Sports

By M. Shamil Amit
It will be two days of enthralling race when the annual Southern Auto Test and the Eliyakanda Hill Climb organized by the Southern Motor Sports Club (SMSC) will be held on June 17 and 18 at Matara.

The two-day event will commence with the Southern Auto Test which is a single start where the competitors would compete against the clock and would be timed to the 1/100th of a second. Timing will be done with the use of electronic timing equipment and will be conducted in the vicinity of the Matara town with the first competitor to be flagged off at 2.00 p.m. The second exciting event of the two- day event the Eliyakanda Hill Climb also known as the Browns Hill is scheduled to be held on June 18. The much looked forward to event held according to international rules and regulations is one of the most challenging Hill Climb events to be held in Sri Lanka. This is also a round for the SLAS national championship title for Hill Climbs and stiff competition is expected.

The winner is decided after two runs by each competitor with the driver and rider with the best timing in the respective classes is declared the winner. Sri Lanka’s top drivers and riders are expected to participate and the organizers are expecting over 100 entries. Apart from the array of trophies offered to the winners, two separate trophies for the fastest car and fastest motorbike will be given.