 Kolkata: Twenty-four national-level rally drivers will vie for the top spot in the first national motor sports event to be held in the hills of Eastern India, with a purse of Rs. 14,30,000.
The two-day 400 km Vodafone Eastern Mountain Safari (VEMS) 2011 begins Nov 11 with Siliguri in West Bengal's Darjeeling district being the start and the finish point.
"The race is the first national motor-sports event in the hills of eastern India with an all-India presence. Also for the first time, a manufacturer team in the form of Team Tata and an army team will participate in a motor event in eastern India," said Amittrajit Ghosh, a former national rally champion and the brain behind the event.
Travelling in and around Siliguri and its neighbouring mountain ranges, the rally will once again follow the exciting trend of GPS time controls along with the Standard Time Controls and Self-Time Controls.
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