2013 Spring Pan Delta Super Racing Festival Behind The Scenes | Asia Motorsports Network
By: Jim Moore
March 23, 2013
The Spring edition of the 2013 Pan Delta Super Racing Festival at Zhuhai International Circuit drew a huge crowd on this slightly overcast day. This year brought a few more changes to the format with the edition of a 1 hour “Drift Battle” on both Saturday and Sunday with televised racing also occurring on both days. We attended Sunday’s attraction and are extremely grateful to the ZIC management team for providing us with VIP access. Over the years they have been extremely accommodating to us and this year being the first we attended as QA / AMN was no exception.
Our first stop was the pit house of our good customer VPower to find a rather chaotic scene as they scrambled to try to fix a head gasket issue. They got things back together and made it onto the track, but their day ended with a DNF. Unfortunately this would be an ongoing trend for all of our Circuit Hero II racers.
The first event of the afternoon session was the Red Bull Drift Battle and I admit I had some reservations when I heard they were going to put on a Drift Battle this year, but if the crowd reaction was any indication it was a HUGE success. James Tang from TRC didn’t make the podium, but Saori Ishikawa, Tommy Chan and Harry Tung left the crowd on their feet.
After taking in some of the Drift Battle action, we continued our walk down the pit lane. Things looked good in the D2 pit house as they were relaxed and ready to race. Unfortunately they narrowly missed a podium finish in Circuit Hero II Class A finishing 4th.
In the Falcon Racing (aka “Bald Guy”) pit house we received a some what frosty reception, which is not surprising as our previous efforts with them ended in 4 straight DNF’s. It didn’t help matters that this day again ended with a DNF, but both of us are equally committed to getting back on top.
The day wasn’t without some bright spots though as Canadian Dan Kruger completely dominated R2 of the Superbike race after getting edge out on the final lap the day before in R1.
