Foreign riders arrive here for Asia Pacific races
<p>Foreign riders arrive here for Asia Pacific races</p><p> JAKARTA (JP): The first batch of overseas riders arrived here
yesterday for the Asia Pacific Motocross Championship at Bumi
Serpong Damai, Tangerang, West Java, this weekend.</p><p>New Zealand favorite Nigel Smith, 19, was the first to touch
down at Soekarno-Hatta airport, but five Australian boys who
arrived a couple of hours later received a bigger welcome.</p><p>No senior officials from the championship's organizing
committee turned up at the airport to greet Jason McGuiness, Meng
Wong, Luke Urek, Sinclair Cameron and Japanese-born Ketsuya
Takeshi but a throng of journalists repeatedly photographed them
and fired a barrage of questions.</p><p>"I'm pretty confident of winning the race," said Sinclair, who
at 12 years old is the championship's youngest rider. He will
contest the 60cc category.</p><p>Melbournite Sinclair started racing six years ago under the
tutelage of his father Ken. Sinclair capped his career with
Victorian Tour victories in the past two years.</p><p>Despite possessing the riding skills which have helped him
come up with the goods on numerous tracks, Sinclair remains a
child. He has brought his parents and elder brother along with
him on his first Indonesian trip.</p><p>The remaining six riders, who include Hungarian Kokenyesi Jr
and Japan's Sinichi Kaga, are scheduled to arrive today.</p><p>Smith, winner of the last two rounds of the New Zealand
Motocross Championship, has been dubbed favorite to win both the
125cc and 250cc classes this weekend, the second round of the
Asia Pacific circuit.</p><p>But he opted to take a low profile, saying only: "Finishing
among the top three looks fair, I think."</p><p>The two-day event will also serve as the final leg of the
National Championship series, in which four of Indonesia's
leading riders are in contention for the title.</p><p>The next Asia Pacific round is in Osaka, Japan on Nov. 17 and
returns back south to Sydney on Nov. 24, before winding up in
Bangkok on Dec. 8. (amd)</p>
yesterday for the Asia Pacific Motocross Championship at Bumi
Serpong Damai, Tangerang, West Java, this weekend.</p><p>New Zealand favorite Nigel Smith, 19, was the first to touch
down at Soekarno-Hatta airport, but five Australian boys who
arrived a couple of hours later received a bigger welcome.</p><p>No senior officials from the championship's organizing
committee turned up at the airport to greet Jason McGuiness, Meng
Wong, Luke Urek, Sinclair Cameron and Japanese-born Ketsuya
Takeshi but a throng of journalists repeatedly photographed them
and fired a barrage of questions.</p><p>"I'm pretty confident of winning the race," said Sinclair, who
at 12 years old is the championship's youngest rider. He will
contest the 60cc category.</p><p>Melbournite Sinclair started racing six years ago under the
tutelage of his father Ken. Sinclair capped his career with
Victorian Tour victories in the past two years.</p><p>Despite possessing the riding skills which have helped him
come up with the goods on numerous tracks, Sinclair remains a
child. He has brought his parents and elder brother along with
him on his first Indonesian trip.</p><p>The remaining six riders, who include Hungarian Kokenyesi Jr
and Japan's Sinichi Kaga, are scheduled to arrive today.</p><p>Smith, winner of the last two rounds of the New Zealand
Motocross Championship, has been dubbed favorite to win both the
125cc and 250cc classes this weekend, the second round of the
Asia Pacific circuit.</p><p>But he opted to take a low profile, saying only: "Finishing
among the top three looks fair, I think."</p><p>The two-day event will also serve as the final leg of the
National Championship series, in which four of Indonesia's
leading riders are in contention for the title.</p><p>The next Asia Pacific round is in Osaka, Japan on Nov. 17 and
returns back south to Sydney on Nov. 24, before winding up in
Bangkok on Dec. 8. (amd)</p>