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Kerala duo win 4X4 Stock class at Rainforest Challenge India
Athul Thomas and Binil Babu of Kerala's Killerbull team won the 4X4 Stock class at the Rainforest Challenge (India) 2026 in Goa, scoring 1,247 points out of 1,400. No other Kerala team…
The Story in Brief
Athul Thomas and Binil Babu of Kerala's Killerbull team won the 4X4 Stock class at the Rainforest Challenge (India) 2026 in Goa, scoring 1,247 points out of 1,400. No other Kerala team had won this category before. The four-day event, which ended August 1, is rated among the world's top 10 toughest motor races. Drivers from across India battled incessant rain and slush. Binil, a bike racer turned co-driver, said preparing the Maruti Jimny cost nearly Rs 6 lakh from personal savings. He hopes local sponsors will support motorsport enthusiasts in Kerala who cannot afford the sport's high costs.
The Indian Opinion
Stories about Kerala's motorsport wins rightly celebrate the drivers, but often frame lack of sponsors as a systemic failure of the state. The truth is less dramatic: motorsport is everywhere expensive, and sponsors follow audience and returns. Binil Babu's Rs 6 lakh came from savings, not handouts. The Arunachal team got a hero's welcome because their state chose to invest. Will Kerala's motorsport community build the commercial pull that makes sponsorship viable, or keep waiting for someone else to fund a passion?
Source: thehindu.com
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