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IJC goes on Thal expedition
The idea of drive through Thal desert was floated by few friends at the time of Cholistan desert Rally. The intention was to see how feasible Thal would be in case a Rally is organized here. We had some readily info available from Salman Niazi and Jeepaholic but it still needed a thorough recce. Five 4x4s participated in the expedition: Shahid & Yousaf in Vigo Adnan and his Team in Vigo Ali Aden and his friends in Pajero 2.8 Rao Hamid and Kashif (Fihsak) in Pajero Asad & Ali Zafar in Pajero 3.0 v6 The teams were split in three …
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One of the most unforgiving Rallies of Pakistan; 2012 Cholistan Rally is here
Before the advent of private media, there were motorsports events held in Pakistan but they had insignificant impact on the masses due to lack of coverage and exposure. Now though, since the media gained its freedom during the economic boom, motorsports in Pakistan have seen a bullish trend amongst the people as more and more people are inclined towards it. Internet has also played its part where Pakistan largest automotive community ‘PakWheels’ has portrayed the bright sight of motorsports amongst the masses. Apart from Extreme Autocross, Jhal Magsi Rally, there is another rally event held since a lot of time …
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Rallying and exploration have the same soul
Rallying is one of the oldest and most popular form of motorsports amongst car enthusiasts and alike, it is a combination of things that makes us true automotive enthusiasts like sight-seeing, endurance, speed, flying AWD cars and 4x4s, tension, adrenaline, adventure and being the envy of a whole lot of people, just to name a few. However, most of the people are afraid of taking their cars or 4x4s off-road but once in a while, on the automotive or off-road blogs pops up a story about an adventure that has motivated me enough to forget that I don’t have a …
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Maruti Suzuki teases 2014 Jimny concept
Suzuki Jimny is quite popular as a small SUV capable of reaching the same heights as Toyota Land Cruiser, Mitsubishi Pajero and Nissan Patrol, but under a good driver. It is the choice of a lot of Pakistanis who enter rallies, etc. But its price doesn’t justify its capability even than it has been popular however, the category D of the recent Jhal Magsi rally had only 1.3 Jimnys which speaks alot about it. Now though, it is time for the world to embrace an all-new Jimny, but don’t get too much excited as, Maruti Suzuki announced that it will …
What happens in Jhal, does not stays in Jhal
How do I begin this, the rally bug is addictive to say the least! Desert devil and I were remembering our words after last years rally. Yaar this track is awful, real car breaker, its too cold at night, it’s too dusty, it’s too far (return journey of 26 hours driving continuously) but we have done it, so it’s like “been there, done that”. However, it was our first and last Jhal Magsi Rally participation but, the true meaning of addiction is that the moment it was announced for this year we both said, I am going definitely. As usual …
Tagged: 2011, 4x4, Jhal, Jhal Magsi, Land Cruiser, Magsi, Mitsubishi, Nissan, off roading, offroading, Pajero, Pathfinder, Patrol, Rally
Nadir Magsi wins Jhal Magsi Desert Rally 2011
Nadir Magsi, also a favorite to win this rally due to his professional exposure and experience in this sport did not disappoint the hearsay not his home crowd and bagged the victory of the desert challenge by completing the 194 kilometers long course in 2:03:40 — the fastest time across the four categories followed by Qasim Saidhi nabbed the second position by being few milliseconds late whereas Ronnie Patel came in third position by completing the track in 2:06:35. The highly talked about Turkish champion duo of Burju Citenkya and her navigator Cicek Guney did not finish the rally along …
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The 1000 BHP Group B Audi that you never saw
Audi Quattro dominated the most popular motorsports’ event in the history of mankind. Automotive enthusiasts still to this day believe that Group B rally was the most epic event and gave birth to the most iconic cars in the world – cars which went on to become the identity of their manufacturers for as long as the world remains. Audi cashed in the group B rally more than any other manufacturer I presume, but disaster awaited followed with a life-time ban of group B rallying but before the ban, Audi had rumors circling its headquarters about a 1000 BHP rally …
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Tribute To The Fans of Motor Sports’ We lost In Bahria’s Race Accident
Recently, motorsports in Pakistan suffered an irrevocable loss of precious fans. Safety in such events wasn’t highlighted by the mainstream media, anyways; a thought occurred to me about highlighting what we car guys have lost; cars, drivers and other events as a tribute to the fans of motor sports we lost that evening. Here Ill put into light a few of those cars, drivers and events that we loved the most or the cars that were ahead of others cars in terms of technology by a lot of years but somehow failed to make an impact at that time. Pontiac …
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