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Track set for vroom fest at Shyam Business Park in Singur

A bunch of Cedias, Polo GTs, Swifts, old Esteems, Royal Enfield Himalayas will burn rubber at the Kolkata Moto Fest 2021 in association with The Telegraph

Our Special Correspondent Calcutta Published 20.02.21, 02:11 AM

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Four-wheelers, two-wheelers, some with four-wheel drive gear boxes, some with just two-wheel drive gear boxes, will kick up some dust on the dirt track of Shyam Business Park in Singur this weekend.

A bunch of Cedias, Polo GTs, Swifts, old Esteems, Royal Enfield Himalayas will burn rubber at the Kolkata Moto Fest 2021 in association with The Telegraph.

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The 900m track is a combination of dirt and tarmac, said organiser Debasish Bhattacharjee. The circuit has three straight laps ending with a circuitous lap. “There is a path of 80m that is tarmac, the rest is gravel. Four-wheelers will do two laps of this track, while two-wheelers will do five laps. There will also be a sand track that the vehicles will need to negotiate,” he said.

The four-wheel contest has three categories — Modified, Open and Pro-Stock. According to engine capacity, these categories have further sub-categories like up to 1400cc, up to 1650cc and over 1651 cc to 2000 cc. Vehicles are further categorised on the basis of four-wheel drives and two-wheel drives.

In the Open category, there is no restriction on engine capacity but vehicles need to be four-wheel drives to negotiate the partial sand track.

The two-wheel contest has three categories — Modified, Stock and Partial Sand Track. Here, too, participants will compete according to engine size and two-stroke or four-stroke engines. Two-wheelers have been classified into up to 165cc and upwards of 165cc and 260cc groups. Trophies that will be awarded to the top three participants in every category.

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