Eighth leg of SEA car race to start

Eighth leg of SEA car race to start

JAKARTA (JP): Sentul international track will once again host
the eighth leg of the South East Asia Touring Car championship
due to start tomorrow.

Thailand's racer Man Manit took the lead with his Mercedes-
Benz by clocking 31:57.67 and collecting a total of 95 points in
the seventh stop of the championship. His closest rival, Charles
Kwan from Hong Kong, who drives a BMW, gathered 82 points both in
the first division of the 2,500 cc.

In the eighth leg, Manit and Kwan will be challenged by their
compatriots, Thailand's R. Prutirat and Hong Kong's Henry Lee
Jr., said Richard Hendarmo, the chairman of the championship.

As for the second (1,601-2,500cc) and third (under 1,600cc)
divisions, Hendarmo said, a number of home drivers such as Tommy
Santosa, Jimmy Lukita, Indra Saksono, Richard Wuisan and Art
Sasabone will also take part in the race.

Tommy, Jimmy and Indra will be behind the wheels of a Toyota
Starlet, Wuisan on a BMW and Sasabone on a Honda. In the previous
seventh leg, Wuisan won the second class by clocking 32:36.49 and
Indra was the champion in the third division by clocking
33:09.13.

Gatot Teguh Arifianto, of the organizing committee, said the
eighth leg, which will last for two days, will be filled with
supercars (tailor-made) and Porsches.

About 70 cars will take part in the event, Gatot said, adding
that the participants come from Thailand, Australia, Macao,
Singapore and Chinese Taipei. (arf)