GUWAHATI, Dec 14 - The fourth edition of the JK Tyre Orange 4x4 Fury off-roading event will kick start at Dambuk Valley, Arunachal Pradesh on Friday with as many as 22 drivers along with their co-drivers representing 11 teams from different parts of the country in fray.
Hosted in the Lower Dirang Valley�s quaint village Dambuk, it is part of the highly popular Orange Festival of Adventure and Music that draws fans from various cities.
OFAM 2017 is being held over four days, from December 15 to 18, and will see the competitors pitting themselves and their machines against nature in the semi tropical rain forests of Arunachal.
MOCCA (Arunachal Pradesh), Gerrari Offroaders (Chandigarh) and KTM Jeepers (Kerala) are expected to fight it out for the title, given their experience and expertise in this form of motor-sport, stated a press release.
The Gerrari Offroaders are the hot favourites, having won the first edition of the 4X4 Fury in 2015. Kabir Waraich, winner of the latest Ultimate Desert Challenge and Gurmeet Virdi, overall winner in the Force Gurkha RFC India 2017, make a formidable pair.
The local team, MOCCA, led by Tseng Tsing Mein, Sunima Mein, Meoseng Namshoom, will also hope to do better than their third-place finish last year.
�They have been working on their vehicles and their skills all through the year and have emerged as a force to reckon with,� Sanjay Sharma, Head of JK Motorsports said.
The KTM Jeepers from Kottayam, with veteran off-roader Sam Kurien at the helm, will also be watched carefully. His team arrived for the competition after a 4,000 km ride.