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team as tuner and joined MRF Racing with a deal to set up his own rally team for MRF racing, while another unit of MRF Rally team was set up by J. Anand, who would also tune and prepare the Rally Car for Leela's rallying rival Farad
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With the introduction of Group (A) IND in 1996, most teams switched from Maruti Gypsy's to Maruti Esteem. In 1995 V. R. Naren Kumar joined Leela's unit of MRF Rally team. Leelakrishnan won his fifth title in 1998 in a Group A
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