Sohail Khan in 'Raid de Himalaya' motorsport

Sep 23, 2014 NR

Shimla: Actor-producer Sohail Khan, brother of Salman Khan, will this year compete in the 16th Raid de Himalaya, one of the world's toughest off-road motor rallies, event organisers said here Tuesday.

Sohail will compete in the Adventure class, an all-out speed category, Shimla-based Himalayan Motorsport Association (HMA) president Vijay Parmar said.

The rally will have 50 competitors in Rally Moto (motorcycles and quads), 41 teams in Rally Xtreme (4X4) and 51 teams in Rally Adventure. Each team in the Xtreme (4X4) category and the adventure category comprises a driver and a navigator.

Rally Adventure follows the TSD (Time-Speed-Distance) format and is considered to be the safer option for rallying while the Xtreme category is an all-out speed category and a high-risk sport.

For his navigator, Sohail picked Pune's Rahul Sancheti, who ranks among the top motorsport navigators in the country for TSD rallying.