JK Himalayan Drive creates history, enters third country

The Biswa Bangla JK Tyre Himalayan Drive 5 today became the first TSD (Time, Speed and Distance) rally from the country to enter a third nation, even as Asgar Ali and Muhammad Mustafa continued their reign for the fourth successive day.
The five-day rally that began in Siliguri went all the way to Bhutan before returning to India and then making its way to Nepal. On the final day, it will come back to Siliguri to make it India's first and only ti-nation TSD rally.
India's kings were comfortably ahead of the field and should take the championship too unless they suffer an unexpected mishap, or somebody pulls off something miraculous.

The rallyists started from Darjeeling this morning and made their way to Ghoom, which has India's highest railway station at 7407 feet. They then drove down the pine-tree lined road to Mirik to reach Pashupatinagar in the Indo-Nepal border.
Once inside Nepal, the rallyists drove down the hills to reach the Terai region of that country and took the East-West highway before turning right into a dirt track through a forest and then drive over a river bed.
This 20 kilometer-stretch was the toughest part of the day's rally and tested the competitors' skills and endurance skills, especially since this stretch came at the fag end of the 260-kilometer-long fourth leg of the rally. The fourth leg had 15 time controls.