Tejinder Pal Singh wins RFC North India 2016

Gerrari Offroaders’ Tejinder Pal Singh won the inaugural Force Gurkha RFC (Rain Forest Challenge) North India on Sunday. Tejinder was announced winner of the off-road challenge after the successful completion of five tasks over two days, competing against 10 teams.

The winning team (Tejinder Pal Singh and co-driver Harpreet Singh) competed in a Mahindra CJ3B and scored 462 points out of 500, with a perfect score of 100 in three of the five tasks.  Gurpratap Singh (Maneet Sandhu) and Sanbir Dhaliwal (Gunbir Dhaliwal), both from Gerrari Offroaders, finished at second and third positions, respectively.

Winning the 2016 RFC North India edition also gets Tejinder Pal Singh a free entry to the main event- RFC India 2016- that will be held in Goa from July 22 to 29, 2016. The main event only allows a maximum of 25 teams from across the country to participate in RFC India.

Commenting on his win, Tejinder said, “Members of my club have performed brilliantly at the RFC India Mother Event over the last couple of years and I am happy that we have retained that tradition by bringing home the RFC North India 2016 trophy. Harpreet and I studied the RFC India format thoroughly and watched videos of the past events to learn from the good strategies as well as mistakes of various teams. I am very happy that our hard work has paid off. Now I am going to work doubly hard to prepare for the Mother Event and do everything possible to win that ultimate trophy as well.”

Force Gurkha RFC India was first held in 2014 by Cougar Motorsport. The event remains India’s only international off-road motorsport activity. The Indian edition of the RFC is inspired by the Rainforest Challenge of Malaysia, which is said to be among the top ten toughest motor races in the world. Thus far, Cougar Motorsport has organized two editions of RFC India. This year, the off-roading event has been further divided into North and South regional chapters. The 2016 RFC South India event will be held between January 23 and 24, 2016.

Also read: Forest Dweller – RFC Gurkha