Team Akshara's Chetan wins title

COIMBATORE: Team Akshara's Chetan Shivram (with brother and co-driver Dilip Sharan) held on to his slender four-seconds overnight lead to lift the title in the Rally of Coimbatore, Round 2 of the Champions Yacht Club-FMSCI

Indian National Rally Championship

, here on Sunday.


In the process, the duo Chetan and Dilip added a piece of history as they became the first two brothers team to claim the INRC Rally crown. Despite some of the big names like three-time APRC champion and favourite

Gaurav Gill

and Round 1 winner Dean Mascarenhas bowing out of contention, it was never easy for the 40-year-old Chetan.

Earlier in the day, the overnight second-placed Suhem Kabeer too pulled out after the first stage as his car got stuck in the slush. However,

JK Tyre

driver Younus Ilyas (Harish Gowda), who finished runner-up, made the most of the opportunity as he changed gears to offer a stiff challenge to Chetan.