The Black and Red team who have become the cynosure in the motor racing circuit launched their 2015 Car design during the race weekend by introducing a touch of white back to the car , thereby providing the team a uniformed outlook both locally and Internationally.
EZY Racings local duo Sajaad Zuhair and Dilan Seneviratne who together have provided the team with over 25 podium finishes in the 6 races they competed in 2014, were joined by the child prodigies of the team Aaron and Jaden Gunawardane for the first time in 2014 to complete a strong lineup for the most looked forward to race of the year.
Zuhair who has been in prime form throughout 2014 by occupying pole position in 14 of the 15 races he had competed this year, had a rare glitch where he conceded pole position in his pet event SLH 1600 cc event to Irfan Fuard. However a determined Zuhair was able to engage in a close tussle with Fuard, before taking Fuard on the inside while entering the gooseneck in the 3rd lap of the SLH 1600 race 1. "I had peculiar problem on qualifying day where my gear refused to engage on to the 3rd and 4th. The team did a great job in turning the car around overnight . Irfan is a good driver, fortunately for me, I was able to apply pressure on him and gain from a slight mistake he did while entering the goose neck.' Said Zuhair after the SLH 1600 cc race 1.
Zuhair who is yet to be beaten competitively in the SLS 1500 event for two seasons, comfortably converted his pole position to a race win with Madushan Manapperuma closely following him to 2nd place. Zuhair who had two previous hat tricks of wins on a race weekend this year, comfortably achieved his 3rd hat trick when he won the SLH 1600 race 2, with a fair distance from Damith Weerasinghe.
“Its a great privilege to be able to provide these results to EZY Racing. As a team we have worked very hard to develop consistency and success. I believe this year has been about displaying that. 6 wins on a weekend was phenomenal for the team. It was very unfortunate that my team mate Dilan (Seneviratne) had to retire from a possible podium position in the SLGT class” said Zuhair after the race.
With Aaaron and Jaden respectively winning their bike classes, adding 3 more wins to EZY Racing’s bag of awards, Team EZY Racing were able to hold their heads high and look beyond the unfortunate retirement of Seneviratne who had matured as a SLGT race driver in his first full season behind the 2 3500 cc machine.
“Today was yet again a perfect weekend for us. We are grateful and privileged to have the most complete driver line up. We started this new project 2 years back with a revamped outlook to our race team and I am very glad that we have exceeded our expectations. This shows the tremendous commitment and efforts our drivers and our partners put in, which includes Auto Force, Tuned I Chips and Dynamic Racing, who together have put in that extra effort to develop our cars so that we could perform consistently. As EZY Racing, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to them”, said Team Principal and Founder CEO Shafraz Hamzadeen.
With the local races coming to an end, EZY Racing will be next seen racing Internationally in China on 7th and 8th November .
