EMN
Dimapur, December 4
Here’s a piece of good news for extreme adventure sports lovers in Nagaland who were let down during this year’s monsoon season by not getting to witness the Nagaland Adventure Club’s (NAC) annual extreme autocross and exciting drag race motorsports event. NAC will organize the 4th Horsepower Challenge from 6th to 7th December, coinciding with the Naga Premier festival ‘Hornbill’ at Nagaland Football Association (NFA) ground near Nagaland University’s Meriema campus in Kohima from 8am to 4pm on both days.Pursuing its objective to promote adventure sports despite lacking infrastructure locally, the NAC has not only given birth to a new era of motorsports in the state, but has given innumerable opportunities to young enthusiastic and talented drivers.
The event was conducted during rainy season for the last three years, however on trail basis, the 4th Horsepower Challenge would be held during dry season adding that if the event proves worthy, there are possibilities that it would conduct twice in a year.
The event is categorized into two in both the events: Autocross- Cars (1000cc above and 1000cc below and SUV, and in Motocross there will be Open class and Novice Class.
The organizers also informed that participants from Assam and Meghalaya have extended their confirmation while competitors from Bangalore, Bhopal and Delhi are also expected. National champion Motocross Rehan Khan will take part in the scheduled competition.
An amount of Rs. 3 lakh has been set as total cash prize for the 4th edition of Horsepower Challenge, while promising drivers and riders will also be selected for an award. The entire event will be managed by the club members.
Minister Youth Resource and Sports Merentoshi R Jamir will be the chief guest and Atuo P Mezhur president of Nagaland Football Association will grace the closing function as the guest of honor and hand out the prizes to the winners.
