The biggest difference between off-road racing and track racing is the different performance requirements for the car.
Track racing requires high horsepower and speed, and the acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h should be in a certain number of seconds, usually no more than three seconds is considered excellent.
Off-road racing focuses on torque and is not so demanding on absolute speed.
The greater the torque, the greater the power, and the smoother the climbing and crossing of bumps.
Being able to produce a family sedan with a torque range of 380 to 43, Lu Ningjun had to take the existence of Nanwan Group seriously.
On the way from Cheheijiao to Jiangwei, Lu Ningjun drove slowly, mainly to get a comprehensive understanding of the cars in Nanwan.
"Brother Guan, how many years have you been working in Nanwan?"
"More than ten years, maybe eleven."
The brothers Guan Tiankong and Guan Dahai were not in Nanwan when Nanwan Group was first established. They came to Nanwan in 1990.
At that time, Guan Tiankong worked in the gearbox department and Guan Dahai worked in the vehicle maintenance department.
"Brother Guan, tell me about your Nanwan Group."
"Our group was first established around 1985. My brother and I hadn't come here yet. We came here around 1990. I don't know much about what happened before that, I just have a general idea."
"Maybe."
"Our boss is a legendary man, really! A very legendary person. His family originally lived in Longjiang, but when China and the former Soviet Union were preparing for war, they fled from Longjiang to Jiangwei for refuge. Oh, and his grandfather's family lived in Wahou, the small village with the largest wholesale market in Northeast China..."
"Wait! The year of war preparations with the Soviet Union was 1979. How old was your boss then?"
Lu Ningjun came from the military. He was still serving in the army during the war preparations in 1979, and he still remembers these situations very clearly.
"He was thirteen in 1980, and he's thirty-five this year."
Lu Ningjun started planning when he was 13 years old in 1980. Nanwan Group was established around 1985, which means he started his business when he was 18 years old.
"Not only that, he started doing business from Longjiang to Jiangwei, and at that time he was still cutting off the tail of capitalism."
Guan Dahai was not very clear about Wan Feng's early entrepreneurial journey in Jiangwei. What he knew was hearsay from local people, so he could only give a general idea.
Guan Dahai started by talking about how Wanfeng started to work in the industry in Wahou, from making planters and corn peelers to making four-wheel tractors, tricycles and motorcycles.
"I remember something. More than ten years ago, there was a Jiangwei motorcycle on the market. Was it made here?"
"Listen to the name Jiangwei! It was created by Jiangwei. Back then, Jiangwei was still called Datuan. It was created by the Jiangwei Datuan's Wahou Squadron's Machinery Factory."
In the 1980s, a small team's machinery factory produced the 70 motorcycle, which even Jialing had not produced at that time.
"Did your boss also make that motorcycle?"
"At that time, the Wahou Machinery Factory had already built up some experience by purchasing four-wheelers and four-wheelers, so the boss suggested making a motorcycle and took charge of the design. I'm not quite sure how they made it, after all, I hadn't joined Jiangwei at that time, but they did make it anyway."
"And then?"
"Later, the boss returned to Longjiang to attend high school. It seemed to be between 1984 and 1986. His family moved back to Jiangwei from Longjiang in 1986 or 1987. I don't know where he got a production line for Japanese Suzuki AX100 motorcycles, but he started making them."
Speaking of AX100, Lu Ningjun has an impression of it. He has an AX100 motorcycle, which was the prize he won when he participated in a car race in a southern region.
It has been more than ten years now, and apart from the paint peeling and rust on the front and rear wheel covers, it has never broken down.
The engine has never been disassembled.
"Speaking of AX100s, I have one too. I think it's called the Nanwan Suzuki AX100. So you guys made it too? The quality of your bikes is really good. They're not some dumb Japanese bike at all. How did you make them?"
"What's going on? Our boss is so-so about everything else, really so-so. But he's not at all sloppy about the quality of the car. On the contrary, his requirements are outrageous. You've never been to our test fleet, so you don't know what kind of life we live out there."
"I forgot you were part of your company's test fleet. Tell me about your test drive."
When I talk about test driving, it really brings tears to my eyes.
It is said that the test team has the best job in Nanwan Group, with more holidays and high income, but only the people in the test team know the hardships they have endured.
"Master Lu, you're an off-road racer, so you naturally know how harsh the weather can be. We race wherever the weather is harsh. In spring and summer, we're battling rainwater and mud in the tropical rainforests of the south. In autumn, we're in Xinjiang and Tibet, tackling the deserts next to the plateau. In the cold winter, we're in Mohe, in the far north, battling ice and snow. After a car has gone through all this, it undergoes a 100,000-kilometer nationwide training run. Only when there are no more problems will it be released to the market. How can it not be strong? Even a piece of iron would be broken into a discus after being tossed around like that."
"Is this how you make your cars?" Lu Ningjun only knew that new foreign cars had to go through various tests before being put on the market. At that time, domestic cars were at most tested at a few test tracks in the country. He didn't expect that Nanwan's cars were made in this way.
"I didn't expect you guys to be so strict. I didn't even dare drive your car hard for fear of breaking it down."
"You don't dare to open it? Haha! Do you know how we open it?"
"How do you drive?"
"Don't think you're a racing driver. You're driving on fixed roads and closed tracks. Let me show you how to drive."
Lu Ningjun parked the car on the side of the road and exchanged seats with Guan Dahai.
"Master Lu! Fasten your seat belt and put on this helmet to avoid hitting your head." Guan Dahai took out two helmets from the trunk of the car, gave one to Lu Ningjun and put on one himself.
When the car arrived at Jiangwei Dongshan, it turned and headed from Dongshan to Dapuzi. After passing the Dongshan Industrial Zone and getting off the cement road, Guan Dahai's speed increased.
There is a dirt road from Jiangwei to Qingshan Town, which is about fifty kilometers away.
Guan Dahai drove on this dirt road with flying sand and rocks. When he passed a village, there was chaos everywhere.
The car speed never dropped below 80.
Even veteran racing driver Lu Ningjun felt a little dizzy.
Although he is an off-road racer, he only runs in stages and has adapted to the venue in advance, so he has a general understanding of the track conditions.
And they all ran on closed roads.
But now, he felt like he was participating in an open off-road race, and anything could happen on the road.
This guy drove his car recklessly in the village without slowing down, with a gangster named Huang Long following behind him.
It's just like a crooked mouth blowing out the candle, with evil wind all the way.
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