Trichy,
July 17, 2009: In a constant initiative to promote motorsports
at a grassroot level JK Tyre, and Aura, Trichy
based forum for women, have teamed up to organise Fastrak 2009
Women's Car Rally. The 60+ kilometers TSD (Time, Speed, Distance)
Rally will be held on July 26 in the City Suburbs over a period
of 2.5 hours. The event is open for cars of all engine capacities
and categories including diesel cars and jeeps. The event will
be flagged off by celebrities from the premises of Hotel Sangam.
Aura
is a Trichy based women forum which includes Doctors,
House wives, Teachers and women from all aspects who have come
together to organise this rally. The first rally in 2007 witnessed
tremendous response, hence came the idea to conduct this rally
annually. We have received encouraging number of entries and are
thrilled to see the level of enthusiasm in the Tier II city.
Mr.
Santhanam, Area Manager, JK Tyre & Industries Ltd., said,
“I congratulate Aura, participants and media fraternity;
who in their efforts made this event an exciting and memorable
experience and are now geared up to present the third year with
same enthusiasm and spirit. JK Tyre has a long
term sustained approach to promote motorsports in the country.
The company has been actively associated with various national
and international level motorsport events in the country. It has
built a complete infrastructure to attract budding talent to this
sport and guide them at every stage to reach international milestones.
He
added, “We have been promoting and encouraging women in
motorsports and have been active partners in organizing the prestigious
All Women Rally in Chennai. We feel that greater attention towards
such sport activities could translate into a new spirit of innovation
and competition in the country.”
The
objective of the All Women Car Rally is to impart driving and
navigational skills to Aura members and to women at large. The
rally will have participation from more than 80 cars with more
than 40 percent of the entries being debutants in motorsport.
The
rally will be held in 3 categories – Expert, Regular and
Novice and is co sponsored by ABC Hospitals and
Canara Bank.
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