Bowie Ginting wins Rd1 of Indonesian EP regionals

The first round of the 2013 Indonesian Regional/Jakarta EP Championship was held at the Sunter International Speedway with more than 50 entries attending in the four classes Prostock 10.5T, Stock 13.5T, FWD and 1/12 pan car. Qualification saw three five minute rounds with the best result counting. Bowie Ginting was able to grab TQ followed by Rama Tribudiman in 2nd and Ronny Suwarto in 3rd position. Heri Susanto and Suwardi Suliandy completed top 5 grid. The first A main saw Bowie pulling away towards a clean win while Rama, Ronny, Heri and Suwardi fought for the 2nd place. And after the 5 minute run, Heri finish in 2nd, followed by Suwardi in 3rd. In A main 2 Bowie once again got a clean start but the rest of the pack that got involved in a serious crash in the first corner. Bowie kept his steady pace and crossed the finish line in first position, followed by Heri and Suwardi respectively. By winning the second run Bowie secured an early overall win but decided to attend in the third A main again. He once again pulled away from the field but further down the pack Heri had to retire after an early accident. Suwardi got 2nd and battled till the last minute for this spot with Teddy. This gave Xray a clean top 3 sweep with Bowie, Heri and Suwardi all running the T4 car.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]