Nadeera Jinasena burns the Chennai motor racing track

RACING: The third round of the AMRC Formula LGB Motor Racing Championship was held on in the Southern Indian city of Chennai recently.

The following Motor Racing Drivers competed in this Formula Motor Racing Championship - Nalin Gunasekera, Nihal Weerasinghe, Rikas Kahlid, S.A. Harsha, S.A. Duminda, Shehan de Tissera, Tharindu Lokuge, Nadeera Jinasena, Susantha Gunawardene, Ashan Silva, Pasindu Peiris, M. Amadoru left to compete in this Formula Motor Racing Championship.

Three racing drivers who were leading the points table, namely S.A. Harsha, Nadeera Jinasena, M. Amodoru were expected to have keen competition among themselves.

Dinesh Jayawardana and Janaka Dias who had won one event each in round 2 could not participate in round 3 as they had just completed participating in the AMRC MRF Championship Race in Coimbatore.

The first event of the third round of the racing championship commenced according to schedule. Nadeera Jinasena who got a flying start in this event was ahead of all other competitors till the finishing line.

There was a keen tussle between M. Amodoru and Nalin Gunasekera for the second place in this event. Nadeera Jinasena who was leading, was cautious during the last few lapse but own this event very comfortably without much competition from others.

However, until the winning point there was neck to neck fight between Amodoru and Nalin and finally Amodoru came second and Nalin third.

It was interesting that 24 formula cars participated in this event since the LGB Swift CE Event for the 12 Sri Lanka drivers was run concurrently with LGB Swift MPFI Event for 12 Indian Drivers.

The second Event of the third round of the championship commenced. Nadeera Jinasena who stared off well and made use of his experience and won once again. Second place was taken by Rikas Khalid. The third place went to Ashan Silva who had participated first time in a Formula LGB Motor Racing Championship.

Nadeera finished his race with one of the best efforts of his racing career. For each event the competitors had to finish eight laps of this challenge track which is 3.7km a lap with 15 corners. Nadeera raced at average speed of 107.739 km per hour.

Three round of the AMRC Formula LBG Motor Racing Championship which was organised by Asian Motor Racing Association has now been successfully completed.

These racing championships were held in India's leading Motor racing Circuits under International Regulations, and gave an excellent exposure to the drivers.