Sep 19 2013.
views 1387A Day Out with the Speed Freaks - CMSC-UE Sports Karting Championship 2013
It was time for some sporting action with a close bunch of friends last weekend. It was a day out with the speed freaks at the phenomenal Sri Lanka Karting Circuit in Bandaragama for the CMSC-UE Sports Karting Championship 2013.
UE Motor Sports together with Sri Lanka's Oldest Motor Sport Club teamed up to present Sri Lankan Karting Fans an electrifying Go Karting Racing Championship.
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The SLKC Bandaragama has been open to Karting fans since March 2013 and is the only karting facility in Sri Lanka built to international standards and this event was the first event held at the venue.
For a not so huge motorsport fan and having not sat through a single race, watching the live action certainly gave me something to re-think about.
Over the years Go Karting has been considered the kindergarten of motorsport, where young motorsport enthusiasts come to improve their skills and learn the basics of motorsport. It was amazing to watch over 90 Sri Lankan motorsport pros and ambitious amateurs compete to bag the first leg of the Karting Championships.
Sri Lankan motorsport has been on the rise over the past few years, but as history may speak for itself, the sporting talents have been mostly been “older” drivers with plenty of experience and the youngsters were nowhere to be seen.
That’s not all; the event also witnessed two ladies going neck and neck with the gents, it certainly awed most of the fans including myself.
For all the speed fans that missed the action, here’s the list of categories and winners ;
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NOVICES - JUNIOR K1 Class |
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Name |
Kart No. |
Race Position |
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1 |
Kevin Perera |
2 |
1 |
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2 |
Adeeb Gazzalli |
10 |
2 |
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3 |
Jason Carron |
5 |
3 |
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NOVICES - SENIOR K2 Class |
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NAME |
Kart No. |
Race Position |
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1 |
Charith Gunawardena |
12 |
1 |
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2 |
Mayukna Mendis |
13 |
2 |
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3 |
R.Theepakumar |
5 |
3 |
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NOVICES - MASTER K3 Class |
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NAME |
Kart No. |
Race Position |
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1 |
Shyamal Mendis |
10 |
1 |
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2 |
Brian Seneratne |
12 |
2 |
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3 |
Chaminda De Silva |
9 |
3 |
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INTERMEDIATE - SENIOR K2 Class |
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NAME |
Kart No. |
Race Position |
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1 |
Damith Weerasinghe |
12 |
1 |
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2 |
Waruna Ranathunga |
8 |
2 |
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3 |
Raees Uvaim |
1 |
3 |
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INTERMEDIATE - MASTER K3 Class |
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NAME |
KART No. |
Race Position |
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1 |
Kalim Iqbal |
3 |
1 |
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2 |
Nadeera Jinasena |
9 |
2 |
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3 |
Rameez Mohmoor |
13 |
3 |
According to Udith Erosh, Managing Director at UE Motor Sport, the second leg is scheduled to be held on the 13th of October and entries are open 3 weeks prior to the event.
You could log onto the Facebook Fanpage of CMSE-UESPORTS KARTING CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 for the latest on the next leg.
Here’re some of the highlights;
Text by Keshiya Leitch
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Charith says:
Sep 25, 2013 at 12:00 amwhich paper did you'll put this article please let me know