MARCH 1: Peter TRAVASSO stole the show by winning the eighth Castrol Vintage & Classic Car Club of India's annual rally on Sunday.Travasso, pushing 70, drove his 1919 Fiat type 501 from Vidhan Bhavan to Juhu and back - a distance of 60 kms - with the least number of penalty points, 26. His navigator was Viju Patel.Monisha Dossa, a second-year student at Sophia College, drew admiration by finishing second with 37PPs in the 1932 Ford Model `B', which had an all-women crew.Abbas Jasdanwala came third (54PPS) in a 1930 Pierce Arrow.One of the coveted prizes, the concours d'elegance for cars built before 1940 went to Vivek Goenka's 1935 Bentley. For cars built between '41 and '60, Anand Singhania took the prize for his 1956 Mercedes Benz 300.Mohan Jhagiani and his daughter Bindu Choksi, who dressed as Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturbha respectively, won the S Kumar trophy for the best costume. They came in a 1932 Ford B belonging to Nitin Dossa.THE OTHER RESULTSBest maintained car (upto 1940): 1.Abbas Jasdanwalla's 1930 Pierce Arrow, 2. Edul Dhondy's 1923 Rover, 3. S Dhabolkar's 1933 Austin Harley.Best maintained classic car ('41-'60): 1. Phiroze Mehta's 1947 Chrysler New Yorker, 2. Vivek Goenka's 1946 Armstrong Siddley Hurricane, 3. Dinesh Lal's 1947 Buick Super.Best restored vintage car (pre '40s): 1. Anju Dossa's 1935 Dodge Broz Limousine, 2. Paresh Solanki's 1928 Ford A.Best restored classic car ('41-'60): 1. Pheroze Mehta's 1947 Chrysler Windson, 2. Russy Gandhy's 1946 Citreon, 3. Nitin Dossa's 1941 Packard 110.Best performance by a car built between '41-'60: 1. Gautam Ashra's 1956 Humber Hawk, 2. Reza Abid Ali's 1950 Morris Minor, 3. Anand Singhania's 1956 Mercedes 300.Car driven longest distance for the rally: Subhash Goregaonkar's 1947 Oldsmobile.Best Women crew: Monisha Dossa in 1932 Ford B.MOTOR-CYCLESBest maintained (pre-'40s): 1. Jacob Eapan's 1928 Triumph, 2. Dayanesh Sawant's 1938 Norton.Best vintage: Aseem Mistry's 1938 Triumph.Oldest toparticipate: Nitin Dossa's 1910 Triumph.Best maintained classic Motorcycle (upto '60s): 1. Adil Limbuwala's 1947 Indian Chief, 2. Neville Nallaseth's 1956 Norton Dominator, 3. Rahul Dangle's 1960 Norton 650 and Fernandes's 1957 Triumph 21.Best restored classic motorcycle: 1. Mehernosh A Avasia's 1946 Indian Chief, 2. Ami Bingarde's 1958 Triumph, 3. PP Asher's 1956 NDU-Fox.
