·         Binglong Lu and Zhitao He finish sixth and 12^th overall in Baic and Toyota

XI’AN (CHINA) – Saturday, July 22: Overdrive Racing and the Keeopower Team guided three of their five cars to the finish of the gruelling Silk Way Rally that started in the Russian capital of Moscow on July 7^th and finished in the historic Chinese city of Xi’an on July 22^nd. 

The French duo of Christian Lavieille and Jean-Pierre Garcin led the way to the ceremonial finish in Xi’an in the first of three surviving Baic V8 Proto cars running under the Keeopower Team banner in conjunction with Overdrive Racing. Lavieille reached the podium in a stunning second overall behind the rally-winning Frenchman Cyril Despres.