For the 30-year speed maestro, who is arguably the fastest rally driver in the country, the victory at the maiden National rally event in Bhubaneswar helped him achieve the third national title. Gill won the INRC title in 2007 and 2009. Making the right calls and ably supporting the speed of Gill is his navigator, Musa Sherif, who is a top navigator in the country with more than 207 rallies to his credit.

Aniruddha Rangnekar, too won the driver's national title here with a round to spare, in the 1600 cc class.

According to a press note here, jointly organised by Kalinga Motor Sports Club and Bengal Motor Sports Club, the Rally of Odisha, the sixth of the seven-round Speed Indian National Rally Championship held under the aegis of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) and promoted by IMG Sports and Pro-Sports Promotion (PSP) concluded on Sunday. Rally de Bengal will be held at Durgapur next Sunday.

In the 2000 N class, Karna Kadur (co-driver Somonnita Ghosh) took the lead in the National title over Rahul Kantharaj (Vivek Bhatt) despite his second place finish here and the battle is expected to continue in  Kolkata.