Motor rally from Feb 27

The 38th edition of the St John’s Old Boys Association (SJOBA) Rally will be held from February 27 to March 2. The event will kick off with the ceremonial flag-off on February 27 at the Sector 34 Exhibition Ground.

This year, the rally has been extended to two nights and three days. The rally will conclude at St John’s High School, Sector 26.

After the scrutiny of vehicles, a ‘Super Special Stage’ will be held at the exhibition ground. The rally will witness participation of 30 four-wheelers and 60 two-wheelers in four competitive sections each day. The total prize money for the 2025 edition of the rally will be about Rs 6 lakh.

In the women’s category, a total of three riders will be participating in the two-wheeler category. The rally will also pass through Ropar, Garhshankar, Mansowal and Hoshiarpur. There will be ‘axle-breaking’ riverbeds, both dry and wet; fast tarmacs with winding hairpins, un-metalled surfaces and exhilarating hilly terrain in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh on the route.

The first SJOBA Motorcycle Rally was held in March 1981 and it evolved into the SJOBA Open Rally in 1982. It attracts professionals and budding rallyists from the Chandigarh capital region, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi NCR, Rajasthan and other parts of India.