Entries for all-Island Pro Karting C'ships close tomorrow

Go Karting has been a feeder for Formula 1 for a long period of time with the likes of Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and many more entering formula 1 and there after becoming champions of the sport.

Sri Lanka is long from that level of Formula 1, but that does not mean we lack the talent to do so, and that talent is quite evident at the Speedrome Karting Centre in Battaramulla especially during the All Island Pro Karting Championship.

For three years running Speedome Pro Karting Championship has pumped in a number of young racing talents into the Motorsport industry of Sri Lanka. This year too, the Championship will run in 3 rounds spaced out throughout the year and will be run in 4 Classes; Ladies Event, Under 18, Novices and Open Class, out of which a selected number of talented Karters will be given a two day training at Pannala conducted by the reputed Formula Single Seater Instructor from India, Akbar Ebrahim in the Formula McLarens 1300 Single Seater cars from which the Top ten will run the same series at the annual Speed Championship held at the Pannala Race track next year.

This year, the Speedrome Pro Karting Championship will be partnered by Frontier Automotive and David Pieris Motor Company and will be known as the "All Island Range Rover Evogue Pro Karting Championship 2012". Entries for the Championship Round 1 will be open till tomorrow and the dates for the next two rounds will be informed to the participants on a later date.