Shimla: The 11th Raid that concluded at Srinagar on Monday had Major AS Brar clocking in with 3 hours, 46 minutes and 57 seconds of penalty time turning up as the winner at one of the toughest cross-country mountain rally in the world. Captain Nishant Karki with 4.03.44 penalty points was second and Amartej Pal [...]
Shimla: Of the 33 that lined up for the 11th Raid on 7th October, by end of 4th Leg that ended at Rangdum on Saturday, only 24 cars in the extreme category, with Suresh Rana yet again leading the pack, were left in the fray. Among the bikers, last year’s winner Ashish Moudghil leading the [...]
MANALI- KUNZUM LA – PATSEO (8th October 2009) The Raid’s historical attrition of the first leg is not the same this year. There is a healthier start list on Leg 2 Manali to Patseo. Two very fast stages are slated for the day and they are designed to take their toll on the competitors. 4X4 [...]
Shimla-Manali: The Raid got off to a great start when blue skies welcomed it in the alpine stages around the forests of Rio ghatti and Rohru instead of the wet weather predicted by the met department! Almost immediately the drama began to unfold. In the cars Rana the hot favourite from Manali was beset by [...]
Kullu: Suresh’s mind is again racing faster than his machine and to the delightful fans all this is visible online . Yes , the raid has taken the technology in its stride by giving all the positions of the cars with numbers well traced out on the google map. As of 11 am IST Suresh [...]
Speaking over the ceremony to My Himachal Sunny Sidhu posed a challenge to Suresh Rana saying, “Watch out for me this year Rana.” Shimla: Heart-beat has increased of all motorsports lovers around the country, especially the participants of the Raid-de-Himalaya with the flagging off ceremony of the Raid at Peterhoff, Shimla, by Himachal Pradesh Chief [...]
पूरे विश्व में अपनी कठिनता के लिए विख्यात रेड-दी-हिमालया कार रैली का ग्यारहवां संस्करण आज शिमला से शुरू हो गया. इस बार इस रैली को पहले से भी कठिन बनाया गया है और 16 अक्टूबर को श्रीनगर पहुँचने से पहले यह रैली अब तक के सबसे कठिन रूट को तय करेगी. जाहिर है रफ़्तार का [...]
Hardened by having lived through ten Raids’, mountain rallyists chasing marked timings on both toughened four wheelers as well as two wheelers, once again assemble in Shimla to compete in what has become India’s toughest motorsport that even finds mention in international circuits. In first week of October, the 11th edition of Raid-de-Himalaya gets underway. [...]
Shimla: Yes, that’s true now the Raid de Himalaya will not conclude at Leh but Srinagar on 12th, October, 2009. This was revealed by one of the Raid official, Vijay Parmar. On 12th October, the rally will be flagged by Jammu & Kashmir Tourism Minister, Nawang Rigzin Jora, and on 13th Oct. J&K Chief Minister, [...]
Shimla: Heading out from rain battered tracks into some of the highest motorable roads in Himalayan landscapes, the 11th Raid-de-Himalaya, motor rally is to be a week-long event in October, starting on 5th from Shimla and concluding on 12th at Leh. The ‘Raid’ as it has come to be popularly known will cover about 3000 [...]
Shimla: ‘Raid de Himalaya’ one of the most adventurous motorsports in the world has contributed a lot to the fame of Himachal Pradesh as it is organized by the people of Himachal Pradesh: Vijay Parmar, Atul Handa and Manjeev Singh Bhalla (key persons). We are very glad to present before you their interview on My [...]
Suresh Rana, the one name which has made five consecutive wins in Raid-de-Himalaya, offers his recipe for success to motorsport aspirants as “Mind should always be faster than the machine.” You can see him driving white Maruti Gypsy (HP-66-1111) with “RANA” written on the driver’s window, Rana talks to winds in his darling gypsy to [...]