In the Ndure category,
participants were seen balancing the given time, speed and distance to avoid
penalties. Nikunj Toshniwala with
Suvrajit Dutta stepped up to the first position while Arpit Gupta with T.
Nagarajan dropped to the second position followed by Suresh Kumar Dudi and
Rajith Purusuthman.
The Xplore B category which
commenced on February 3, 2017 witnessed Karthick Maruthi with Sankar Anand led
the rally followed by Rajesh Chalana and Satish Gopalkrishnan. Ali Ajgar with
Mohammed Musthafa came third in the category.
Among the women participants,
Bani Yadav who was at position 9 on the previous day, was seen fighting hard to
get past her competitors in her Maruti Suzuki Gypsy.
The participants are currently
competing across a total distance of around 500kms in the night leg which began
late in the night on Feb 2, concluding in Jodhpur where the prize distribution
ceremony is expected to take place.
Below is the total time of the top three participants at the end of Day
4 (Provisional):
Xtreme category (Provisional):
Suresh Rana and Ashwin Naik
(Driving Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara) – 09:21:41
Niju Padia and Nirav Mehta
(Driving Pajero) – 09:33:19
Sandeep Sharma and Karan Arya
(Driving Maruti Suzuki Gypsy) – 09:46:56
Moto category (Provisional):
C. S. Santosh – 07:20:57
R Nataraj – 07:30:08
Tanveer Abdul Wahid – 07:46:10
Below are the total penalties of the top three participants at the end
of Day 4 (Provisional):
NDure category (Provisional):
Nikunj Toshniwal and Suvrajit
Dutta – 00:34:16
Arpit Gupta and T Nagarajan –
00:44:02
Suresh Kumar Dudi and Rajith
Purusuthman – 02:06:08
Xplore category (Provisional):
Karthick Maruthi and Sankar
Anand (Driving Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza) – 00:00:31
Rajesh Chalana and Satish
Gopalkrishnan – 00:02:35
Ali Ajgar and Mohammed
Musthafa (Driving Maruti Suzuki Swift) – 00:09:21