SportThe Southern Eliyakanda Hill Climb, the annual motorsports event organsied and conducted by the Southern Motor Sports Club (SMSC) for the 21st year, will be held on February 26. The Hill Climb will take place at Browns Hill in Matara, a picturesque small hill, in the midst of salubrious coastal environment of the South. The Southern Eliyakanda Hill Climb track is a unique track, with four extremely tricky and challenging corners; the Single Tree Corner, Southern Corner, Residency Corner and Tower Corner, which the conquering requires high driving skills and perfect man-machine combination. Ace driver Darin Weerasinghe holds the course record for the Eliyakanda Hill Climb with a timing of 32.8 seconds which he established last year riding his Subaru WRX STI X 2000cc car. The races will start at 9.00am and the price giving will be held at the Pearl Cliff Hotel, Browns Hill in Matara at 4.00pm.

Source: Sunday Times February 09, 2017 15:45 UTC