Sevanagala Rally 2009

[Lasitha R]

Does anyone know what happened? any results or pics ?? Thanks in advance.

Edited November 22, 2009 by Lasitha R

[agitha]

heard rizwi farook won the SL GT event..

[KLM]

I wasn't at the event but Rizvi Farouk won, with Ashan Silva second, Shafraz Junaid third, Dinesh Jayawardene fourth and Dinesh Deheragoda fifth after what I heard were mechanical issues. Maybe mivec.turbo himself can give us a solid report on what happened. I heard he was leading the rally going into Sunday but something obviously went wrong.

Unfortunately for DD, his fifth place finish put him in a points tie for the lead of the championship with Rizvi but since Rizvi won more rallies, he won the 2009 National Rally Championship. I believe that this is the first time Dinesh has not won the national title since the inception of special-stage rallying in 2002.

[Ripper]

I wasn't at the event but Rizvi Farouk won, with Ashan Silva second, Shafraz Junaid third, Dinesh Jayawardene fourth and Dinesh Deheragoda fifth after what I heard were mechanical issues. Maybe mivec.turbo himself can give us a solid report on what happened. I heard he was leading the rally going into Sunday but something obviously went wrong.

Unfortunately for DD, his fifth place finish put him in a points tie for the lead of the championship with Rizvi but since Rizvi won more rallies, he won the 2009 National Rally Championship. I believe that this is the first time Dinesh has not won the national title since the inception of special-stage rallying in 2002.

suppose the "X" is not really living upto expectations... last time around it was a broken accelerator pedal! wonder what happened this time

[miniace]

Fuzzo,Mivec.Turbo & MRM were there....we have to wait till them wash all mud and appear

MINIACE

[Grand Civic]

See this picture. This was an fantastic jump you will rarely see. could say its not shorter than 30feet long jump.

but this jump & landing cause all the mechanical failures he had and cost him 2009 rally championship. Well Done Mivec.Turbo for all the effort given and the crew for replace the blown turbo in just 2 hours immiditely after a special stage.

Good Luck for 2010 !!!!

[KLM]

Grand_Civic that's an epic shot and I'm impatiently waiting for all the albums to appear on FB. Javidh Wahab also damaged his radiator on this jump, incidentally, and caused him to retire.

[miniace]

Thanks Grand civic for the pic.Just saw the same on Mushtaq's FB.Whata jump..typical WRC beat.

Tough Luck Mivec.Turbo...wanna share a pic..pls dont blast me.Wishing you all the best for 2010!

MINIACE

[Ripper]

See this picture. This was an fantastic jump you will rarely see. could say its not shorter than 30feet long jump.

but this jump & landing cause all the mechanical failures he had and cost him 2009 rally championship. Well Done Mivec.Turbo for all the effort given and the crew for replace the blown turbo in just 2 hours immiditely after a special stage.

Good Luck for 2010 !!!!

man...that's a nice shot!

good timing from the guy who snapped it

will 2010 be minus the evo10 or will they find a way track down and iron out most of the issues that seems to be plaguing the X....

[da_kool_guy]

Thanks Grand civic for the pic.Just saw the same on Mushtaq's FB.Whata jump..typical WRC beat.

Tough Luck Mivec.Turbo...wanna share a pic..pls dont blast me.Wishing you all the best for 2010!

MINIACE

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ohhh DD

[virensti]

See this picture. This was an fantastic jump you will rarely see. could say its not shorter than 30feet long jump.

but this jump & landing cause all the mechanical failures he had and cost him 2009 rally championship. Well Done Mivec.Turbo for all the effort given and the crew for replace the blown turbo in just 2 hours immiditely after a special stage.

Good Luck for 2010 !!!!

Super shot! Poor bloke.. This may be my completely pointless opinion, But I really think he should go back to the evo ix. Not only was it BLOODY fast, it's seems to be way more tougher than the X...

[Grand Civic]

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ohhh DD

This picture tells whole story.....

Loosing the championship by 0.8 seconds. Wouldn't he be like this ?

[Lasitha R]

Hard luck mivec.turbo !! Heard X was in the lead first day. Given X's strengths its an exceptional achievement winning three out of four championships for 2009.

Anyway Wish you all the best for a tremendous motoring year 2010.

[KLM]

Super shot! Poor bloke.. This may be my completely pointless opinion, But I really think he should go back to the evo ix. Not only was it BLOODY fast, it's seems to be way more tougher than the X...

The X is an all-new chassis and features an all-new engine so some teething problems are to be expected. The VII had similar problems when it was launched and even internationally, only now are teams getting to grips with the new car. The evolution of the species has to continue and I'm sure that once these reliability issues are sorted out, DD will be able to show the car's true pace. Mind you, until this problem he was faster than all the other GT cars entered.

Next year should be good and I cannot wait for the MRA Pelwatte Rally 2010 in January.

[Grand Civic]

The X is an all-new chassis and features an all-new engine so some teething problems are to be expected. The VII had similar problems when it was launched and even internationally, only now are teams getting to grips with the new car. The evolution of the species has to continue and I'm sure that once these reliability issues are sorted out, DD will be able to show the car's true pace. Mind you, until this problem he was faster than all the other GT cars entered.

Next year should be good and I cannot wait for the MRA Pelwatte Rally 2010 in January.

How could we see you in Pelwatta 2010? Like to see you as a competitor

[pradfred]

official results

Special Stage km 15.82 15.82 12.52 12.52 12.52 15.82 15.82

Cumulative SS km 15.82 31.64 44.16 56.68 69.2 85.02 100.84 ACCUMULATED TIME

FASTEST SPECIAL

STAGE TIME

OVERALL AVERAGE

SPEED

OVERALL

POSITION

COMP. No. DRIVER SS 1 SS 2 SS 3 SS 4 SS 5 SS 6 SS 7

2 Rizvi Farouk 11:21.1 11:10.1 07:12.6 07:05.8 06:55.5 11:11.1 10:50.9 05:47.2 06:55.5 91.97 SL GT 1 1

9 Ashan Silva 11:16.4 11:12.8 07:27.2 07:18.8 07:10.4 11:38.3 11:22.6 07:26.5 07:10.4 89.71 SL H 1600 1

3 Shafraz Junaid 11:35.2 11:41.8 07:46.9 07:21.3 07:38.2 12:14.6 11:12.7 09:30.9 07:21.3 87.04 SL GT 2 3

4 Dinesh Jaywardana 12:34.4 11:45.1 07:26.5 07:03.6 07:05.2 12:29.6 11:16.2 09:40.8 07:03.6 86.83 SL GT 3 4

1 Dinesh Deheragoda 11:19.5 11:00.9 07:10.3 07:37.7 09:18.7 11:46.0 11:28.6 09:41.7 07:10.3 86.81 SL GT 4 5

10 Reyaz Farook 12:03.9 11:48.8 07:58.9 07:36.7 07:37.8 11:17.4 11:20.4 09:43.9 07:36.7 86.77 SL GT 5 6

8 Deepthi Perera 12:56.4 12:33.0 08:39.6 08:38.0 08:30.8 14:02.5 13:47.0 19:07.2 08:30.8 76.47 SL T & J

11 Cassim Wahab 13:48.8 13:51.1 09:30.7 09:02.6 09:23.7 14:06.4 13:19.3 23:02.7 09:02.6 72.86 SL T & J

15 Sanjaya Senarath 14:21.7 13:50.5 09:00.0 08:53.7 09:06.9 15:30.1 15:03.3 25:46.2 08:53.7 70.54 SL T & J

6 Thiwanka Wijesekara 13:17.6 13:30.8 09:06.1 08:54.8 12:46.4 18:54.9 17:02.9 33:33.3 08:54.8 64.67 SL H 1600 2

5 Javidh Wahab 13:56.6 10:47.8 07:37.5 07:42.1 08:15.4 23:54.9 26:07.5 38:21.9 07:37.5 61.51 SL H 1600 3

7 Manish Gunathilake 21:57.6 14:16.1 08:00.3 24:28.0 07:36.2 12:32.0 12:03.7 40:53.9 07:36.2 59.97 SL GT 6 12

14 Emdad Hussain 22:12.2 31:08.1 10:54.7 09:39.6 10:43.1 15:45.8 14:21.6 54:45.1 09:39.6 52.73 SL H 1600 4

12 Farzan Najmudeen 14:04.7 36:08.1 12:41.3 12:31.4 11:07.6 18:03.4 19:07.5 03:44.0 11:07.6 48.9 SL A 1050 1

16 Taffy Alahakoon 13:38.7 16:57.1 08:55.2 14:39.6 19:46.4 25:54.9 26:07.5 05:59.4 08:55.2 48.02 SL H 1600 5

Shakir Jamaldeen - Timekeeper

21st & 22nd November 2009

OVERALL RESULTS

CMSC - MRA RALLY 2009 - (SEVENAGALA)

GROUP & CLASS GROUP &

CLASS

POSITION

Cheers

For CMSC & MRA

[da_kool_guy]

This picture tells whole story.....

Loosing the championship by 0.8 seconds. Wouldn't he be like this ?

0.8 seconds

jeezzzzzzzzzzzzz dats tight

blessing for u DD

come back in 2010

[Devinda_Z]

This picture tells whole story.....

Loosing the championship by 0.8 seconds. Wouldn't he be like this ?

thats just heartbreaking!

[miniace]

This picture tells whole story.....

Loosing the championship by 0.8 seconds. Wouldn't he be like this ?

Sad indeed...what a difference a split second can do This is racing all about and DD is never say die type I know

MINIACE

[Ripper]

Sad indeed...what a difference a split second can do This is racing all about and DD is never say die type I know

MINIACE

oh yeah! racing with a busted gas pedal and still the man did pretty well in sigiriya

[mivec.turbo]

Sevanagala rally for me was indeed a memorable event for 2 reasons…..one being that I lost a years hard work by mere 0.8 seconds and the second being the jump which I am not sure if I would repeat something similar….

However my fullest respect for Rizvi Farouk who won 2 rallies and for all the Subaru fans Rizvi created history to win a Championship in SL in an Impreza for the very first time World over the STi is a very competitive car and we just didn’t have a driver who would compete a whole Championship/season in a competitive Subaru….and now we have one

As for the Evo fans, look forward to a thrilling Championship in 2010

Cheers!

www.dinesh-d.com

Edited November 26, 2009 by mivec.turbo

[miniace]

Hmm finally the 'Don' speaks out ..As I mentioned ,thats the DD we know! Wishing you all the best for 2010 !

MINIACE

[Lasitha R]

Thumbs up DD , Even though that jump made all the mechanical failures for the X, That exhibit the true spirit of the car and the of course the driver . Just my two cents though.

[Pericles]

http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections...spx?ARTID=70304

What a well thought out, researched article....