Leading world crossers to lock horns today<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Thirteen leading world competitors will lock
\nhorns in the fourth and final leg of the Lucky Strike
\nInternational Motocross Championships due to start today at the
\nRaffles Village track in Cibubur, East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
And if their behavior during Wednesday's practice session is
\nany indication they won't be going into the battle of honor
\nunprepared.<\/p>\n
Australian Jeff Leisk, runner up in the 1991 World
\nChampionship, showed a serious effort to familiarize himself with
\nthe track by making at least 20 trial laps on his Suzuki.<\/p>\n
Dutch Oscar Vromas, one of the European top 10, spent all his
\ntime testing his Honda. He said he needed some time to adjust
\nhimself to the tropical heat but was optimistic that he would
\nwin.<\/p>\n
\"I hope heat and humidity will not hamper my performance,\"
\nVromas said.<\/p>\n
Australian Kim Ashkenazi, winner of the championships's first
\nleg in the series in Yogyakarta, demonstrated his highly refined
\nskills of straight jumps, triple jumps and passing a table top
\nduring the official drill on his Yamaha.<\/p>\n
A few days before, Indonesia's top crossers Johny Pranata
\n(Suzuki), Satya Sunarso, Peter and Frans Tanujaya (Yamaha) were
\nalready showing their strong determination to win when they tried
\nout the track.<\/p>\n
Given the competitors' strong will to stake their claim to
\nvictory, it is quite difficult to predict who will eventually
\nwin, a committee official said.<\/p>\n
Up to the third leg held in Lembang near Bandung, West Java,
\nDamon Smith (Suzuki) of New Zealand had the lead, collecting a
\ntotal of 110 points, followed by Japanese Akira Hosono (Honda)
\nwho collected 100 points, but is not going to compete today, and
\nDutch Oscar Vromas (Honda) with 81 points.<\/p>\n
The championships, which will last until Sunday, offer a total
\nfinal-round cash prizes of Rp 7.5 million (US$3,429) and an
\noverall cash prize of US$8,000 for winners who have taken part in
\nthe championships since the first round. In addition, the
\norganizer also announced that Indonesian crossers who collect the
\nhighest points in the senior and junior categories will get
\nbonuses totaling Rp 15 million.<\/p>\n
Today, the championships will be preceded with motorbike
\nscrutineering, briefing and some warming up before the
\nparticipants start contesting the 125 cc international moto one,
\nthe 125 cc junior and qualifying rounds.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow, the championships will begin at 9 a.m., contesting
\nthe 125 cc international moto two and three and the 125 cc junior
\nmoto two and three, grass track classes and the 250 cc
\ninternational. (arf)<\/p>",
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