The Popular rally will have 11 Special Stages in and around Kuttikanam on 15th December and a Spectator Special Stage at Kalmassery HMT Colony on the 16th of December.

What’s New?

India’s top automobile journalist Sirish Chandran makes a comeback to competitive rallying in a VW Motorsport India built Polo R2.

Suhem Kabeer who currently is in the 3rd spot in the INRC-3 Standings has switched to the FMSCI 4 Wheel Cup and will be seen in a Honda CRV.

Who’s Hot and Who’s Not?

Mahindra’s Amittrajit Ghosh leads the overall standings ahead of Karna Kadur and Gaurav Gill. It is going to be an intense three-way battle for the 2018 drivers’ title.

The runners-up spot in the INRC2 class is neck to neck between Rahul Kanthraj and Phalguna Urs with just one point separating both with the N-1 rule coming into play.

Fabid Ahmer will grab the third spot if he manages to finish his home rally.

Younus Illyas will be looking to defend his Popular Rally crown (overall winner 2017), the youngster nicknamed Hulk broke his jinx of non-finishes with a brilliant podium in the Coffee Day Rally earlier this month and will be aiming to finish the season on a high.

Complete Entry List with Team Names, Class and Cars entered

  1. Team Mahindra Adventure - Amittrajit Ghosh / Ashwin Naik - INRC 1 - XUV 500

  2. Team Mahindra Adventure - Gaurav Gill / Musa Sherif - INRC 1 - XUV 500

  3. Arka Motorsports - Karna Kadur/ Nikhil V Pai - INRC2 - VW Polo

  4. Arka Motorsports - Rahul Kanthraj / Vivek Y Bhatt - INRC2 - VW Polo

  5. Team Falcon - Vikram Rao Aroor/ Somayya A.G - INRC3 - VW Polo

  6. Snap Racing - Phalguna Urs / Srikanth Gowda - INRC2 - VW Polo

  7. Team Champions - Dean Mascarenhas / Shruptha Padival - INRC3 - VW Polo

  8. Arka Motorsports - Jacob KJ/ PVS Murthy - INRC2 - VW Polo

  9. Race Concepts - Younus Illyas / Harrish KN - INRC2 - Mitsubishi Cedia

  10. Privateer - Sirish Chandran / Abnirudha Avinash - INRC1 - VW Polo R2

  11. Team Champions - Bopaiah / Gagan Karumbaiah - INRC2 - VW Polo

  12. Chettinad Sporting - Fabid Ahmer / Sanat G - INRC3 - VW Polo

  13. Team Champions - Druva Chandrashekar/ Jeevarathinam - INRC3 - VW Polo

  14. Snap Racing - Sumit Panjabi / Nitin Jacob - Mitsubishi Cedia

  15. Team Champions - Ritesh Guttedar / Lokaranjan - INRC2 - VW Polo

  16. Chettinad Sporting - Bikku Babu / Milen George - INRC2 - VW Polo

  17. Chettinad Sporting - Daraius N Shroff / Shahid Salman - INRC3 - VW Polo

  18. Privateer - Nibu Sayed / M Chandrashekar - INRC2 - VW Polo

  19. Privateer - V Lokesh / Ashika M - INRC1 - VW Polo

  20. Chettinad Sporting - Pradeep Kumar / Ahamed Ansari - INRC3 - VW Polo

  21. Privateer - Rakshit Iyer / Sagar. M - FMSCI 2W Cup - Honda City Vtec

  22. Privateer - Suraj Thomas / Sob George - FMSCI 2W Cup - Honda City Vtec

  23. Snap Racing - Prakhyat Shirole / Balram C G - FMSCI 2W Cup - Honda City Vtec

  24. Race Concepts - Joel Joseph / Suraj M - FMSCI 2W Cup - Honda City Vtec

  25. Privateer - Baiju Stephen / Kumar M - FMSCI 2W Cup - Maruti Suzuki Baleno

  26. Privateer - Vigil Vijayan / Venu Ramesh Kumar -FMSCI 2W Cup - Honda City Vtec

  27. Team Champions - Lanusanen Pongener / Amrith - Maruti Suzuki Baleno

  28. Raam Auto Tech - Nikhil J / Arjun Dheerendra - FMSCI 4W Cup - Maruti Suzuki Gypsy

  29. Team Champions - Sanjay Agarwal / Smitha Prasad - FMSCI 4W Cup - Suzuki Vitara

  30. Team Champions - Suhem Kabeer / Sheraz Ahamed - FMSCI 4W Cup - Honda CRV

  31. Privateer - Prem Kumar / Eldo Chacko - FMSCI 4W Cup - Maruti Suzuki Gypsy

  32. Chettinad Sporting - Noufal Sayed / Uday Kumar - Esteem Cup

  33. Privateer - Manoj Mohanan / Bineesh Kumar - Esteem Cup

  34. Team Champions - Arun Mohan / Akhil Gopinath - Esteem Cup

  35. Kari Sports - Kuber Sharma / Davinder Thakur - Esteem Cup

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