DARJEELING: After three days of steering through some of the toughest terrains of north Bengal, the extraordinary incident of a driver needing impromptu treatment after suffering a cardiac attack and participants making post-rally protests over some decisions delaying the announcement of the results, the eighth edition of Himalayan Drive came to an end here on Sunday with the usual established order. The Haldia-based Seikh Ajgar Ali and his co-driver Mohammed Musthafa held aloft the winner's trophy again, but this time the triumph came with an added award.
With the Just Sportz-organised Himalayan Drive-8 being elevated as the grand finale for the JK Tyre Indian National Regulatory Run Championship (INRRC) 2021, Ajgar and Musthafa thus also became the new national champion --- their second such title after 2016.
