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Dimapur, July 22
Naga lad Yanren Jamio will become the first person from the North East region to participate in an extreme Off Road Challenge when he takes part in second edition of Force Gurkha RFC India extreme Offroad Driving Competition. The competition will be held in Goa from July 24 to 31. Yanren, a member of Association of Off-Roaders Nagaland (AON) is a mechanical engineer by qualification, and also runs an Off-road equipment Store and is a guest lecturer at NTTC.
The Force Gurkha RFC India Extreme Offroad Driving Competition, which is the Indian version of the iconic Malaysian Rain forest Challenge (RFC), tests the endurance and technical ability of drivers on a track dotted by natural obstacles. The upcoming competition is one of the toughest Off-road Motor Sport challenges in the country and ranked among the top ten toughest motor rallies in the world. Yanren, who earlier participated at the first edition of RFC India as touring adventure, will be competing in the second edition of Force Gurkha RFC for the top spot as Co-Driver with Siddartha Santosh, a member of BODA- Bangalore Off-road Drivers’ Association.
Santosh was also a contestant in 2014 RFC India. The duo will be driving a Maruti Gypsy King with 1.6L engine. The vehicle is built up for RFC from ground up, equipped with competition tires, competition warn winch, differential lockers, 12 travel suspension with SPOA, crawlers and many more. Santosh and Yanren will be competing for top honors and hope to bring laurels to AON and BODA.
Other AON members accompanying Yanren Jamio are AngulieVupru, and Lhiche Mero from AON and the duo will be participating as touring adventure.
