Trying to emulate their much renowned daddy Shane Gunawardane, little sensations Jaden and Aaron Gunawardane put in a magnificent show at the Pannala Race Track to steal first and third places in the Standard motorcycles upto 125 CC events on Sunday. Jaden (9) and Aaron (7) were given a tough time by 22-year old Kumar Jegan from India.
Jaden kept him at bay in both of the 10-lap event and stole the limelight at Pannala by claiming three events, including the standard 125 CC races for under-16 age group.
The Gunawardane brothers, still needing more than nine years to claim their national riding licenses, rode two TVS Star 125 CC bikes while Kumar Jegan rode the same bike of his country´s origin. Jaden, kept his promising talents up on the rise as he won the event for the third consecutive time in two races.
In the much awaited SLGT Cars upto 3500 CC event, Aravinda Premadasa was a notable absentee. However, Dinesh Deheragoda kept the momentum he gained at the start to win the race comfortably. The 10-lap event was one of the fastest in the meet but lacked some colour as super fast drivers, Pasindu Peiris and Ashan Silva had to move out amid the race due to some technical failure of their vehicles.
Dinesh Jayawardane and Gayan Ranatunga won the Formula races quite comfortably and this kind of event is yet to be popularized among the Sri Lankan racing fraternity. McLarens boss in Sri Lanka Rohan de Silva, who has a major share at the Pannala Racing Track, drove wheel to wheel with his nephew Jayawardane in the Formula Ford 1600 event but settled for the third place at the conclusion of the 10-lap event.
This event demands a lot from the organizers as well as from the competitions since there are only two locations in Sri Lanka which can hold such events, Pannala and Katukurunda. The third leg of the series will be held on June 26th at the same venue.
Complete Results
Mini Standard
1 Azlie Irshad (Austin Mini 1000 CC)
2 Mudith Maddumarachchi Austin Mini 1000 CC
3 Dilan Perera Austin Mini 998 CC
Nissan march 1000 CC
1 S. A. Lakshitha Nissan March 997 CC
2 Michael Wijesuriya Nissan March 1000 CC
3 S. A. Harsha Nissan March 1000 CC
Formula McLarens 1300
1 Praveen Madugalle Formula McLarens 1300 CC
2 Thiwanka Wijesekara Formula McLarens 1300 CC
3 Sithara Peries Formula McLarens 1300 CC
Motor Cycles – Standard Up to 125 CC, 4S – (U 16)
1 Jaden Gunawardane TVS Star 125 CC
2 Aaron Gunawardane TVS Star 125 CC
3 Nimesh Sandaruwan TVS Star 125 CC
Motor Cycles – Standard Up to 125 CC, 2S
1 Thuwan Princy Cagiva Mito 125 CC
2 Shane Silva Yamaha TZR 125 CC
3 H. P. Karunasekara Yamaha TZR 125 CC
Motor Cycles – Ladies event up to 50 CC
1 Disara Dilrukshi
2 Hansika Wijesinghe
3 Shashini Fernado
Motor Cycles, Standard Up to 125 CC, 4S (Race 01)
1 Jaden Gunawardane TVS Star 125 CC
2 Kumar Jegan TVS Star 125 CC
3 Aaron Gunawardane TVS Star 125 CC
Motor Cycles – Super Motard up to 250 CC, 4S
1 Udika Srimal Malavige Yamaha YZF 250 CC
2 Sujith Karunasekara Kawasaki KXF 250 CC
3 Luxman Anurakumara Yamaha WRF 250 CC
SL ´A´ Cars Up to 1050 CC
1 Hafiz Carder Austin Mini 1050 CC
2 Ajith Keerthi Austin Mini 1050 CC
3 Michael Wijesuriya Nissan March 1000 CC
SL ´H´ Cars, Up to 1600 CC
1 Ashan Silva Honda Civic 1600 CC
2 Dilan Seneviratne Honda Civic 1600 CC
3 Sajaad Zuhair Honda Civic 1600 CC
Motor Cycles – Standard up to 250 CC, 4S
1 Ned Daniel Honda NS 250 CC
2 Sheron Fernando Honda CBR 250 CC
3 Maduranga Caldera Honda CBR 250 CC
Motor Cycles – Super Motard up to 450 CC, 4S
1 Suraj Perera Honda CRF 450 CC
2 Ushan Perera Yamaha WRF 450 CC
3 Ramal Pathiratne Yamaha WRF 450 CC
Motor Cycles, Standard Up to 125 CC, 4S (Race 02)
1 Jaden Gunawardane TVS Star 125 CC
2 Kumar Jegan TVS Star 125 CC
SL GT Cars Up to 3500 CC
1 Dinesh Deheragoda Mishubishi Evolution 2000 CC
2 Reyas Farook Mishubishi Evolution 2000 CC
3 Rameez Mahamoor Mishubishi Evolution 2000 CC
Formula Ford 1600 CC (Post 85)
1 Dinesh Jayawardane Formula Ford 1600 CC
2 Dilan Seneviratne Formula Ford 1600 CC
3 Rohan de Silva Formula Ford 1600 CC
Formula Ford 1600 CC (Pre 85)
1 Susantha Gunawardane Formula Ford 1600 CC
2 S. A. Harsha Formula Ford 1600 CC
3 Kaushal Samarasinghe Formula Ford 1600 CC
Formula Ford 1300 CC
1 Gayan Ranatunga Formula McLarens 1300 CC
2 Dharsha Pathirana Formula McLarens 1300 CC
3 Sithara Peris Formula McLarens 1300 CC
Pic by : Romesh Dhanushka Silva
(Daminda Wijesuriya reporting from Pannala)
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Posted on Monday, May 23, 2011 @ 02:27:59 LKT
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