CEAT Racing booms at Gunners’ Supercross with 16 podium finishes

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Ace drivers and riders of the CEAT Racing team outgunned their rivals to secure 16 podium finishes at the Gunners’ Supercross which concluded at the Artillery Complex, Minneriya, on Sunday, 3 August. Continuing its run of good form this season, the CEAT racing team captured to two first places, one second place, five third places, five fourth places and three fifth places at this meet. Upulwan Serasinghe led from the front for team CEAT, winning the SLN 1500cc and the SLN 1300cc Ford Laser/Mazda races, and coming in fourth in the two SLH 1600cc races. Lakmal Wijerathna was placed second in the SL-A Modified 1050 cc event and came in fifth behind Serasinghe in the two SLH 1600 cc races, at which their team mate Janaka Dias took third place in both. “As the racing season progresses, the team is showing consistency and potential at event after event,” said CEAT Kelani Holdings Vice President Sales & Marketing Ravi Dadlani. “As a tyre brand that has built its credentials on performance and durability, we appreciate these performances by the CEAT Racing team on the rugged race tracks of our country. While emphasising the value of the support CEAT extends to motorsport, some of these performances also testifyto the quality of CEAT radial tyres, which are at home on the road as well ason the race track.” The CEAT Racing Team for the 2014-15 season comprises of UpulwanSerasinghe, Janaka Dias, Shashika Lakmal Wijerathna, Lalin Kirinda, Prasanna De Alwis, Lt. Colonel Duminda Jayasinghe, Lt. Colonel Indu Samarakoon, Ushan Perera, Pasindu Peiris, Jacques Gunawardhana and Deshan Solanki. A global tyre brand present in 110 countries, CEAT is the title sponsor of the 2014 championship of the Sri Lanka Auto-sports Drivers Association (SLADA). CEAT Kelani Holdings has also extended its partnership with motorsport’s governing body Sri Lanka Automobile Sports (SLAS) for the third successive year, and is also the sponsor of several annual racing events conducted by the Sri Lanka Army and the Sri Lanka Air Force.