Ushan Perera driving a Mitsubishi Evolution clocked 32.943 seconds to win the SLGT cars up to 3500cc event and record the fastest time at the 26th edition of the Southern Eliyakanda Hill Climb while Sangeeth Suriyage recorded a time of 33.689 seconds to be the fastest on two wheels at the meet.
Course record holder Ashan Silva and Jaden Gunawardea the fastest on four wheels and two wheels respectively were notable absentees at the event.
Ashan rewrote the record books with a time of 31.260 seconds at the 25th edition while Jaden recorded the fastest time for motorcycles (33.630 seconds) in the same year.
In addition to the SL GT cars up to 3500 cc event Ushan won the open event for Diesel and Petrol vehicles. Mevan Perera recorded a time of 36.803 seconds to be the fastest Formula car driver.
11 year old Akash Sethum Weerasinghe from Nuwara Eliya was the youngest to negotiate the Eliyakanda track on Sunday while 74 year old Cassim Wahab was the oldest. S A Lakshika was the only female driver at the hill climb.
There were spills galore at Eliyakanda on Sunday and Race Director Andrew Silva said that it was probably because the track was not its usual as it had been hardly used and had slso been covered by fallen leaves for extended periods of time.
The 26th edition of the Southern Eliyakanda Hill Climb was sponsored by SLT- Mobitel, Nippolac Paint, Freelan Industries, Wurth Lanka, MBSL, Harischandra Mills, 3M, Mobil, Iornman, MSN and tudo lk
MOTOR CARS
Event 01 – SL-N Ford Laser / Mazda 323 up to 1500cc
1. Susantha Gunawardena (Mazda Familia) 40.340 seconds, 2. Shenal Gunawardena (Mazda Familia) 40.383 seconds, 3. Tharindu Dharmarathne (Mazda Familia) 40 721 seconds
Event 02 – SL-N Ford Laser / Mazda 323 up to 1300cc
1. Susantha Gunawardena (Ford Laser) 40 472 seconds, 2. Shenal Gunawardena (Ford Laser) 40.525 seconds, 3. Dammika Peiris (Ford Laser) 40.697 seconds
Event 03 – Formula McLarens 1300cc
1. Chandima Gunarathne (Formula McLarens EFI) 38.156 seconds, 2. Mevan Perera (Formula McLarens EFI) 38 752 seconds, 3. Eshan Siriwardena (Formula McLarens ) 38.786 seconds
Event 04 – Formula Cara Modifief (up to 1665cc)
1. Mevan S Perera (Formula McLarens special) 36.803 seconds, 2. Chandima Gunerathne (Formula McLarens special) 37.138 seconds, 3. Ryan Gray (Formula McLarens special) 37.562 seconds
Event 05 – Diesel up to 5500cc
1. Zaakir Wahab (Ssangyong Korando C) 42.560 seconds, 2. Cassim Wahab (Ssangyong Korando) 56.067 seconds
Event 06 – Open for Diesel & Petrol vehicles (SUV allowed)
1 Ushan Perera (Subaru Forester) 36.215 seconds, 2. Sanjeewa de Mel ( Subaru Forester) 37.822 seconds, 3. Javidh Wahab (Subaru Forester) 40.095 seconds
Event 07 – SLA cars up to 1050cc
1. Chamika Ranathunga (Nissan March) 37.623 seconds, 2. Dilupa Palliyaguru (Nissan March) 37.831 seconds, 3. Dilanka Wijesuriya (Nisaan March ) 38.122 seconds
Event 08 – SLA Mini 7
1. Imraz Fayroze (Austin Mini) 39 251 seconds, 2.Sandaru Weerasinghe (Autobacs Mini) 40.128 seconds, 3.Neel Weerasinghe (Autobacs Mini) 41.217 seconds
Event 09 – SL- H cars up to 1618cc
1 Kesara Godage (Honda EG 6) 35.651 seconds, 2. Viren Borheju (Honda EK) 35 758 seconds, 3. Zaakir Wahab ( Honda Civic) 35 920 seconds
Event 10 – SL H Subaru Legacy cars up to 2000cc
1. Asanka Bandara (Subaru Legacy) 37.394 seconds, 2. Malinda Gunasekera (Subaru Legacy) 37.604 seconds, 3 Malika Dilshad (Subaru Legacy) 37.690 seconds
Event 11 – Mini up to 1275 – one make
1.Sandaru Weerasinghe (Autobacs Mini) 39.844 seconds, 2.Channaka Rathnayaka (Austin) 40.137 seconds, 3.Neel Weerasinghe (Autobacs mini) 41.352 seconds
Event 12 – SL GTCars up to 3500cc
1.Ushan Perera (Mitsubishi Evolution) 32.943 seconds, 2.Abeeth Dangalla ( Mitsubishi Evo 8) 32.985 seconds, 3.Darin Weerasinghe (Mercedes A45 AMG) 34 020 seconds
Event 13 – SL- E cars up to 1000cc – One make Nissan March
1 S K Kisal (Nissan March K11) 40.398 seconds, 2. Daham Jayanith (Nissan March) 40.652 seconds, 3. Adeesha Kithwith (Nissan March) 40.822 seconds
Event 14 – SL-E Ford Laser / Mazda 323 up to 1300cc
1 Thenuka Liyanarachchi (Mazda Familia) 40.239 seconds, 2. Rasitha Pasan (Ford Laser) 40.562 seconds, 3. Chamath Palliyaguru (Ford Laser) 40.652 seconds
Event 15 – SLS cars up to 1500cc
1.Zaakir Wahab (Honda Civic) 36.882 seconds
MOTOR BIKES
Event 16 – Group O – Standard Motorcycles 125 cc 4T
1. Maheel de Silva (KTM Duke 125) 42.355 seconds, 2. Sanjeewa Udaya Kumara (Honda JX 125) 42 442 seconds, 3. Dilan Rathnayaka (Japan JX) 43.475 seconds
Event 17 – Group O – Standard motorcycle 160cc 4T
1.Vinula Pathirage (Japan JX) 39.95 seconds, 2. Dinesh Priyankara (Honda CBR 150RR) 39.573 seconds, 3. Nikila Pathirage (Honda CBR 150) 40.170 seconds
Event 18 – Group M – Standard modified motorcycles 125cc 2T
1. Heshan Pasindu (Yamaha TZR 124) 36.885 seconds, 2. Rusith Shamika (Yamaha TZR) 41.490 seconds, 3. Dammika Nishantha (Yamaha TZR 125) 41 497 seconds
Event 19 – Group M – Super Sports 250cc 4T
1. Vinula Pathirage (Honda CBR 250) 35.942 seconds, 2. Nipun Dilanka (Honda CBR 250RR) 36.455 seconds, 3. Dinesh Priyankara (Honda CBR 250RR) 37.346 seconds
Event 20 – Group M – Super Sports 600cc 4T
1. Nipun Dilanka (Honda CBR 600RR) 38.970 seconds, 2. Dinesh Priyankara ( Honda CBR 600RR) 39.496 seconds, 3. Dumindu Koswatta (Honda CBR 6) 41.769 seconds
Event 21 – Group M – Super Sports 1000cc 4T
1. Basith Bakir (Ducati Panigale) 37.572 seconds, 2. Maduranga Caldera (BMW S1000RR) 38.144 seconds, 3. Isuru Muramudalige (Yamaha R1) 45.365 seconds
Event 22 – Group M – Sports touring motorcycles 600cc
1. A D S A Supun Suraj ( (Honda Hornet 6) 36.967 seconds, 2. Mangala Pathirage (Triumph Street Triple) 39.701 seconds, 3. K D S Sandaruwan (Honda Hornet 6) 41.185 seconds
Event 23 – Group M – Sports Touring motorcycles over 700cc
1. A D S A Supun Suraj (Yamaha MT 09) 35.735 seconds, 2. K D S Sandaruwan (Yamaha MT 09) 41 352 seconds, 3. Mangala pathirage (KTM Super Duke 1290R) 42 330 seconds
Event 24 – Group M – Street Trail 250cc 2T & 4T
1. Sarath Kumarasinghe (Yamaha WRF 250) 38.283 seconds, 2. Maheel de Silva (Kawasaki Tracker) 38.337 seconds, 3. S Vasudevan (Yamaha WRF 250) 39.436 seconds
Event 25 – Group SM – Street Mortard 250 – Club event
1. Maheel de Silva (Kawasaki Tracker) 37.768 seconds, 2. R M Mimshad (Kawasaki Tracker) 38.417 seconds, 3. Udara Chandimal (Kawasaki Tracker) 38.794 seconds
Event 26 – Group SM- Supermoto 250
1. Dushan Mudalige (Honda CRF) 34.064 seconds, 2. Isuru Maduranga (Yamaha YZ 250cc) 34.225 seconds, 3. Sachira Rajakaruna (Yamaha YZ 250F) 35.190 seconds
Event 27 – Group SM- Supermoto 450
1. Sangeeth Suriyage (Yamaha PPLK 450) 33.689 seconds, 2. Vinula Pathirage (Yamaha YZ 450F) 39.758 seconds, 3. Nikila Pathirage (Yamaha YZ 450F) 42.394 seconds
Event 28 – classic Standard Motorcycles 250 cc
1. Sarath Kumarasinghe (Honda CRM 250) 39.131 seconds, 2. S Vasudevan (Honda CRM 250) 41.197 seconds, 3. Jayampathi Dissanayaka (Hasquwana 125) 41.629 seconds
