The famous Gulf Monsoon Scooter Rally is scheduled for 2nd July. The 28th edition of the popular motoring event organized by Sportscraft in collaboration with Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd is all set to begin at Navi Mumbai on July 2. There are 25 entries already confirmed for the offroad endurance rally, among them many former champions are there including current champion ‘Syed Asif Ali’ from Bhopal. Besides other team entries including TVS Racing Team this year a family team of three is also participating in the event. Shailesh Gala, age 54, who has participated in almost all of the past rallies, is also participating this time along with his son Nikunj and daughter Priya.
Commenting on the upcoming event, Shrikant Karani of Sportscraft, said,
The popularity of the ‘Gulf Monsoon Scooter Rally’ and the prestige of winning the same is so profound in the riders that every year they try and get better and more powerful scooters.
The Gulf Monsoon Scooter rally is open-to all made in India scooters, including two-stroke, four-stroke and gearless scooters. There are loads of trophies and cash prizes for the winners across all categories. The various classes for competition are – above 80cc upto 110cc - Two stroke | Above 110cc upto 160cc - Two stroke. In Four stroke there are two groups Upto 130 cc & second from Above 130 cc – upto 160 cc.
Standard entries are open till June 22 17.00 hrs and late entries are also acceptable till June 27 13.00 hrs. Special incentives have been announced by the organizers for the participants from Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nashik, Aurangabad, Bhopal, Kolhapur, Jodhpur and Dehradun. For more details you can log on to the official website of sportscraftindia.
By: Farhan Kashif