Pilot touches car for 70 hours

Pilot touches car for 70 hours

JAKARTA: A pilot won a Suzuki Grand Escudo XL-7 car on Sunday
after standing and touching it for 70 hours, 35 minutes and 39
seconds over four consecutive days in a competition at Taman
Anggrek Mall in West Jakarta.

Pilot Boy Awali of East Jakarta defeated 19 competitors and
broke last year's record held by Abraham Rahanra of Bandung, West
Java, who touched a car for 69 hours and 59 minutes in a similar
competition at the mall.

"Thank God. I'm happy," said the 29-year-old, who was
accompanied by his parents.

The competition was organized by Metro TV and production house
PT Freemantle Media.

Leo J. Suparwan, a Navy officer, and Edi Tamtomo, an offshore
technician at an oil company came second and third respectively.

A staggering 17,000 people registered for the competition but
the field was reduced to 20 participants after interviews and
psychological tests. Just 6,500 people registered for last year's
competition.-Antara