EURISKO RACING

Downhill is like Chess. You must plan before and strike at the right moment. This is the infallible way of winning.

All the forces have to work in harmony to achieve victory.

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In simple terms, downhill is where any driver can freely express himself.

It is pure driving… No money. No politics. No electronics.

If you put that into a formula it’ll be like:

Downhill = Mysterious + Deep + Calm + Logical

It is quite mysteries. Because anything can happen in downhill, like in Amazon rain forest. You’ll never know until it happens.

Downhill will put all your theory & knowledge into test and crumble & shatter everything you know into pieces and make you evolve & grow.

You can’t be good at downhill unless you achieve a calm mind. That’s how you go fast. And enjoy it.

First of all downhill is not circuit or track. It’s not rally or gravel. It’s not drags. Even in the mountain, uphill or straightaways are different. Downhill is polar opposite.

Your stage is tarmac. But there is a limit on how far you can use the circuit trained skills or rally derived techniques as it is. In fact they have to be adopted in favour of downhill. Downhill conditions are very different from any other form of driving. Downhill is not easy. It’s a niche.

Mountains have narrow winding roads. So theoretically, there are limited overtaking points. That means it’s difficult to overtake in the first place. And this makes it is extremely difficult to pass your opponent, once he passed you. So it is important not to make a single mistake on downhill.

First of all downhill is a type of Endurance competition. It is a game of pressure endurance. The one who can’t endure will lose.

Downhill is different. Unlike circuit, downhill combine all conditions. Upper part, middle part and lower part of the course is different. There are high speed sections, slow sections with tighter corners and middle speed sections where you can step on gas even though the road is narrow. You have to adjust to these conditions quickly as soon as you shift gears. To do that you must plan and make your move.

Because of these conditions downhill has a unique rhythm. But there are points where there are this rhythm changes. To get the full use of these, the level of training in your car is very important. 

Circuit drivers would consider downhill courses are slow. The range of speed is low on mountain. If you put all other facts aside, if average speed is faster, that driver can gain a clear advantage. In the end faster or not, that’s all that matters. But remember, in downhill, speed necessarily doesn’t boil down to normal facts such as power.

At times you need less power to go faster. That’s how D E E P downhill is.

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As Stirling Moss once said,

“There are two things no man will admit he cannot do well:

Drive and Make Love”.

Year 2021 was not a happy year for us Sri Lankans.

The year was marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, Financial meltdown, Prices went up, Spare parts imports banned, Business collapsed, Salary dropped, Unemployment exploded.

…and to add insult to injury, we experienced a fuel crisis.

In these desperate times we yearned for joy, something to lighten the future.

It came in quite an unexpected form.

From the very beginning it was an ‘Against all odds’ story.

With the three drivers behind the wheels of the Group A inspired cars and the team of six at the helm, Kandy Ghost Cats and later the Phase 2, captured the admires’ imagination.

While experienced drivers and 4wd cars who considered them amateurs, they challenged the big boys.

They worked as hard as they drove. They spend countless hours of analysing and making strategies.

New Ideas were born and put into action in workshops. Cars were constantly upgraded and they were stronger, faster and hungry for victory.

And they trained hard honing their skills and testing their theories.

This went on…

But unfortunately with the fuel crisis coming to its peak, they disbanded the team. Their beloved cars were mothballed.

The team that offered hope and cheer is gone.

And for the members of the team they went separate ways. One started to write his blog. Others went into became top of their lives.

This is their story!

...They are called mountain drivers. Men who drive cars on ordinary mountain roads. Roads that service cars, motorcycles, buses, tractors and lorries. Roads that are align with trees, stone walls, boulders and guard rails; unforgiving obstacles when struck by the human body. Driving on mountain passes is one of the purist forms of driving. For over years men have been flying flat out on these courses, inches away from cliffs and ditches; all waiting to catch out those who make mistakes. Drivers compete with each other and against the course itself.

Let’s enjoy this amazing video.

Thank you.