages to finish with 1849 points. 19659002] Gurmeet, representing Gerrari Offroaders, paid the price for a poor show in the 23rd stage in which he could only get 10 points and finish third with 1800.

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