Source: Liberty Times Auto Channel Report
https://auto.ltn.com.tw/news/23591/
(Published: 2023/08/21)

2023/08/21 12:20
By Reporter Chen Yingjie
Photo Credit: Society of Safe Driving

 

Taiwan’s team shines internationally once again! In the recently concluded 2023 Asia Cross Country Rally, the USTINI i TAIWAN team from Taiwan completed the grueling 2,000 km race across Thailand and Laos with a time of 24 hours, 46 minutes, and 29 seconds, winning the women’s category championship of this year’s rally.

The Asia Cross Country Rally, held annually in the Indochina Peninsula, resumed after the pandemic, featuring 62 teams from 11 countries including the USA, Japan, Australia, Israel, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, and Cambodia.

 

Car No. 142, driven by Chen Yiwen, Chen Xinyu, and firefighter Li Yating from Taichung City Fire Department, Taiwan, completed six muddy and rugged LEG stages in 24 hours, 46 minutes, and 29 seconds. They defeated the closely pursuing Indonesian team No. 133 over the first three days to claim the women’s championship in this year’s rally.

The USTINI i TAIWAN Rally Team's vehicles not only compete for national glory but also serve the mission of training seed instructors for fire safety driving through “training by racing.” During the six-day race, the team aided an Indian and Thai driver involved in a high-speed collision in the SS1 stage, pulled an Indonesian driver from a lake in SS2, and helped recover a Vietnamese driver’s overturned vehicle from a ditch.

 

Chen Hehuang, chairman of the Society of Safe Driving and team leader of USTINI i TAIWAN Rally Team, leads three highly skilled seed instructors who possess excellent mechanical knowledge of off-road vehicles, driving techniques, and the proper use of various off-road modes.