Kerala's Dr Fahed and Rajeev Lal win Rainforest Challenge India 2024

Ujjal Namshum and Chethan Chengappa finish second as Chethan misses 4th title

A fter a week-long intense competition, Dr Mohammed Fahed VP and co-driver Rajeev Lal from Kerala have emerged as the winners of the Rainforest Challenge (RFC) India 2024 which concluded at Panjim on July 29. The duo won the 10th edition of India's biggest and toughest off-road motorsport competition with an overall score of 2165 points out of 2600. They scored these points after competing in 26 Special Stages (SS) that tested their off-road driving, co-driving skills, their team coordination and their vehicle's capabilities under extreme off-road conditions.

Ujjal Namshum from Arunachal Pradesh and codriver Chethan Chengappa from Karnataka claimed the second position with 2039 points while Anand V Manjooran and co-driver Vishnu Raj from Kerala took the third spot with 1874 points. N Abinav Reddy and co-driver Vishuthi Varun Chakravarthy from Hyderabad and Cedrick Jordan Da Silva (Mackvin Dias) from Goa also made it to the top-5 with 1802 and 1781 points respectively.

RFC India was launched by Cougar Motorsport in 2014 as the India

The 10th edition of the mega event witnessed participation from 26 teams, consisting of some of the most-evolved off-roaders of the country. The top-three drivers of RFC India 2024 have won free entry to the RFC Global Series 2024 Finale to be held in Malaysia at the end of the year.