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| Sunday, 13 October 2002 |
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Colombo by night - vintage road race Oct. 19 Vintage vehicles will take Colombo by storm on the night of October 19 when the Vintage Road Race 2002 will be held around Town Hall, Colombo starting at 6.00 p.m. This is an unique event and according to experts it may be even the first of its kind in the Asian continent. For the second year in succession this event is being conducted where vintage vehicles - all over 60 years of manufacture and bearing the registration of the alphabet A - Z will race against each other - exactly as in a motor racing event. This is the first time the race meet is being conducted under floodlights. Vehicles will be timed by officials on a trial run - prior to the event and the grid will be set accordingly to the timing clocked and recorded. The vehicles have been maintained meticulously with much effort - and it is indeed a delight and treat to watch these beauties of yesteryear - race against each other. The meet will be conducted with 9 events being worked off with which 3 will be run concurrently with an open event for sports cars and other open unlimited. An evening of fun racing - magnificent machines showing their prowess on the track! The sponsors of this event are: Commercial Bank, Nisol, David Peiris Motor Company, Klevenberg and Ebert Silva Touring Company Limited. The category of events: Six cylinder cars, 7 HP Saloon Group A and B, 8 HP Saloon Group A and B, 7 HP Tourer Group A and B, 10 HP Saloon, 8 HP Tourer, 9 - 16 HP Special Cars, Sports Open, Open unlimited. Fiat, Austin, Standard, Riley, Chevrolet, MG are some of the vintage cars that are expected to race. |
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