premise: Phakisa Freeway is a motor racing circuit located in Odendaalsrus, South Africa. From 1999 to 2004, the venue hosted the South African motorcycle Grand Prix of the MotoGP championship. It has a capacity of 60,000 spectators and opened in 1999. The track has a 4.24 km road course and a 1.5 mi oval course. The oval track is an exact copy of Las Vegas Motor Speedway from 1997.
hypothesis: Phakisa Freeway opened before 1998.
reason: It opened in 1999 which is not before 1998. It's difficult because the text mentions 1999 which is close to 1998.