Mud Therapy

MAHINDRA THAR FEST & CLUB CHALLENGE REPORT

- Konark Tyagi

We were invited by Mahindra and Mahindra to Kochi to witness the third edition of Mahindra Thar Fest and the Club Challenge and here is our report of the 2-day event.

I’ll be honest as I start writing this article that I am not much of an off-roader and my priorities lie more towards the race track. This was one particular reason that I wanted to witness this event first hand so that if I could figure it out once and for all whether high ground clearance makes sense for me or not! The event was divided into two parts Club Challenge and Thar Fest. Club challenge is all about getting the best off-roading clubs across India to compete against each other on set parameters in a total of 4 rounds. As with any off-roading event, the points were being awarded for picking up the most number of flags, vehicle/ track preservation and technique. Each team had to use three variations of the Thar- Stock, Leaf Spring Setup and a fully blown up Pro Mod Setup.

DAY 1 started off at around 7 PM in the evening. The night stage area was properly lit up which attracted a lot of localities who were amused by looking at heavily done up Thars.