Exide Rotary Car Rally For The Blind 2014: Drive For A Cause

India, July 31, 2014 (Newswire.com) - The one of a kind event, which primarily focused on empowerment for the visually challenged and to create a platform for them to be a part of the exciting and thrilling sport, saw more than 170 participants and 51 rallyist to muscle it out for the top slot. Being flagged off by the Police Commissioner of Kolkata Surajit Kar Purkayastha, from South City Mall, the rally covered around 60 kms to end at Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys Academy. Autojunction.in joined hands as Online Partner in this unique endeavor which created quite a stir in the social circles of Kolkata.

“It was our vision to give an opportunity to the visually impaired to be the driving force in a sports, which is otherwise not available to them. Here the sighted person is for the first time empowered by the visually impaired and all throughout the rallying sector the visually impaired is on the ‘Drivers Seat’ mode and the actual driver is on the ‘Guided’ mode,” said Yogesh Gupta, President, Rotary Club of Calcutta Midtown and Chief Coordinator for the event.

Under the guidance of Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI), the car rally was categorized under two classes:

1. Expert class- Open to all entrant / driver with a blind navigator.

2. Amateur Class- Open to members of Rotary Club, Rotaract Club, their friends and relatives, other members of the society but excluding professional motor rallyists and other experienced amateur rallyists.

Each car had a visually impaired navigator and a sighted driver. The driving instruction was provided in braille. The chief steward of the rally was Lajpat Prasad, who was assisted by the other two stewards, Siddhartha S Bose and Subhash Nag Chowdhury. The Clerk Of Course was Arup Dey.

Results:

Amateur Class

1.     Dipanjan Ganguly (driver) & Sourav Pan (navigator) -18 penalty points

2.     Aditya Singhi (driver) & Pradip Mondal (navigator) -23 penalty points

3.     Vandana Sethi (driver) Sabita Jagotia (navigator) – 26 penalty points

4.     Debasish Sen (driver) & Somnath Hazra (navigator) - 26 penalty points

Expert Class

1.     Soumyadeb Shaw (driver) & Sandip Ghosh (navigator) -5 penalty points

2.     Sudip Kumar Ghosh (driver) & Biswajit Sil (navigator) - 12 penalty points

3.     Anubhab De (driver) & Rajdip Naik (navigator) - 15 penalty points

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