DIMAPUR, MARCH 22 (MExN): After a truncated season, the Champion Yacht Club FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) 2021 will be back and see the competitors fight it out over six grueling rounds across the country.
The upcoming edition of the INRC will start from Chennai, which will also double up as one of the three Asian rounds of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship on April 23-25 and culminate in Nagaland on November 12-14.
Nagaland which will be hosting its first ever INRC round incidentally shall also become the first state from the Northeast to host the grand finale of the country’s premier motorsport event.
After round 1, the bandwagon will move to Bengaluru (May 28-20), followed by Coimbatore (July 17-18), Delhi-NCR (August 27-28) and Hampi (October 1-3).
Apart from Nagaland, the promoters have accorded the hosting rights to Delhi-NCR and Hampi for the first time as well.
Also this year’s championship will see the SUV class added into the mix to give a chance to other drivers in the country to display their skill on the national circuit.
“We could not go all guns out last year due to reasons known to all. The pandemic had tied our hands and it was very difficult for us to organise a full season but still we did what we could do best and completed three rounds. But we are back on the track again and will have six rounds again this year,” Vamsi Merla, director of Champions Yacht Club and promoter of INRC said.
The Chennai round will be organised by the Madras Motor Sports Club, while Bengaluru will see Karnataka Motor Sports Club spring into action to execute the event. Coimbatore Auto Sports Club will be responsible for the Coimbatore round and BND Motor Sports will organise the Delhi-NCR round.
Motor Sports Academy of Vijayanagar will carry out the operations in Hampi, meanwhile Nagaland Adventure and Motor Sports Association have been given the responsibility of the final round.
While Chennai, Bengaluru, Coimbatore and Hampi has been ratified by the Rally Commission of the FMSCI, the Delhi-NCR and Nagaland round is subject to an FMSCI inspection and confirmation of the local organisers by the FMSCI.
INRC 2021 Calendar:
• Round 1 - Chennai: Madras Motor Sports Club - April 23-25
• Round 2 - Bengaluru: Karnataka Motor Sports Club -May 28-30
• Round 3 - Coimbatore: Coimbatore Auto Sports Club - July 17-18
• Round 4 – Delhi: Subject to FMSCI inspection and confirmation of organizer by the FMSCI - August 27-28
• Round 5 -Hampi: Motorsports Academy of Vijayanagar - October 1-3
• Round 6 - Nagaland: Subject to FMSCI inspection and confirmation of organizer by the FMSCI – November 12-14
