McLarens Formula 1300 c’ship round 2 on Sunday

The Round 2 of the AMRC/ McLarens Formula Championship organized and conducted by the Asian Motor Racing Club (AMRC) together with the Motor Racing Association (MRA) will be held on September 12 at the Pannala circuit commencing at 9.00 a.m. The official practices and qualifying rounds will be held on the previous day September 11, 2010.

In addition to the Formula McLarens 1300, Formula Ford 1600 and SLH – 1600 CC Cars (2 Races each) Championship events there will be Motor Cycle Events, events lined up for the day on popular demand organized by MRA.

A unique feature of this event is that a host of new single seater racing car drivers who were trained by AMRC will challenge the veterans and the experienced Formula car drivers such as Rohan de Silva, Dinesh Jayawardana, Shirendra Lawrence, Ashan Silva, Dilan Seneviratne, Rikaaz Khalid, Dilshan Dodanwela, Tharindu Lokuge and Rizvi Farook.The Formula McLarens drivers entered so far are; Pravin Madugalle, Mayhan de Silva, Asela Ekanayaka, Sithara Peiris and Kaushal Samarasinghe.

Ashan Silva who took to formula driving recently has taken a firm grip having collected the maximum of 20 points from the first round.

He is closely followed by Rizvi Farook with 16 points. Both these drivers will be fighting to go past each other to get closer to the championship.

The Meet is expected to commence at 9.a.m. and conclude by 2 p.m. and the organizers have assured that a good day’s racing can be witnessed together with Food and Beverage available at the track.