Bikers gear up for Mughal Rally

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The 3rd J&K Bank Mughal Rally will have an additional category added to the calendar of off-road events that offer competitive biking.

So far the only two events that host this category of racing are the Raid de Himalaya that runs over the highest mountain passes of Himachal, Ladakh and Kashmir and the Desert Storm rally that traverses the sandy stretches of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
From this year, bikers will be allowed to participate in the two-day Mughal Rally in the Kashmir Valley on June 30 and July 1. Launched in 2010 as a rally for SUVs and cars, the Mughal Rally for moto-quads and bikes will be run under the Rally Xtreme category, following regulations specified by the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India and the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA),.
So far, 17 bikers have sent in their entries.
Of the 105 teams participating, the four wheeler Xtreme has 50 SUVs and cars while the rest fall under the Enduro category.
Club president Vijay Parmar said that the bikes and quads had been included this year in the Mughal Rally on popular demand.