17 Sep 2017 Chai Hui-Bang retires as Shaanxi Tianshi wins big Circuit Hero-One Race 6
2017 Pan Delta Super Racing Festival Autumn Race Circuit Hero-One Race 6, this is also the last race of the season. It is held at 10:30 on 17 September. On pole position is the #99 Audi R8 LMS of Chen Wei-An. GoKart Racing #4 Chai Hui-Bang and Shaanxi Tianshi Racing #88 Liu Peng are second and third respectively. Since #99 Chen Wei-An finished first yesterday, he is already confirmed as yearly class champion, but the order of the other classes are not yet settled.
The race begins on time at 10:30. As the first formation lap is not satisfactory to the race offcials, a second formation lap is required before the race can begin. #88 Liu Peng uses his car's advantage and jumps to first place. Chen Wei-An and Chai Hui-Bang are second and third. #17 and #26 develop mechanical problems.
On lap 2 Chen Wei-An tries to overtake Liu Peng but fails. Chai Hui-Bang takes this opportunity to take second place but is overtaken by Chen Wei-An on lap 3. The first group are fighting hammer and tongs with each other, none of them are easing up just because the title fight has settled. On lap 4 Chai Hui-Bang loses control at turn 1 and hits the guard rail. He continues and returns to the pits but his car cannot be fixed quickly, so sadly he has to retire from the race.
With 4 laps to go, the focus shifts to the second group, #9 Huang Yun-Long and #37 Li Bin-Hui are battling hard. In the third group #8 Huang Jia-Kang and #91 Liang Yong-Zhao are also fighting nose to nail.
On the last lap, #37 Li Bin-Hui makes a mistake and loses control, his car spins off the circuit and retires from the race. #88 Liu Peng crosses the finish line, #99 Chen Wei-An, #9 Huang Yun-Long finish second and third. Shaanxi Tianshi Racing #88 and #99 take victories in classes D and E. #9 Huang Yun-Long and #91 Liang Yong-Zhao are the yearly champions of classes A and B respectively.
Overall winner Liu Peng said, "Although there was pressure from my teammate in the race, I was having good luck today. The start and race went very smoothly." Chen Wei-An said, "At the start the pressure was high, the car in front is very fast and it was hard to get by him, while the car behind puts me under a lot of pressure. But later #4 made a mistake and the pressure was off. But the track was slippery and many cars had problems. So I decided the priority was to finish safely." #91 Liang Yong-Zhao said this was his third consecutive year racing in Pan Delta, he did not perform so well in the past but after learning and gaining experience for a few years, he is very satisfied with this year's result.