The rally held as part of the Ganesh Festival celebrations on a 200 kilometer two-stage route had Sanjay brave natural terrain on his Suzuki Shogun and log just 16.06s to pip second placed Delhi's Harleen Dhillon by a full minute.

With the first stage ridden on pure tarmac, on the Pune-Katraj-Kondanpur- Sinhagad-Panshet section, city lad Sanjay opened up a substantial lead and proved a tough customer. However, with the second stage aimed to bring out the best in a rider had broken tarmac, slush and a host of hair-pin bends en-route the Pansheth-Bhalwadi-Velha-Shivapur-Bhivri-Bhapdeo ghat saw Sanjay open out a substantial lead which was enough to give him first place. Harleen finished second with 17.06 PP, while Ashutosh Kale of Kolhapur finished third logging 17.12 PP.

The victory thus helped Sanjay lift the Late Kiran Chavan Trophy for the best rider. The section overall had sixteen competitors take starting orders at Nehru Stadium and had the Suzuki's outgun the Yamaha's with three finishing among the top five.

In the novice class (group-C) Sanjay Patel of Kolhapur pipped Pune's Gunawanth Nikam astride a Shogun by just 10 seconds. Vinod Kenganalkar finished third among a field of 27 riders. The scooter class had the Bharguje brothers make it a one-two on their Kinetics, with Dyneshwar the younger of the two taking the chequered flag ahead of Vijay with 21.33 PP.

Earlier, the rally was flagged off by Indian Olympic Association (IOC) president Suresh Kalmadi.

Experts Class: 1-Sanjay Takale (Pune; Suzuki Shogun) Penalty Points (PP): 16 min 06s; 2-Harleen Dhilon (Delhi; Suzuki Shogun) PP: 17.06s; 3-Ashutosh Kale (Pune; Yamaha RX-100) PP: 17.12s; 4-Nilesh Tadge (Pune; Yamaha RX-100) PP: 19.26s; 5-Rajesh Gadhakh (Pune; Suzuki Shogun) PP: 20.29s.

Novice Class (Gr-C): 1- Sanjay Patel (Kolhapur; Yamaha RX-100) PP: 17.26s; 2-Gunawanth Nikam (Pune; Suzuki Shogun) PP: 17.36s; 3-Vinod Kengalkar (Suzuki Shogun) PP: 17.48s; 4-Santosh Bhalerao (Pune; Yamaha RX-100) PP: 18.18s; 5-Ramdas Hagawane (Pune; uzuki Shogun) PP: 18.43s.

Scooter Class: 1-Dyneshwar Barguje (Pune; Kinetic Honda) PP: 21.33s; 2-Vijay Barguje (Pune; Kinetic Honda) PP: 22.25s; 3-Anwar Shaikh (Pune; Kinetic Honda) PP: 28.15s; 4-Niklesh Thakre (Pune; Kinetic Honda) 34.06s; 5-Mahesh Pawar (Kinetic Honda) PP: 34.40s.