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NT Bureau
Chennai, Oct 9:

        Suresh Rana emerged victorious in the Xtreme 4-wheeler category at the 9th Maruti Suzuki Raid-de-Himalaya 2007 for the second year running.

        Interestingly, Suresh in his Maruti Gypsy clocked in with 1:37:15 penalty points followed closely by Harpreet Bawa with 1:52:29 penalty points. Capt A S Brar with 1:57:39 penalty points came in third.

        In the Xtreme two-wheeler category Ashish Moudgil with 1:56:57 penalty points came in first followed by Sandeep Singh Matharu with 2:20:04 penalty points at the second place. Sachin R Chavan came in third with 2:29:41 penalty points.

        The third category of Adventure Trial (for amateurs) witnessed Rajesh Chalana emerging first with 0:15:03 penalty points and Kartik Singh Bedi and Yogesh Bansal at the second and third positions with 0:47:46 and 0:54:20 penalty points respectively.

        This year's Raid-de-Himalaya was originally planned to finish at Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir on 8 October, 2007 after traversing through Simla-Manali-Kaza Keylong-Patseo-Leh and Kargil.

        At a function held at the Directorate of Mounteering and Allied Sports, Prini, Manali, the winners were felicitated by Raman Malhotra, regional manager, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd and Uttara Dasgupta, general manager, SBI.