Journalists to descend on Medan Rally<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Over 150 local and foreign sportswriters are
\nexpected to cover this year's main event in the autosports world
\n- Bentoel Rally Indonesia '94 - to be staged in Medan, North
\nSumatra for June 17 to 19.<\/p>\n
The rally, which attracts many world beaters, serves as the
\nopening leg of the Asia-Pacific rally circuit scheduled for
\nMalaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Hong Kong and China.<\/p>\n
Journalists covering the rally will have no problem
\ntransmitting their reports because the organizers are preparing a
\nlarge number of domestic and international telephone lines,
\ncommittee spokesman Helmy Sungkar said yesterday.<\/p>\n
\"Numerous computers will also be made available to
\njournalists,\" Helmy added.<\/p>\n
More challenging<\/p>\n
The rally will run around palm oil and rubber plantations
\noutside the North Sumatra capital, mostly on hardened gravel
\nroads, which according to a leading rally navigator has become
\nmore challenging with the introduction of new tracks.<\/p>\n
\"I found it more challenging because bending and winding
\ntracks are available of this year,\" Faryd Sungkar said. Faryd
\nwill team with Dolly Indra Nasution on a brand new Ford Escort.<\/p>\n
He said the Ford team will field four cars with the other
\nthree to race in Group N event.<\/p>\n
\"I think there will be close battle between Subaru,
\nMitsubishi, Toyota and Ford,\" Faryd added.<\/p>\n
Mitsubishi, with world-class drivers Kenneth Ericksson of
\nSweden and Kenjiro Shinozuka of Japan, the Subaru 555 team and
\nToyota with the well-placed Hutomo Mandala Putra behind the
\nwheel, are the cars to watch, said Faryd. He and Dolly tomorrow
\nwill travel to Medan to make their second inspection of the
\ntracks.<\/p>\n
\"I hope we can challenge the world class drivers next week,\"
\nFaryd said.(rsl)<\/p>",
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