Motorsports: Ali, Musthafa adjudged champs

Kolkata's S.K. Ajgar Ali and navigator Mohd. Musthafa from Erode won the Overall and Pro-Expert titles in the second round of the FMSCI Indian National TSD Rally Championship here on Sunday.

The winning pair tied with Hyderabad's Sachin Singh and his navigator Prakash M (Erode) with a penalty of 56 seconds, but Ali and Musthafa were adjudged champions on the basis of scoring more number of zero penalties during the 180-km-long rally.

National champions K.P. Karthik Maruti and S. Sankar Anand from Erode completed the podium by finishing third, some 10 seconds behind the leaders.

Topping the Pro-Stock class were Dinky Varghese and Sakthivel with a penalty of two minutes, 40 seconds, well clear of Erode's V. Sekar and G. Natarajan (04:24) and Sudhindra Hebbar and M Sagar (05:10).

Final classification:

Overall/Pro-Expert: S.K. Ajgar Ali (Kolkata)/Mohd Musthafa (Erode) 1 (00:00:56secs); Sachin Singh (Hyderabad)/Prakash M (Erode) 2 (00:00:56); K.P. Karthik Maruti/S. Sankar Anand (both Erode) 3 (00:01:06).

Pro-Stock: Dinky Varghese (Kerala)/Sakthivel (Erode) 1 (00:02:40); V. Sekar/G. Natarajan (both Erode) 2 (00:04:24); Sudhindra Hebbar/M. Sagar 3 (00:05:10).