THE MOTORCYCLE EVENT HAD REPRESENTATION FROM NOT ONLY JAPAN BUT STRONG ATTENDANCE FROM INDONESIA AS WELL. THE INDONESIAN POSIDJA TEAM HAD 7 BIKES FOR THE GRAND PRIX WITH WELL-KNOWN NAMES SUCH AS TINTON SOEPRAPTOE, KUSMAJADI, BENG SUSWANTO, SARSITO AND GRASHUIS IN VARIOUS BIKES. THE JAPANESE CAME WELL PREPARED AS WELL. HISOSHI HASEGAWA, PICTURED, HURLS HIS YAMAHA RDO5 V4 INTO CIRCUS. HASEGAWA DID NOT FAIR WELL IN THE BIG GRAND PRIX EVENT BUT HE DID WIN THE CLASS 3 10-LAP RACE AHEAD OF MOTOHASHI AND DAVID TAY AS WELL AS SETTING FASTEST LAP IN THAT EVENT AT 2 MINUTES 22.0 SECONDS.
01/04/1969
19980007163 - 0074
5343/04/31A
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