Inaugural Speedstar 2023 at Port City SpeedBay, a success
All winners with their awards and certificates
The SpeedStar Championship 2023, the first ever karting challenge to be held at SpeedBay track at Port City and conducted jointly by David Peiris Holdings and Ceylon Motor Sports Club was held last week, where keen competition among the drivers was evident.
Yehansa Senanayake, Shenal Gunawardana and Ushan Perera dominated the Pro class events while the Amateur class events were won by Curtis Bruemmer, Chandiv Rambukpotha and Amjadh Infthikar. Yehansa Senanayake, representing Nippon Racing, won the Pro event of Up to 50kg, pushing team mate Tehan Amarasiri to second. Sheshan Gunasekara finished third.
Shenal Gunawardana was the cut above the rest as he went on to win the Pro Class event of 50kg to 75kg, with Kevan Samarajeewa finishing second, followed by Jin Liyanage at third. Ushan Perera was the winner of the Pro Class of Above 75k event, as Adeesha Kithwith and Chandima Goonaratne finished at second and third positions respectively.
Curtis Bruemmer went on to win the Amateur Class event of Up to 50kg, pushing Ruwantha Udawatte to second and Rusara Subath to third positions. The Amateur Class event of 50kg to 75kg was won by Chandiv Rambukpotha, who finished ahead of Sachin Niyarepola and Davinda Fernando. Amjadh Ifthikar dominated the Amateur Class event of Above 75kg, as he forced Sam Smith to finish at second and Jagath Maharage to third positions.
The event flagged off by 1.00pm but due to bad weather it was interrupted and finished after two hours of action. Despite this, the SpeedBay track was packed with racing enthusiasts and family and friends of the drivers resulting in a massive turnout.
The SpeedStar Championship had three weight classes under two categories professional and amateur as well as a Ladies Open in Pro and Amateur classes. This was the first round of the championship and the next race will be followed in June.