Foundation to hold timed rally

Foundation to hold timed rally

JAKARTA (JP): The foundation of Manunggal Karsa Nusantara will
hold a timed rally called Margarana Pelabuhan Ratu on Oct. 21-22.

The organizing committee's chairman, Ktut Suwardana, said on
Friday that the 500-kilometer timed rally will offer a total of
Rp 10 million (US$4,415) cash prizes.

He said that the rally will start on Oct. 21 from Wisata
International Hotel in Central Jakarta and end on the following
day at Samudra Beach Hotel in Pelabuhan Ratu of West Java,
through the Bogor-Sukabumi-Pandeglang route.

The second annual rally, held in cooperation with the Rally
Tama Group, is a commemoration of three events including the
Puputan War against the Dutch in Margarana erupted on Nov. 20,
1946, National Heroes Day which falls on Nov. 10 and the golden
anniversary of the country's independence, Antara news agency
quoted Ktut as saying.

He said that I Gusti Ngurah Rai, one of Indonesia's heroes,
died in the Puputan war in Tabanan, while Margarana is a cemetery
for national heroes.

A rally organizer, Rio Sarwono, said that the tour rally is
open both for beginners, females and leading national rally
drivers, in which any kind of vehicles with proper seats allowed
by the traffic rules must be used.

Wiranto Urip and Bangun, driving a Suzuki, won the first rally
last year which was held in around the city of Jakarta. (icn)