An interesting title right, Maybe you open this post because of you love supercars or curious to know why this Lamborghini Gallardo is so famous in Sri Lanka. Someone maybe thinks because of Sri Lanka is a poor country, it’s no surprise this supercar is so famous in Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, we have Lamborghini showrooms too. Actually, this post is about a humble Sri Lankan who wins all hearts and love from most of every Sri Lankans.
Unbelievable things happened
This story starts on Monday, January 21, 2019. Me and my family were on our way to the Negombo beach. But while I was on the way, we had to stop our vehicle because of an engine failure. When my elder brother checking the issue, I heard an engine noise of a car from a distance and I was whispering to myself that “wow a Lamborghini”. Then I saw a blue Lamborghini Gallardo coming towards us. When it gets closer I recognized it’s the Mr.Dilantha Malagamuwa’s’ car. I suddenly wave my hand to let him know I recognized him. He blinked the headlights of the car and he stopped his car near u
s. I was so surprised because of Sri Lanka’s’ most famous international car racing champion stopped his car in front of us. He quickly got off from his car and come towards us, asking that how are you, my friend what happens to your vehicle. Oh god, this is the first time I saw him that much closer and he was calling me like as we know each other for a long time. Just imagine how you feel when you meet your favorite celebrity and your dream car at the same time. He checked our vehicle and gave us a contact number of a technician who has a workshop near. He spoke with everyone and also share some of his experiences and knowledge about vehicles with us. I also had a chance to take a quick selfie with him. He also gave me a chance to sit down in his car and explained to me how it works. Wow, I’m so surprised about his qualities, especially about his kindness and humbleness. That is one of the best days of my life.
Who is he?
Maybe you’re wondering who’s Dilantha Malagamuwa.
Mr.Dilantha Malagamuwa is an international award winning car racing champion from Sri Lanka. He was born on 24 June 1963 in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka (the same city I was born too and currently live in). All the people in the city know him very well. He started racing at the age of 16 by winning a motorcycle race. In 1983 Mr.Dilantha participated in his first International race in Calcutta, India and managed to finish the 6th. After the race, he met a Japanese motorbike racer who persuaded him to come to Japan to expand his racing career. In 1985 he went to Japan and in 1997 became the first non-Japanese Asian to compete in Japan top-level Formula Nippon (F3000). His racing career achievements, according to his television interview.
"1995 - N1 Championship (Japan) - Champion
2002 - Bathurst 24 Hours Race (AUS) - 1st Runner Up (Class A)
2006 - Malaysia Super Car Series - Champion
2007 - Malaysia Super Car Series - Champion
2008 - Aston Martin Asia Cup - 1st Runner Up
2009 - Aston Martin Asia Cup - 1st Runner Up
2010 - Malaysia GT Super Series - 1st Runner Up
2010 - GT Asia - Champion
2011 - GT Asia - 1st Runner Up
2011 - Malaysia GT Super Series - Champion
2013 - Asian Le Mans - Champion (GTC Am)
2014 - Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asian series 2014 - 1st Runner up.
2015 - Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asian series 2015 - 1st Runner up.
2016 - Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asian series 2016 - Champion (PRO-AM B)
2017 - NGK Enduro 3 Hour Endurance Race (Dubai) - Champion
2017 - Blancpain GT Sports Club (Europe) overall - Champion (Xtra Class)
2017 - Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Finals, Imola, Italy (Race 2) - 3rd Place (AM Class - 5th Place Overall)"
On 19 November 2017 Mr.Dilantha Malagamuwa was placed 3rd on the 2nd race of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo world finals (AM class) and became the first and currently only Sri Lankan to secure a world title in motorsports.
Social works
He’s not only famous for his talents in Motorsports. He’s also well known as a social worker and a very humble person. He was riding some races to collect funds for the "Little Hearts National Fundraising project in Sri Lanka which is about to build a hospital wing at Lady Ridgeway Hospital in aid of children with heart diseases & critical illnesses. He also helps the children who went overseas for sports. It’s no doubt everyone knows he’s really humble, he speaks well with everyone he met and he also helps anyone as he could. He always tries to build up the quality of the sports and players in Sri Lanka.
Things I learned from a great man
What I learned from meeting Mr.Dilantha Malagamuwa is to be humble and help to everyone as I could. It’s no matter how much you rich, how much expensive your car is or how much you know about things, being a humble person is a very good quality that everyone can improve themselves.
Things we can do as Local Guides
As Local Guides, and thanks to “Connect,” we can always share our knowledge with other Local Guides and also we can share our experiences. By regularly contributing to the maps, adding helpful reviews, nice photos, checking facts, answering the questions, adding new places and roads also a good way to help to make millions of lives much easier than before. It’s no doubt Google Maps is one of the most useful applications in the world. So, yes, it’s no doubt contributing to the Google maps will give you a chance to help millions of people in the world. It’s also one of the biggest social works that anyone can do.
I hope you enjoyed reading my story. I hope you also curious to know about my very simple tip that anyone can use to capture beautiful photos and also check out my 10 reasons why I love to share aerial photos (Drone Photos) and travel photos on Google Maps
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