Singh wins Rally Indonesia<\/p>\n
MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Malaysian racer and top seed
\nKaramjit Singh and navigator Allen Goh won the final stage of the
\nGudang Garam Rally Indonesia here on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Singh, driving the Proton PERT, finished first with a total
\ntime of 3:01:00.5. He led from the first day of the race on March
\n31 in the Special Stage (SS) 1 until SS11 on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Chandra Alim\/Prihatin Kasiman (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III) won
\nsecond place with a time of 3:05:54.5 and Aga Kartiwa\/Margo
\nSarwono (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV) in third timing 3:11:47.9.<\/p>\n
Singh, who has for the past three years won a number of
\nrallies in Malaysia, showed he was better than the other 18
\ndrivers. In the SS11, Singh roared along the hilly track at top
\nspeed, astonishing spectators.<\/p>\n
Only 18 of the 29 racers survived in the three-day race.
\nTinton Soeprapto with his navigator Rio Sarwono withdrew from the
\nrace because of engine trouble with his Mitsubishi Evo II.<\/p>\n
Rifat Sungkar also withdrew from the race after his car
\ncollided with Abdi Arif at Sialang Lama village, Tanjung Morawa.
\nRifat, who is the son of organizer Helmy Sungkar, just completed
\nSS6 (Batu Ginting) and was about to start SS7. Abdi was racing to
\nfinish SS5.<\/p>\n
Abdi's car suddenly appeared in front of Rifat's car at the
\ncurve and they collided. \"It was surprise to both of us,\" Rifat
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The Gudang Garam Rally Indonesia which ended on Sunday is the
\nfirst stage of the Asia-Pacific rally series. (39)<\/p>",
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