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Aravinda and Gayan top at Foxhill
By M. Shamil Amit
Champion driver Aravinda Premadasa representing the Team Caltex and the new kid in motor racing Gayan Sandaruwan stole the show at the 12th Foxhill Supercross motor racing meet organized by the Sri Lanka Association of Drivers and Riders and sponsored by Dialog GSM which was held at the Sri Lanka Military Academy motor racing track in Diyatalawa yesterday.

The duo won two races each in the motor cars and motor cycle events and were judged the champion driver and rider of the Foxhill Supercross meet 2004. Aravinda driving a Mitshubishi Evo VI won both the Super Car events for Cars over 3500cc while Gayan riding a Honda CR 125 won two events and was placed in two other events. The highlight of riding was that he was riding a bike with less power while most of the other riders were on 250cc bikes.

Nishan Wasalathanthri also of Team Caltex was the other driver to secure two wins when he won both the Ford Laser/Mazda upto 1500cc events. Rizvi Farook another member of Team Caltex continued his winning spree when he won his pet event for Cars 1400c to 1600cc event.

There was no stopping Aravinda in winning his two races. In the first race he had things on his own by maintaining the lead from the start of the race but he had to fight back to win the second event after giving the lead to Feroz Omar. But the two wins of youngster Gayan was a treat to watch as he pipped his challenger at the last jump. He won both the races in the identical fashion.

The sole foreign rider S. Rehman of India too won two events riding a TVS 125 and TVS 250cc. The feature of the meet was the first place secured by two brothers Sasindu and Pasindu Peiris. The crowd which numbered nearly 50,000 were given a treat of first class driving and riding by the participants. There was one serious incident where motorcycle rider Arjuna Abeykoon was thrown off his bike and had to be taken to hospital.

Results:
1. Group N Cars - Forces upto 1500cc
1. Harsha Wijetunge (Mazda 323). 2. Mahesh Parakrama (Mazda 323). 3. Duminda Jayasinghe (Mazda 323)
2. Group MX PW or QR 55 upto and including 8 years.
1. Harith Pilapitiya (PW 50). 2. Shanuka Jayana (PW 50). 3. Rushdi Irshan (PW 50).
3. Group MX upto 55cc Under 13 years.
1. Shazni Irshan (CRM 50). 2. Tharindu Lakshan (CRM 50). 3. Aqeel Rizni (CRM 50).
4. Group N Cars - Mini Saloon 998cc.

1. Bandula Seneviratne (Mini Minor 1000). 2. Samantha Gunawardena (Mini Minor 1000). 3. Hafiz Cader (Mini Minor 1000).
5. Group P Motorcycles upto 125cc 2T/upto 250cc 4T
1. Pasindu Peiris (Kawaski KDX 125). 2. Malinda Karangoda (Kawasaki KDX 125). 3. Priyantha Liyanaarachchi (Kawasaki KDX 125)
6. Group MX Motorcycles upto 85cc (Under 16 years)

1. Sasindu Peiris (Yamaha YZ 85). 2. Ishan Dissanayake (Honda CR 80). 3. Yohan de Silva (Kawasaki 80).
7. Group N Cars - Ford Laser/Mazda 323 upto 1500cc.
1. Nishan Wasalathanthri (Ford Laser). 2. Chaminda de Silva (Ford Laser). 3. Dilshard Hamdoon (Mazda 323).
8. Group MX Motorcycles upto 85cc.
1. Kevin Buultjens (Yamaha YZ 82). 2. Pasindu Peiris (Kawasaki KX 85). 3. Harshan Kandearachchi (Kawasaki KX 85).
9. Group 'A' Cars upto 1050cc)

1. Tharindu Lokuge (Nissan March 990). 2. Dinesh Jayawardena (Mini Minor 1050). 3. Upul Perera (Mitsubishi Dangan 550T).
10. Group 'A' Cars 3500cc (Race 1)
1. Aravainda Premadasa (Mitshubishi VI). 2. Dan Dissanayake (Mitsubishi Evo 2000). 3. Nalin D Perera (Subaru STI/2000)
11. Group 'P' Motorcycles upto 250cc 2T & over 250cc upto 400cc 4T.
1. Rohana Jayaratne (Kawasaki KDX 125). 2. Indika Gurusinghe (Kawasaki KDX 125). 3. Pasindu Peiris (Kawasaki KDX 125).
12. Group T & J - Diesel upto 3000c (Non Turbo).

1. Roshan P. Ratnayake (Isuzu Trooper 2800). 2. Annesley Perera (Mitshubishi Jeep 2500). 3. H. Upul Perera (Toyota Hilux 2400).
13. Group 'N' Cars 10 to 12 kg/hp
1. Rohan de Silva (Nissan Micra 10.5). 2. Nihal Premasiri (Honda Civic (10.4). 3. Ravi Dharmawardena (Toyota Corolla 11.2)
14. Group MX Motorcycles upto 125cc 2T & upto 250cc 4T (Race 1)

1. Gayan Sandaruwan (Honda CR 125). 2. Ananda Wedisinghe (Kawasaki KX 250). 3. S. Rehman (TVS 125).
15. Group 'A' Cars 1050cc upto 1400cc.
1. Ramez Mahmoor (Suzuki Cultus). 2. Sajitha Wedisinghe (Honda City). 3. Yoga Perera (Mini Caltex).
16. Group 'N' Cars 8 to 10 kg/hp.

1. Israq Wahab (Honda Civic 8.07). 2. Zakie Ismail (Honda Civic 8.01). 3. Rizvi Farook (Peugot 205 8.2)
17. Group MX Motorcycles over 125cc upto 250cc 2T & over 250c upto 400cc 2T.
1. Gayan Sandaruwan (Honda CR 125). 2. Ananda Wedisinghe (Kawasaki KX 250). 3. S. Rehman (TVS 250)
18. Group 'N' Cars over 12 kg/hp.

1. Upulwan Serasinghe (Ford Laser 13.43). 2. Yoga Perera (Mazda 12.46). 3 Dinesh Senanayake (Mazda Familia 12.16)
19. Group MX Motorcycles upto 125cc 2T & upto 250cc 4T (Race 2).
1. S. Rehman (TVS 125). 2. Ananda Wedasinghe (Kawasaki KDX 250). 3. Gayan Sandaruwan (Honda CR 125).
20. Group 'N' Cars - Ford Laser/Mazda 323 upto 1500cc (Race 2).

1. Nishan Wasalatanthri (Ford Laser). 2. Dilshard Hamdoon (Mazda 323). 3. Upulwan Serasinghe (Mazda 323).
21. Group 'A' Cars - 1400cc to 1600cc.
1. Rizvi Farook (Honda Civic 1600) 2. M. Manapperuma (Honda Civic 1500). 3. Sajitha Wedisinghe (Honda City 1300).
22. Group N Cars - 6 to 8 kg/hp.

1. Dinesh Jayawardena (Honda V Tec 6.29). 2. Elly Gerhon (Honda V Tec 6.29). 3. S. Manapperuma (Honda V Tec 6.11).
23. Group T & J Open.

1. Ravi Mayadunne (Toyota Land Cruiser). 2. Dinesh Senanayake (Toyota RV IV). 3. Mahinda Premaratne (Mitsubishi Evo 3500).
24. Motorcycle Open. 1. S. Rehman (TVS 250). 2. Gayan Sandaruwan (Honda CR 125). 3. Ananda Wedisinghe (Kawasaki KDX 250). - (Last race in next one)25. Group 'A' Cars upto 3500cc (Race 2)

1. Aravinda Premadasa (Mitshubishi Evolution VI).
2. Nalin D. Perera (Subaru STI). 3. Feroz Omar (Subaru Imprezza).

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