It was nice to see an update in my mailbox of the Dakshin Dare Rally – 2022, which I had been to a long time ago. For this 12th edition, it was held in Chitradurga (Karnataka) won by TVS Racing factory team rider Rajendra RE.

The 35-year old warhorse, a multiple-time national champion, who began his rally-raid career winning the
Group B class in the longer version of the Dakshin Dare in 2017, won his maiden Overall title. The Shivamogga born rider who is also an Indian National Rally champion said: “I am very glad to win the Dakshin Dare title. Though it is a shortened version, the competition was high and I am happy that the organisers managed the event despite the pandemic. With the support from TVS Racing, I am looking forward to a fruitful 2022.”

Highlights of the Rally:

• Only 2-wheelers, no cars.
• Entry: 36 bikes
• Finishers: 23 bikes. The terrain was tough it seems.
• Length
  • Days: 4-day event
  • Competitives: 300 km of off-road sectors
• Competitive off-road sections:
  • starting from Bengaluru
  • Triple-S
  • a spectator special
  • two loops of Selective Sections (SS) about 100-km each, around Chitradurga on Tuesday and Wednesday.
• Top Speeds: Flowing flat-out stretches near Challakere saw the top guns touching speeds of 146-kmph on Day 2

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Dakshin Dare Rally – 2022 Results

Overall Results

Very interesting to see that a “Bullet” class motorcycle and a Group D vehicle finished in the top-5 position overall.

1. Rajendra RE (TVS Racing, Bengaluru) (4 hours,19 minutes, 23.561 seconds)
2. Sarath Mohan (Mallapuram), (4:30:51.777)
3. Yuva Kumar (Hero MotoSports, Bengaluru) (4:35:36.889)
4. Suhail Ahmed (Bengaluru) (4:44:49.415)
5. Satyaraj (Hero MotoSports, Chennai) (4:45:30.605)

Individual Class Results

As you can see some of the classes had very few participants or finishers. It is not yet clear at the moment.

1. Group A upto 600cc:
   1. Rajendra RE (TVS Racing, Bengaluru) (4:19:23.561)
   2. Sarath Mohan, (4:30:51.777)
   3. Sinan Francis (Kottayam) (4:46:50.773)
2. Group B upto 165cc:
   1. Goutham (Bengaluru) (5:07:29.526)
   2. Jithu (Kottayam) (5:11:16.870)
   3. Manmeet Singh (Kolkata) (5:42:06.189)
3. Group B 166 to 260cc
   1. Yuva Kumar (Hero MotoSports, Bengaluru) (4:35:36.889)
   2. Karan Mohan (Bengaluru) (5:36:09.257)
   3. Sachin D (Bengaluru) (TVS Racing) (DNF)
4. Group B 261 to 400cc
   1. Aakash Aithal (Mangalore) (4:55:12.360)
   2. 2. Uday Ganguli (Kolkota)(5:21:16.408)
   3. Dwarith Manna (Kolkata) (5:41:18.873)
5. Group D: Upto 260cc
   1. Satyaraj (Hero MotoSports, Bengaluru) (4:45:30.605)
   2. Pavan BK (Bengaluru) (4:46:31.400)
   3. Karthik (Bengaluru) (5:04:02.545).
6. Bullet Class
   1. Suhail Ahmed (Bengaluru) (4:44:49.415)
   2. Naresh VS (Bengaluru) (4:54:32.819)
7. Group B Scooter Class
   1. Pinkesh Thakkar (Pune) (TVS Racing) (5:30:10.195)

“Since we ran the Dare on public roads extra precaution was taken for Safety of the riders and all COVID protocols were in place. The riders enjoyed the flowing stages and I appreciate all the efforts of the Officials and the team who made sure that the event was a big success.”

Jaidas Menon, the Promoter

The Dakshin Dare for four-wheelers is being planned for August 2022 but of course, we here at motorcyclin’ don’t really care about that.