Caltex with Techron ® recently powered a 28-year-old Honda Civic up a 1,000m ascent in record time, setting a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title for the ‘Fastest Ascent of Doi Chang Mountain Road by Car’. Now, the same petrol which was used for the record breaking attempt can be pumped into your tank at all Caltex stations nationwide. Doi Chang is a 2,175m mountain in the Chiang Mai Province in Thailand. Known for its coffee plantations it is now known for hill-climbing. At least for this record breaking effort anyway.
The Guinness World Record was made during ‘Record Rides’, which is a two-part series on National Geographic, with Caltex as the sole presenting partner. The attempt was part of Caltex’s Fuel Power Challenge and it was made by Jamaican-Chinese professional race car driver, Natasha Chang, and television host, KC Montero. In the end, Natasha managed to reach the summit of Doi Chang Mountain, located in Thailand, in record time - 6 minutes 52.692 seconds. KC, drove a prepped, 1984 Toyota Corolla sedan.
Caltex claims that Techron ® ’s unique chemistry is proven to remove and protect an engine from deposits in these critical areas. Caltex with Techron ® also contains Clean & Glide Technology™, which further helps to reduce friction, helping maximise power. It essentially helps by keeping the engine clean especially the intake valves and port fuel injectors. so that there are fuel and air combustion going on.
“Caltex with Techron ® is specially formulated to clean and protect engines. The GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS ® title achievement helps demonstrate how a clean engine powered by Techron® can function at its most optimum, which includes delivering maximum power to your wheels. This is the same fuel that our customers can experience at their neighbourhood Caltex stations to power their everyday drive,” said Greg Engeler, Product Engineering Manager for Caltex.
Celebrity Partner of Caltex Malaysia, Dato, Han Issac, stated that the record-breaking feat further demonstrates how Caltex with Techron ® fuels can power an engine towards achieving an extraordinary journey.
“When I heard about Caltex’s success at achieving the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS ® title, I couldn’t help but feel proud to be associated with a global brand like Caltex, because they know that nothing extraordinary is ever easy. Difficult is an invitation to be great, and Caltex does difficult.” said Hans.
“As someone who thrives on challenging myself to go further, this feat achieved by Caltex
inspired me to push the limits of Caltex with Techron ® myself, on Malaysian roads. That’s how I’ve decided to go on a challenge to further prove the efficiency of Caltex with Techron®. With only one tank of this innovative fuel, my friend Man, and I, will attempt to drive up Cameron Highlands in our national car, the 1985 Proton Saga. I guess you will have to stay tuned to find out if we succeed or not,” he added.'
Natasha Chang, also known as “Chiney Dolly” was also present at the Malaysian press event. She said, “I knew from the get-go that this journey was going to be filled with challenges, however, I was determined to validate the notion that fuel is one of the most important aspects of a car thus, the right fuel can only maximise your vehicle’s potential. With Caltex with Techron ® , the performance of the car we built from scratch for the attempt on a seemingly impossible timeline only got better which resulted in us breaking new ground in fuel innovation,”
So if you are interested in how an old 1.6liter Honda Civic EG series can climb up a mountain pretty fast, you should go visit the Caltex specific websites stated below.
For more details on the ‘Fastest Ascent of Doi Chang Mountain Road by Car’, please visit https://caltexrecordrides.com/, or log on to www.caltex.com/my. For the latest updates, follow Caltex Malaysia’s official Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/Caltex.Malaysia/.
(From L-R): Shahid Ahmed, Country Chairman, Chevron Malaysia; Natasha Chang, Professional Race Car Driver; Dato’ Hans Isaac, Celebrity Partner, Caltex Malaysia; Greg Engeler, Product Engineering Manager for Caltex
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