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Legenda Pembalap Motor Indonesia Yang Tinggal Di Panti Jompo

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KENAPA AKHIRNYA TJETJEP MEMILIH TINGGAL DI PANTI JOMPO DARI PADA TINGGAL SAMA ANAK2NYA ???

KAMAR sederhana itu setengah temboknya berkeramik. Beberapa foto seorang pembalap motor sedang beraksi memenuhi salah satu sisi dinding itu. Sebuah walker, alat bantu jalan mirip jemuran kecil, teronggok di sudut lain.

Kamar itu merupakan kamar sebuah panti jompo Panti Wreda Karitas, Cimahi. Di kamar sederhana itulah Tjetjep Euwyong Heriyana, legenda hidup balap motor Indonesia, menjalani hari tuanya.

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Sudah sejak 2016 pembalap berdarah Tionghoa itu menjadi penghuni di sana. Meski masih punya empat anak, Tjetjep hidup sebatang kara. Dia tak ingat lagi kapan terakhir kali keluarganya datang. Hanya dua sahabatnya yang masih punya pertalian darah dengan mantan pembalap Bun Ki Yit, Leo dan Max Bunardi, yang kerap datang menjenguknya.
Tak satupun foto istri atau anak-anak Tjetjep yang menempel di dinding kamarnya. “Ya memang tidak ada (foto keluarga). Tinggal itu saja (foto-foto lawas) yang tersisa. Piala-piala zaman dulu sudah pada hilang entah ke mana. Ya karena sebelumnya kan tinggal sama anak-anak pindah-pindah,” kata Tjetjep, menceritakan koleksi foto pajangan dindingnya yang hanya berisi foto masa keemasannya sebagai pembalap (1954-1974), kepada Historia.
Dengan mata sayu, Tjetjep bercerita bahwa dulu dia memang pernah ditampung berpindah-pindah dari rumah anak yang satu ke rumah anak lainnya. Kadang di Bekasi, Gedebage (Bandung), Lembang, dan Bali. Pada akhirnya Tjetjep memilih untuk menetap di panti jompo.
Warna mukanya berubah cerah ketika topik obrolan berganti dari persoalan keluarga ke pengalamannya semasa menjadi pembalap. Semangatnya berkobar lagi kala menceritakan bagaimana awalnya berkenalan dengan dunia balap.

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