Reiterating its commitment to supporting sports and empowering talents to inspire athletes, SLT-Mobitel will power the much-awaited 87th SLT-Mobitel Mahagastota Festival of Speed 2021 as the title sponsor.
SLT-Mobitel is sponsoring this legendary event, which dates back to 1934, for the third consecutive year, after powering the races in 2018 and 2019. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and health constraints most leading racing events scheduled for 2020 did not take place. The SLT-Mobitel Mahagastota festival of speed is scheduled to be held on April 3 and 4 at Mahagastota, Nuwara Eliya.
Mobitel Chief Executive Officer Chandika Vitharana handed over the official sponsorship to Ceylon Motor Sports Club (CMSC) President Niroshan Pereira, the event partners for this highly-anticipated sporting event.
This year’s event will showcase motorcycles and a classic car event on April,3 followed by a Motorcar event on April4. An awards ceremony and the presenting of trophies and certificates to winners will take place on both days.
The Mahagastota Hill Climb has a rich heritage of over eight decades and named as the birth place of organised motor racing in Sri Lanka. CMSC, as the race organiser is well-respected as among the oldest sporting clubs in the country.
Their first meet was a Hill Climb at the Mahagastota Estate in Nuwara Eliya on 28 September 1934, and since then the races have featured as a regular annual event, giving birth to young talented racers throughout.
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