OREANDA-NEWS. On 07 June 2008 was announced, that OJSC Insurance Company "Universalna" acted as an insurance sponsor of the 1st stage of Bacha Bospor ZALIV 2008 Rally Cup of Ukraine. The rally was held on May 15—18 near Kerch (Crimea AR).

Insurance Company "Universalna" team traditionally participated in the sport Rally Cup of Ukraine.

The competition route ran through the Baherovo district (20 km from Kerch), surface type: dry ground, salt-marshes, mountains, stony covering, and the take-off strip of the reserve military airport. Race difficulty coefficient made 1.25.

In two days of race participants of the race made about 500 km in total. In total race results, "Universalna’s" team was the 6th.

On the last race day "Universalna" won a smashing victory in the pair’s race.

Yuriy Zastavnyi, "Universalna" Company Council member says,

"We treat this competition as a training for further 2008 race legs. Extremely fierce competition from participants resulting in that in 2 days of race and 500 km of race roads that were the seconds, not minutes that separated the competitors!"

"We acquired valuable experience in burning the field roads, received a feedback from the new suspension and set new technical and professional priorities for 2008 season.

As an insurance partner of this race leg, I’d like to mention that the organization level of Bacha Bospor ZALIV 2008 Rally may be a good example for any sport event. Insurance Company "Universalna" support rally races in Ukraine from 2005 as a dynamic and team kind of sports the spirit of which meets the idea of the company values", added Yu. Zastavnyi.

Leg 2 of 2008 Rally Cup of Ukraine, named "Elekta Raid" will take place on July 4—6, 2008 in Kyiv.