Motorsports: CEAT-SLADA Championship Awards 2016 on December 2

The high explosive motor racing calendar of Sri Lanka Auto-sports Drivers' Association (SLADA) will culminate with the grand event of CEAT-SLADA Championship Awards 2016, when it takes place at the Grand Ballroom of Galadari Hotel on December 2. 

At the CEAT SLADA Championship Awards, at which the stars of the country’s racing tracks will be honoured for their hi-Octane exploits, the overall results and standings of six races are considered. 

The six races conducted for the CEAT SLADA Championship 2016 were; the Foxhill Supercross, Gunner Supercross, Gajaba Supercross, Sigiriya Rallycross, Rotherham Circuit Meet – Race 1 and Rotherham Circuit Meet – Race 2. 

The performances of drivers and riders at these six races will be considered in the crowning of the Champion Driver, Champion Rider, Car Team Champions and Motorbike Team Champions. 

Several other individual awards for top performers in different racing categories also will presented where the Minister of Sports Dayasiri Jayasekara has been invited as the Chief Guest at the event. 

"The CEAT SLADA Championship has grown in stature every year to become the most prestigious title event for Sri Lanka’s motor racing fraternity. While the passion and commitment of the competitors and fans are indispensable for the growth of motor sports, the championship would not have been elevated to its current status without the consistent support of CEAT," Mahesh Gammanpila, the President of SLADA said. 

However in the coming season SLADA confirmed that the 2017 Championship would comprise of five races, the Foxhill Supercross, Sigiriya Rallycross, Gunner Supercross, Gajaba Supercross and Rotherham Katukurunda. 

Event sponsors CEAT fields its own racing team at all major race meets in the local calendar, and won the Team Championship for Cars for a second successive year in 2015 with a total of 61 podium finishes, accounting for one of the two top laurels at last year’s CEAT SLADA Championship Awards. 

This year too they are rated as one of the hot contenders to win the team titles. 

Besides its sponsorship of the SLADA Championship, CEAT also supports the race meets conducted by the Sri Lanka Army and the Sri Lanka Air Force, as well as the sport’s governing body Sri Lanka Automobile Sports (SLAS). As part of its partnership with SLAS, CEAT is the principal sponsor of all Ford Laser/Mazda 1300cc and 1500cc ‘One Make’ racing events conducted during the year.