Ushan Perera- Best Driver, Ishan Dasanayake- Best Rider
Ushan Perera (L)
Ushan Perera and Ishan Dasanayake won the main titles at the CEAT-SLADA Championship Awards 2016 held at the Grand Ballroom of Galadari Hotel last Friday. Ushan Perera won Best Driver, while Ishan Dasanayake claimed Best Rider after outsmarting the rest, as they became the cynosure of the night.
Perera emerged Best in the SLGT 3500cc Motorcar event, while Dasanayake was Best in the MX 250cc Motorcross event. In addition, Team CEAT, represented by Perera and Malika Kuruwitarachchi, won the team event in Cars and also clinched the Motorbike awards. In the Motorbikes, Team CEAT was represented by Ivon B. Gurusinghe and Deshan Solanki.
A total of 7 awards for Cars and 6 awards for Motorbikes were presented besides the two main awards claimed by Perera and Dasanayake. A total of 17 awards were given away for the stars of the country’s racing tracks for their hi-octane exploits from the overall results and standings of 6 races.
The 6 races conducted for the CEAT SLADA Championship 2016 were the Foxhill Supercross, Gunner Supercross, Gajaba Supercross, Sigiriya Rallycross, Rotherham Circuit Meet – Race 1 and Rotherham Circuit Meet – Race 2. The performances of Drivers and Riders at these 6 races were considered in the crowning of the Champion Driver, Champion Rider, Car Team Champions and Motorbike Team Champions. Several other individual awards for top performers in different racing categories were also presented, with Minister of Sports, Dayasiri Jayasekara as Chief Guest.
Awards
Motorcars:
- Â Class SLE up to 1000cc: Devin Serasinghe
- Â Class SLN up to 1300cc Ford Laser/Mazda: Kushan Peiris
- Â Class SLS up to 1500cc Special Cars: Zaqir Wahab
- Â Class SLN up to 1500cc Ford Laser/Mazda: Kushan Peiris
- Â Class SLH up to 1618cc: Irfan Fahd
- Â Class SLH up to 2200cc Subaru Legasi: Tyronne Handewitharana
- Â Class SLGT up to 3500cc: Ushan Perera
Motorbikes:
- Â Class MX up to 85cc MotorcrossÂ
Under-16: Kavindu Kevitiyagala
- Class MX up to 125cc Armed Forces: Sameera Premaratne
- Â Class MX up to 125cc Motorcross: Ishan Dasanayake
- Â Class M up to 250cc Standard Modified Street Trails: Ivon B. Gurusinghe
- Â Class GP up to 1000cc: Shoel Daniel
- Â Class MX up to 250cc Motorcross: Ishan Dasanayake
Best Driver: Ushan Perera
Best Rider: Ishan Dasanayake
Best Team Cars: CEAT (Ushan Perera; Malika Kuruwitarachchi)
Best Team Motorbikes: CEAT (Ivon B. Gurusinghe; Deshan Solanki)
Ishan Dasanayake won the Rider's Award
The winners with SLADA and CEAT officials - Pix by Amila Gamage