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Why should boys have all the fun?

Updated on: 08 February,2010 08:57 AM IST  | 
Shashank Shekhar |

Ten girls from Delhi bagged Rs 1 lakh special prize at annual racing event

Why should boys have all the fun?

Ten girls from Delhi bagged Rs 1 lakh special prize at annual racing event

It was like the Lindsay Lohan's act in Herbie. Ten girls from Delhi not only gave 79 engineering college students a run for their money at the 3rd JK Tyre Baja SAE INDIA 2010 track event at Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, but also bagged an award of Rs one lakh for their skillful act in racing.


Hit the dirt track: The Delhi team consisted of all girls and presented
a daredevil display of speed, innovation and strategy at the
3rd JK Tyre Baja SAE INDIA 2010 competition


These engineering students from Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT) conceptualised their monster ATV called Shark and made sure it hogged the limelight at the event. "We made a softcopy of our ATV in the month of May and registered for the event. We named our vehicle 'Shark' so that the tough guys from other institutes realise that it won't be a cakewalk for them and we did proved it in the end," said Komal Sethi, captain and third year mechanical automation student of IGIT.
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"We purposely colored the vehicle blue to give a feel of the shark.u00a0 We were so enthusiastic and dedicated that we missed our lunch for two days I order to finish ahead of other teams," added Komal.
The all girls team received appreciation from the jury, bagging special chairman's award along with an award of Rs one lakh.

"There were various laps with around 10 to 15 obstacles in each lap. It was in my seventh lap I realized that the transmission to my gear was jammed, so in the dirt track I had to control my ATV with one hand and my other hand was on the gearbox. Then I managed to drive the car for next seven laps with one hand," said daredevil driver of the team, Parul Chadha.

The team gave a nail-biting competition and refused to let anyone take the lead.
"I made it a point that I would not give up in front of the guys. As the other participants teased us, I became more confident," added the confident Chadha.

Before going to the event the team also practiced at the dirt track near Gurgaon.
In 2009, IGIT team could not get any position but this year they finished 13th among the 80 teams across the country. "We tried to make the car as light as possible and made enough space for the driver. We also used wide 10 inches tyre in the front and 12 inches in the rear side," said Komal.

Seeing the enthusiasm and automation skills the girls team also got attractive offers from the corporate and auto giants to work with them.


Testing times

The 3rd JK Tyre Baja SAE INDIA 2010 competition consisted a total of 1000 points spread across different static tests as design evaluation, cost evaluation, engineering and sales presentation. It included dynamic tests as maximum speed, acceleration, hill climbing, maneuverability and finally 4 hours of endurance run. The 80 teams were allowed to fabricate and present their cars in the static events and then race it in the dynamic events.



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