Winners of the Rally Raid Championship of Turkmenistan in Honor of Neutrality Day Determined
Representatives of the teams of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan, the "Turkmenawtoulaglary" agency and the Federation of Automobile Sports of Turkmenistan competed for the title of the strongest in the framework of the national championship in rally-raid for two days. The competition, organized by the Federation of Automobile Sports and the the State Committee of Turkmenistan for Physical Culture and Sports, was timed to coincide with the International Day of Neutrality celebrated all over the world on December 12.
The route of the rally, 161 km long, was laid in the Garagum desert through the territory of the Ahal and Balkan velayats. On the first day, its participants covered 138 km, and on the second – 23 km.
Winners were determined in the T2 (off-road) class and the open class.
Merdan Toylyev from the agency "Turkmenawtoulaglary" won in the SUV class on a Nissan Patrol. The next two places were taken by sportsmen of the Federation of Automobile Sports of Turkmenistan Maksatmyrat Danatarov and Meylis Avdyllaev.
In the open class, the first to finish was Charyar Charyev on a Toyota Hilux. Sportsmen of the Automobile Sports Federation of Turkmenistan Serdar Kulalyev and Yolaman Abayev took second and third places respectively.