EZY Racing - Best Rally team for 2010

Wins three major championships:

If ever there was a night where a single racing team has dominated the nights proceedings, it was definitely the night of the 2010 Rally Awards.

EZY Racing, who entered the racing arena in 2009, stamped its dominance in the rally racing arena when they swept away 20 of the 70 awards that were on offer and were recognized as the Best Rally racing team in Sri Lanka and were awarded the Winner of the Team Championship for 2010 rally racing.

Team Bullion Exchange who finished as the runner up for the team championship, was represented by the Wahab family comprising racing stalwart Cassim Wahab co driven by Nassar Sakkaf and his son Javed Wahab co driven by his brother Ishraq Wahab.

The 2010 Rally Awards, were held at The Grid.The event was jointly organized by the country’s oldest motor racing club CMSC and MRA.

EZY Racing who were represented by 2009 Rally Champion Rizvi Farouk co driven by Jamal Hussain and the newly crowned champion Shafraz Junaid co driven by namesake Shafraz Hamzadeen won 66% of the rallies that were held in 2010, with Rally Kantale resulting in a 1,2 finish for the first time for the team.

The team was ably supported by its mechanical partners Senok and Auto Force who were later on awarded the best support team in rally racing for their commendable efforts in ensuring that the EZY Racing cars were always in peak condition for a rally winning performance.

Shafraz Junaid, who has been a dominant figure in the motor cycling arena with many records under his belt was jubilant in celebrating his first ever championship win in motor car racing.

Commenting on his teams achievements, Shafraz Hamzadeen, Team Principal/ CEO of EZY Racing said “this is indeed the result of some very hard work. When Rizvi won the 2009 drivers championship, we knew we were good enough to repeat it again if we worked hard.

We strengthened our cars, developed more stamina in our drivers and worked very hard in our partnerships, especially with our mechanical partners to get the right car and right support.

Unlike in circuit racing, to be consistent in rally racing strong resourcesand a strong support crew are needed . Hamzadeen further stated that the achievements of 2010 would without doubt inspire his team to strongly contend for the 2011 championship as well.

EZY Racing’s mechanical partner Auto Force, who prepares most racing cars as well as road running cars to perfection, was awarded the Best Rally Backup Team for their commendable efforts in enabling Rally Champion Shafraz Junaid to drive his EZY Subaru ER3.

This is what we do every day to our customers in Auto Force. This award truly recognizes the efforts that we have put in to our partnership with EZY Racing” said Sajaad Zuhair, Managing Director of Auto Force.