Ashan and Gayan win Commando challenge

Gayan Sandaruwan marked his first victory of the year winning the Best Rider Trophy while Ashan Silva registered his sixth win of the year winning the Best Driver Trophy at the Commando Challenge Supercross 2018, conducted by the Commando Regiment, Sri Lanka Association of Racing Drivers and Riders (SLARDAR) and Asian Motor Racing Club (AMRC) in collaboration with Hutch Communication (Pvt) Ltd at the Uva Kudaoya Commando Regiment racing track recently.

The meet was held as the fourth edition of the Hutch Sri Lanka Super Series and 12 riding and 10 driving events were conducted.

Gayan Sandaruwan won the second place in the first race and won the first place in the second race while Evon Biyagee won the first place in the first race and won the second place in the second race of the MS 175-250 cc (4T)/100-125 cc (2T) event. Evon lost his balance during the sixth round of the second race, otherwise he could have given a big challenge to Gayan. Vinushka de Silva won the third places in both races. Rumesh Bultjens and Stephan Fernando won the fourth and fifth places respectively in the first race while Buddika Kasun and Rumesh Bultjens won the fourth and fifth places respectively in the second race. Buddika Kasun, the top scorer of the Hutch Sri Lanka Super Series had to pull out from the first race as his vehicle had a technical fault during the fourth round. Sameera Premaratne also had to pull out from the first race during the second round.

Ashan Silva won both races of SL/GT 3500 cc car event without any challenge showing his driving prowess. Kushan Peiris and Ushan Perera won the second and third places respectively in both races. Tyrone Hendawitharana finished at fourth in the first race while Missaka Naween ended up fourth in the second race.

Imal Manchanayake, who showed good performances in the series won the first race of SM 250-750 cc (4T)/125-500 cc (2T) Mono Two Cylinder event easily. Deshan Solanki won the second place. Imla lost the second race unfortunately because of an accident. Deshan won the first place, while Buddika Dinesh won the second place in the second race of the same event.

Evon Biyagee won the both races of M-STD/MOD 175-250 cc (4) 100-175 cc (2T) event, while Gayan and Lahiru Jeewantha won the second and third places respectively in both races.

The car events of the meet saw some accidents for the much discouragement of contestants and spectators accidents. The SLE 1000 cc Nissan March event was ended up as the first racing event of the day won by Dewin Serasinghe. Eventhough Chanuka and Jayaneththi competed each other for the second place, both of them had to pull out from the race, due to a serious accident which was held during the third round. As a result, Mihan Peiris won the second place.

SL-H 1618 cc event, the second fastest event of the meet did not produce a result and the event was withdrawn from the list due to accidents.

Devin Serasinghe won the SL-E 1300 cc Ford Laser/Mazda event while Kushan Peiris won the SL M 1500 cc Ford Laser/Mazda event. Mallika Kuriwitaaraxhchi won the Subharu Legasi event as usually.

‘CEAT’ team won the Best Car team award while ‘Honda’ team was awarded as the Best Motobike team.

The Commando Challenge Supercross track has been built to international standard and known to be the speedest track of Sri Lanka. Translated by Chamari Karunathilake

 

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[The Results]

CARS

Group SL E – NISSAN MARCH 1000CC

1 Devin Serasinghe, 2 Mihan Peiris, 3 Dilupa Palliyaguru

Group SL A – MINI 7 – 1000CC

1 K Parameshwaran, 2 W N S Thisserea, 3 Namal Silva

Group SL E – FORD LASER / MAZDA 1300CC

1 Devin Serasinghe, 2 Induwara Senadeera, 3 Amila Kalugampitiya

Group SL E – MINI 1275CC

1 Chanaka Jeewantha Rathnayaka, 2 Neel Weerasinghe, 3 Kumudu De Silva

Group SL – GT CARS 3500CC – Race 1

1 Ashan Silva , 2 Kushan Peiris, 3 Ushan Perera, 4 Tyron Hendavitharana, 5 Missaka Naveen

Group SL H Subaru Legacy 2000CC

1 Malika kuruwitarachi, 2 Shiran Dool, 3 Naween Halwathura

Group SL N – FORD LASER / MAZDA 1500CC

1 Kushan Peiris, 2 Upulwan Serasinghe, 3 Tharindu Dharmarathna

Group SL – GT CARS 3500CC – Race 2

1 Ashan Silva, 2 Kushan Peiris, 3 Ushan Perera, 4 Missaka Naveen, 5 Nishan Wasalathanthi

Motorcycles

Group “J ” MX -2 Motorcycles(Junior) 50CC up to 65cc (2T) Over7 Years Under 10 Years

1 Esala Madanayaka, 2 Samadha Induwara, 3Mithmal Sudasinghe

G Group “M” STD / MOD Up to 125CC 2T

1 Nihal Wijerathna, 2 M N Perera, 3 Ashen Shehara

Group SM – Super Motard Including 250 – 750CC(4T)/Including 125 – 500CC(2T) Mono/Twin Cylinder – Race – 1

1 Imal Manchanayake, 2 Deshan Solanki, 3 Buddika Dinesh

Group “J ” MX -1 Racing Motorcycles 50CC – Over 5 Years Under 10 Years

1 Esala Madanayake, 2 N K Imasha, 3 Dineth Mihiranga

Group “J MX” 3 Motorcycles Over 65 85CC (2T) Over 9 Years up to 12 Years

1 Rashmi Karunarathhe, 2 Pathum Rashmika

Group “M” STD/MOD Motor Cycles Over 175 - 250CC (4T) & Over 100 – 125CC (2T) Race 1

1 Evon Biyagee Gurusinghe, 2 Shanuka Sandaruwan, 3 Lahiru Jeewanthe

Group “J MX” Over 65 – 85CC (2T) and Up to 150CC (4T) – Under 15

1 Kesara Godage, 2 Stephen Fernando, 3 D M D Kalhara

Group “ MX” Racing – Over 100CC up to 125CC (2T)

1 Buddika Silva, 2 Sameera Premarathna, 3 Lahiru Jeewantha

Group SM – Super Motard Including 250 – 750CC(4T)/Including 125 – 500CC(2T) Mono/Twin Cylinder – Race – 2

? Deshan Solanki, 2 Buddika Dinesh, 3 Akila Edirisinghe

Group “MX ” Racing Motorcycles – Over 100CC up to 125CC 2T and 175 CC Up to 250CC 4T (Race- 1)

1 Evon Biyagee Gurusinghe, 2 Gayan Sandaruwan, 3 Vinushka De silva, 4 Rumisha Buultjens, 5 Stephan Fernando

Group “M” STD/MOD Motor Cycles Over 175 - 250CC (4T) & Over 100 – 125CC (2T) Race 2

1 Evon Biyagee Gurusinghe, 2 Shanuka Sandaruwan, 3 Lahiru Jeewanthe

Group “MX ” Racing Motorcycles – Over 100CC up to 125CC 2T and 175 CC Up to 250CC 4T (Race- 2)

1 Evon Biyagee Gurusinghe, 2 Gayan Sandaruwan, 3 Vinushka De Silva, 4 Buddika Silva, 5 Rumisha Buultjens

 

 

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