Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm 2009, India’s largest car manufacturer’s off road event flagged off yesterday from New Delhi.This year 170rallyists participating in this desert rally and will cover 2600kms in Rajasthan and Coastal Gujarat in six days.Desert Storm-2009 is planned in twelve different stages to attain highest rallying thrill.Read the complete company press release.
| Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm 2009 flagged off A record 170 rallyists vying for top honours | Challenge of 12 tough Special Stages enroute |
| New Delhi, February 17, 2008 |
| The 7th edition of Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm was flagged off today in New Delhi. The rally was flagged off by Mr. Shashank Srivastava, Chief General Manager (Marketing) from the DLF Place, Saket in south Delhi. The six-day rally, which has many firsts to its credit, will traverse approximately 2,600 km through the interiors of Rajasthan and along the Gujarat coastline before culminating at Udaipur.The Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm rally is one of the toughest motor-sports events in India. The rally is a mix of adventure, thrill and excitement for the participants as they tread through uncharted territory and experience the formidable Thar Desert, the rocky and uncertain Aravalli, and the slippery and white sands of the Rann of Kutch.
The route will take the 170 rallyists through competitive and transport sections. The competitive section includes tough, off-road terrain that has gravel, sand and rocks, while the transport section is run on inter-city state highways and connecting roads. Following the ceremonial flag-off in New Delhi, the rallyists will assemble at Shahpura (outskirts of Manesar on the Delhi-Jaipur highway) where the first competitive section starts. The participants will be flagged off at midnight from Shahpura to Bikaner. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Shashank Srivastava, Chief General Manager (Marketing) Maruti Suzuki India Limited said, “Maruti Suzuki has been the pioneer in motorsports in India. We organize and support the most challenging motorsport events in the country like Maruti Suzuki Raid-de-Himalaya, Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm and Maruti Suzuki Autocross, for both professional and amateur motoring enthusiasts. The demographics and psychographics in India are fast changing with the population of younger and sportier people going up. Maruti Suzuki is conscious to this change and has introduced many products that suit the younger and sportier tastes. We will create many more motorsport opportunities for a young at heart and younger India, in coming times”. This year’s Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm rally will have many firsts: One, this will be the first time when an Indian rally will be conducted at night and second, this is the maiden occasion when rallyists will cross semi-dry river beds on the Aravalli. The rally will thereafter halt at Bikaner before proceeding towards the sand dunes of Jaisalmer. As the desert sand of the mighty Thar greets the rallyists in the backdrop of the medieval fort, the four-wheel drive will come into play. After the desert, the next halt will be at Adesar, which connects the Small Rann to the Great Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. Here, the participants will rev-up their vehicles and sprint across the wet and dry sand along the Gujarat coastline Related Reads
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