With champagne flowing and music echoing across the salt lake, excitement reached its peak by the lakeside. The 2018 “Cool Yulin” Sandy Desert Summer Tourism Season and the “Zhicheng Lubricants Cup” Shaanxi...First “Around the Millennium Salt Lake” Auto Off-Road Rally (National) Invitational Tournament concluded successfully on the afternoon of May 28, 2018, after three days of fierce competition. Attending the closing ceremony and presenting awards to the winners were Xu Jun, Standing Committee Member of Dingbian County Party Committee and Executive Deputy County Magistrate; Ren Xueyou, Standing Committee Member of Dingbian County Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee; Wei Guo, Standing Committee Member of Dingbian County Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department; Ren Yancai, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of Dingbian County People’s Congress;Li Yancai, Deputy County Magistrate of Dingbian County; Ding Haishan, Vice Chairman of Dingbian County CPPCC; Gao Ruidong, Director of Dingbian County Tourism Bureau; Feng Zhi, Chairman of Shaanxi Zhicheng Yunshi Enterprise (Group) Co., Ltd.; Wei Mingsheng, Manager of PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited Dingbian Branch; Yang Yongfei, General Manager of Shaanxi Zhicheng Yunshi Industry (Group) Co., Ltd., among other leaders.
The overall competition of the first Shaanxi “Around the Millennium Salt Lake” Auto Off-Road Rally (National) Invitational Tournament was divided into two major segments: off-road rally and rally race, with participants competing in professional, open, non-modified new energy, women’s, and UTV categories. The three-day event comprised a 7-kilometer off-road rally on the afternoon of May 26, a 46-kilometer rally race on the morning of May 27, and a 47-kilometer rally race on the morning of May 28. After fierce competition, winners in various categories were determined, and a grand awards ceremony was held on the afternoon of May 28. Leaders from Dingbian County Government, as well as representatives from sponsoring companies, presented multiple awards to the contestants, including Best Style Award, Best Fighting Spirit Award, Women’s Award, Best Driver Award, Golden Gloves Award, and Best Team Award, with the total prize money amounting to 298,000 yuan.
Championship Awards
UTV Category:Ding Cifu & Tian Lei (Shaanxi Hualang Racing Team)
New Energy Category:Peng Huagang & Yang Jun (BYD Racing Team)
Women’s Category:Zhang Li & Gong Rongli (Ansai Drum Township Off-Road Club)
Non-Modified Category:Wu Fengzhen, Zhang Dajiang (Fudi Auto Team)
Modified Category:Meng Lidong & Song Chen (Inner Mongolia Wuhai Squad Sand Sea E Clan Club)
Professional Category:Ma Hailong Yao Bin (Ningxia Yuanhang Racing Team)
Overall Awards:Ma Hailong & Yao Bin (Ningxia Yuanhang Racing Team)
Special Contribution Award:Shi Yinchuan
Best Style Award:Yang Jianguo & Li Borui
Best Fighting Spirit Award:(Jin Jianyun & Wu Gang)
Women’s Hero Award:Zhang Li & Gong Rongli
Flying Car King:Fu Qiang & Du Yun
Best New Energy:Zhang Hongzhi & Li Hongxu
Best Driver:Zhong Zhenggao & Wang Lihong
Golden Glove Award
SS2 Professional Group: Ma Hailong & Yao Bin
Modified Group: Weng Chunming & Zhang Longbo
Non-Modified Group: Wu Fengzhen & Zhang Dajiang
UTV Group: Wu Zhenxuan & Zhang Xingtao
Golden Glove Award
SS4 Professional Group: Wang Wenlin & Ma Wenke
Modified Group: Meng Lidong & Song Chen
Non-Modified Group: Wu Fengzhen & Zhang Dajiang
UTV Group: Ding Cifu & Tian Lei
Best Team
3. Dingbian Wandering Sand Driving Team
2. Ansai Drum Village Off-Road Club
1. Ningxia South Mall Racing Team
In the end, Huang Fengge from the Yellow River Circuit Racing Team in Hancheng, Shaanxi, won first place in the 7-kilometer off-road race. During the 46-kilometer rally held on the morning of the 27th, Ma Hailong from the Ningxia Yuanhang Racing Team, Wu Zhenxuan from the Longtouma Wine Extreme Off-Road Team, Wu Fengzhen from the Foton Auto Independent Camp Team, Zhang Li from the Ansai Ancient Township Off-Road Club, and Weng Chunming from the Shaanxi Tough Guys Unstoppable Team won first place in the professional group, UTV group, non-modified new energy group, women's group, and modified group respectively.
Nearly a hundred top drivers from across the country competed fiercely, all vying for the championship, delivering a spectacular racing feast for the audience.