CEAT officially unveiled the members of its Racing Team for the 2015 racing season. The team will comprises of ace drivers Upulwan Serasinghe, Janaka Dias, Pasindu Peiris, Shashika Lakmal Wijerathna, Lalin Kirinda, Prasanna De Alwis, Lt. Colonel Duminda Jayasinghe, Lt. Colonel Indu Samarakoon and Ushan Perera and motorcycle racers Jacques Gunawardana and Sampath Kumara, the only new face on the team.The team will race under CEAT colours at the six race meets to be conducted by the Sri Lanka Auto-sports Drivers Association (SLADA), for the 2015 CEAT SLADA Championship. The six race meets are the Foxhill Supercross (April 17-18), Sigiriya Supercross (May 16-17), Cavalry Supercross (June 13-14), Gunners’ Supercross (July 4-5), Gajaba Supercross (August 29-30) and the Rotherham Katukurunda Circuit Meet (October 17-18).
These race meets include the Ford Laser/Mazda 1300cc and 1500cc ‘One Make’ racing events, at which all competing drivers race on CEAT radial tyres. CEAT Kelani Holdings is the principal sponsor of these One Make races.
The cars of the CEAT Racing Team have also been refreshed for 2015 with a brighter and bolder Blue, White and Orange livery that will set them apart on the track.
The reconstitution of the CEAT Racing Team for another year follows an extremely successful 2014, during which the team won the coveted Team Championship for Cars, while team members Upulwan Serasinghe won the awards for the SLN Ford Laser/Mazda 1300cc and 1500 cc events, and Janaka Dias emerged champion in the Group SLH 1600 cc category.
A global tyre brand present in 110 countries and now headquartered in India, CEAT is an acronym that stands for Cavi Electrici Affini Torino, or Electrical Cables and Allied Products of Turin, with origins that date back to 1924 in Italy. CEAT Kelani Holdings manufactures half of Sri Lanka’s pneumatic tyre requirements, and CEAT is the highest selling radial tyre brand in the country.
