20 Jun 2014 Circuit Hero Two A: Rain affects race

The pouring rain caused many accidents in Circuit Hero Two A race. A total of 12 cars have to retire while only 30 cars finish.

At 9:00am on 15 June 2014, Pan Delta Super Racing Festival's first race of the day is held on Zhuhai International Circuit. As there are too many races to fit into the programme, the Circuit Hero Two A race has to be scheduled in the early hour of Sunday. But a popular race is a popular race, even at 9am a good crowd has already gathered on the grandstand.

According to the results of qualifying, #32 Yang Xu is on pole position, #77 Kuang Can Wei is second and "Baldy" He Wei-Hang is third. Huang Gui-Hua and Gary Sham are fourth and fifth. Due to the rain, the track is very wet. With more than 40 cars on track at the same time, it is going to be an eventful race.

The race begins after a warm up lap. But under the conditions, it does not achieve much for the drivers except for them to learn where the puddles are and maybe get some feel for their cars.

According to the rules, each group there are some cars that will be permitted to take part in the Circuit Hero V race in the afternoon, which is televised. That means the drivers are going to take this race very seriously.

The race begins under a slight drizzle. As the cars will cause water sprays in their backs, that means the cars in front will have an advantage as they will enjoy much clearer vision. At turn 1 there are no problems. One of the cars spin at turn 2 but he is able to continue. Two cars battle at the back and will not give way to each other, resulting in both sliding into the sand trap.

At the end of lap 1, #77 Kuang Can Wei has overtaken #32 Yang Xu and leading the race. #16 Gary Sham is performing well and running second while #51 He Wei-Hang maintains third place. On lap 2, a car fails to stop in time for turn 1 and goes straight into the sand trap. As the car is stopped in a dangerous position, the race organizers decide to use the safety car.

On lap 5, the Mini safety car returns to the pit lane and the race re-starts. The cars are now running closely together. #77 Kuang Can Wei quickly asserts himself, while Gary Sham and He Wei-Hang are too busy fighting to keep pace. Now there are only 2 laps left. A lap on and Kuang Can Wei has extended his lead to 10 seconds. His fastest lap has gone from 2:14 straight to a 2:02, that is a champion's performance.

On the last lap, Kuang Can Wei continues to lead and he then crosses the line with a 14 second advantage. Gary Sham and He Wei-Hang finish in second and third places. Many accidents happened today due to the rain and only 30 cars are able to finish, with more than 10 cars retiring, which is rare for Circuit Hero races.