Dilantha gets closer to second title in Malaysia

Malaysian Super Series 2007 Championship:

Sri Lankan racing driver Dilantha Malagamuwa has come closer to winning his second successive Malaysian Super Series Championship title when he took a firm lead at the fourth round at the Sepang FI Circuit in Malaysia.

Presently he is with a tally of 145 points to be well ahead of his closest rival Wira by 13 points.

Dilantha made a good start to his fourth round doing the fastest time at the qualifying round the previous day, which gave him the vital pole position an important one to win a race of this nature.

Out of the two races to be run on day one Dilantha finished 50 seconds pushing the title contenders Wira and Stewart to runners up positions.

In the second race too Dilantha had the race in full control and finished in the same manner, 40 seconds ahead of the other competitors.

With this victory he has come very close to the title and Dilantha is confident of bringing back the Malaysian Super Series title to Sri Lanka for the second time.

Next weekend Dilantha will face the starter in the fifth and final round of the Malaysian Super Series with high hopes of maintaining his winning streak. Last year too Dilantha won the same event and received high accolades from all racing fans here and abroad. On his last visit to Sri Lanka after the victory few felicitation ceremonies were organized by his fans.

He was hailed by the Sri Lanka Automobile Sport the governing body for the Motor Racing at one of their major meeting and showed few clippings too to honour the racing driver for great achievements.