Bowie Ginting wins Rd5 of Indonesian Nationals

The 5th round of the Indonesian EP National Championship was held last weekend in Sunter International Speedway. 40 drivers attended the race with Hot sunny weather during the qualifying rounds. In the Stock Touring class, it was Bowie Ginting who took the TQ spot with the brand new Serpent S411, with a time of 20 laps @ 5.08. Suwardi Suliandy followed in 2nd with his TOP Photon, 2 seconds behind Bowie. Teddy Syach (Tamiya), Chandra Yosef (Xray) and Rama Tribudiman (Tamiya) completed the top 5 qualifying of stock touring while Chester Thamrin placed his Tamiya FF-03 Pro on the TQ spot for the FWD class.

Stock qualifying
1. Bowie Ginting – 20 laps @ 5.08
2. Suwardi Suliandy – 20 laps @ 5.11
3. Teddy Syach – 20 laps @ 5.13
4. Chandra Yosef – 20 laps @ 5.13
5. Rama Tribudiman – 19 laps @ 5.04

In Leg 1 of stock touring, Bowie held his position while Chandra and Teddy took Suwardi’s 2nd position. Chandra took the 2nd place in the 1st minute when Teddy and Suwardi made contact. Chandra pushed Bowie hardly and kept the gap at 2 seconds until he rode a curb and rolled his Xray letting Bowie extend the gap and Teddy take back the 2nd place. Bowie won leg 1 followed by Teddy 1 lap behind and Chandra in 3rd. Suddenly the rain began to fall causing the race to be delayed. The race continued 2 hours later on damp track conditions pushing all drivers to show who is the real “Rainmaster”. Bowie got into front followed by Teddy. A nice duel between them until the 2nd minute when Bowie made a mistake on the straight and hit the barrier pulling the battery out of the car. Teddy lead the race followed by Rama 10 seconds back. Teddy really proved his world finalist skill on the wet track and came through for the 2nd leg win, 1 lap ahead of Rama and Ronny. The 3rd leg, which was run under lights would be a duel between Bowie and Teddy for the overall win. Still on wet conditions, Bowie held his lead while Suwardi chased him followed by Ronny who made an excellent start taking Teddy’s 3rd place. Suwardi rolled his car letting Ronny and Teddy take over the duel for 2nd place. At the end, Bowie won the leg and also took the victory on his debut with the Serpent S411 debut followed by Ronny, 11 seconds back and Teddy in 3rd place. Overall Bowie took the first place followed by Teddy in 2nd and Ronny in 3rd. The Front Drive class won by Imam Liyanto with his Tamiya, followed by Chester and Ade.

Stock Result
1. Bowie Ginting – 20 pts (Serpent S411/Orca/Orca/Futaba)
2. Teddy Syach – 19 pts (Tamiya TRF 417/LRP/Team Powers/Futaba)
3. Ronny Suwarto – 15 pts (TOP Photon/Tekin/Orca/Sanwa)
4. Suwardi Suliandy – 15 pts (TOP Photon/Orca/Orca/Futaba)
5. Chandra Yosef – 14 pts (Xray T3’11/Tekin/Orca/Futaba)
6. Rama Tribudiman – 14 pts (Tamiya TRF 417/Tekin/Team Powers/Futaba)
7. Ronald Kasengkang – 12 pts (Tamiya TRF 416X/LRP/Team Powers/Sanwa)
8. Ade – 11 pts (Xray T3’11/Orca/Orca/Futaba)
9. Andhyka Pranusatya – 11 pts (Xray T3’11/Tekin/Orca/Sanwa)
10.Andy Sanjaya – 7 pts (Xray T3’11/Tekin/Orca/Sanwa)

FD Result (Top 5)
1. Imam Liyanto – 20 pts (Tamiya FF-03 Pro)
2. Chester Thamrin (TQ) – 19 pts (Tamiya FF-03 Pro)
3. Ade – 17 pts (TOP Sabre)
4. Anton Mulyadi – 15 pts (TOP Sabre)
5. Januar Wawan Ediwan – 14 pts (Tamiya FF-03 Pro)

Thanks to Bowie Ginting for the report.