CEAT Racing blitz hits Gajaba Supercross

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Members of the CEAT Racing Team that won three of the four top awards at the Gajaba Supercross from left: Evon B. Gurusinghe, Ushan Perera, Malika Kuruvitaarachchi and Deshan Solanki

The CEAT Racing Team stamped its supremacy in no uncertain terms at the Gajaba Supercross, winning the Champion Driver, Car Team Champions and Motorcycle Team Champions trophies after storming to 16 podium finishes at this penultimate event on the 2016 calendar of the Sri Lanka Auto-sports Drivers Association (SLADA).

The team’s Ushan Perera was adjudged Champion Driver winning both races in the SLGT Super Car category, and together with team mate Malika Kuruvitaarachchi took the Car Team Championship annexing the two top awards for racing drivers, while the CEAT Racing duo of Evon Biyagee Gurusinghe and Deshan Solanki won the Motorcycle Team Championship.

This was the fifth consecutive Car Team Champions trophy won by CEAT Racing this year, and its second Motorcycle Team Championship of the season.

In all, the CEAT Racing Team secured six 1st places, six 2nd places, two 3rd places, one 4th place and one 5th place at the Gajaba Supercross, which concluded on Sunday, 28th August.

“The performance of the team continues to be inspiring and worthy of the CEAT brand,” said Ravi Dadlani, Vice President – Sales, Marketing and Exports at CEAT Kelani Holdings. “The success of the brand is driven by its focus on performance and the core values of quality and consistency, and we are delighted to see the ever-increasing stature of the CEAT Racing Team, whose performance on the track reflects the same values.”

The CEAT Racing Team for 2016 comprises of Upulwan Serasinghe, Janaka Dias, Pasindu Peiris, Lalin Kirinda, Prasanna De Alwis, Lt. Colonel Duminda Jayasinghe, Lt. Colonel Indu Samarakoon, Ushan Perera, Malika Kuruvitarachchi, Gayantha Rangana, Devin Serasinghe, Evon B. Gurusinghe and Deshan Solanki.

The team races under CEAT colours at the five race meets conducted by the Sri Lanka Auto-sports Drivers Association (SLADA) for the 2016 CEAT SLADA Championship. CEAT Kelani Holdings is also the title sponsor of the ‘CEAT Sri Lanka Super Series’ comprising of another four race meets conducted in 2016 by the Sri Lanka Association of Racing Drivers and Riders (SLARDAR).