On the morning of June 29, the Venue Racing of The Fifth China EV Rally, Qinghai Lake (CEVR) was held in the South Square of Qinghai Sports Center. The Venue Racing is a race event of a professional venue for refit pure electric vehicles specially set up by the Organizing Committee of the China EV Rally, Qinghai Lake (CEVR) to better demonstrate the excellent performance of the racing brand cars, which will raise the China EV Rally, Qinghai Lake (CEVR) to a new level.
The venue of the race is in the South Square of Qinghai Sports Center. It is 1.1 meters clockwise tarmac circuit, including multiple bends, ups and downs, high speed bends, low speed U turn, right corners bends, and compound bends, with almost all the classic elements of the circuit. There are three groups in the Venue Racing: professional race driver group, star group and manufacturer group. The racing vehicles are four EV160 circuit racing cars of BAIC New Energy refitted to light weight and safe cars. The racing system is divided into cycling timing of single car and four-car simultaneous performance, both of which take the static start, with the fastest time to complete the three complete circuit as the winner.
The participants from the professional drivers group include Hu Yunfei, Ruan Lin, Deng Xiaowen and He Yong; the star group has Xiaoting Pan, the image ambassador of CEVR, Huang Junpeng, the image ambassador of Public Welfares, and Kui Yuanyuan, Mo Huilan and Xue Min, the Promotion Ambassadors of Public Welfares; the representatives of the manufacturer group are Mr. Yang Jiabao, the Assistant of General Manager of BAIC New Energy, Vice General Manager of Marketing Company, and Li Xingdong, engineer of New Energy of BAIC.
Before the start of the Rally, all the race drivers checked the road on foot, which was good for the drivers to be more familiar with the route. Then, to ensure the safety and fairness of the Rally, the drivers made the draw by groups. The professional drivers will act as navigators for the star drivers to ensure the safety of the star drivers.
The first race driver of the star group was Xue Ming, the world champion of volleyball. As a new race driver, her performance was amazing. Xue Ming said that “Venue racing was very exciting, and it’s totally different from normal practice. When I just got on the vehicle, I was very nervous. But when I heard the affirmative and encouraging words of teacher Ruan Lin， my confidence rose and I was brave enough to accelerate.
Pan Xiaoting, known as "Queen of Nine-Ball", joked before her debut: "After watching other driver’s good performance, I thought they must have practiced secretly. I'm a little stressed out. (Laughter) "Pan Xiaoting has participated in the China EV Rally, Qinghai Lake (CEVR) five times, and her scores are quite good. She said: "I think it's the racing that makes me livelier, more cheerful and have more smile. I feel great to come to Qinghai every year to attend the CEVR."
The famous actor Huang Junpeng said that he would get a race license when he came back home and entered into the racing circle officially. It was his first race and he felt that driving a race car, like acting, must be devoted and focused. The audiences were so excited, while in fact, race drivers have to focus on the car. The secret of success is being yourself and forgetting that you are in competition. Like electric vehicles, it is believed that quiet energy can bring more explosive power.
At the end of the race, famous actress Che Xiao had a trial ride experience. She said in an interview after the trial ride: "This is the so-called "an interlacing as foster". I just had a real racing experience. It was very exciting. Although the electric car does not have the roar of the engine, the smell of its tires rubbing the ground is still very exciting.
Finally, after a fierce battle in the morning, Hu Yunfei won the championship of the professional driver group with an excellent score of 3 minutes, 38.820 seconds; Pan Xiaoting won the star championship with an excellent score of 3 minutes 57. 853 seconds. The 12 awards also had their owners: For the Professional Car Race Driver Cup, Hu Yunfei won the championship and the Fastest Lap Award, and Ruan Lin won the runner-up; Deng Xiaowen won the third place; He Yong won the winning prize; for other Cups, Huang Junpeng won the Star Cup; Pan Xiaoting won the Women's Cup; Kui Yuanyuan won the Lake Tour Cup; Mo Huilan won the Haihu Cup; Xue Ming won the Tonghai Cup; Yang Jiabao won the Manufacturer's Cup and Li Xingdong won the runner-up of the Manufacturer's Cup.