071 The race begins
When Hua Qinxian heard Xu Wenfeng's answer, he also smiled easily, treating Zhang Yifei as a young man.
After all, the drivers who have returned from the British professional team's advanced training should not exceed ten in China at present, and Xu Wenfeng's strength has surpassed the level of underground drivers, which is nothing more than choosing which professional team to fight, it can be said that the two sides are no longer opponents of the same grade.
And according to Hua Qinxian's guess, the reason why Xu Wenfeng has not yet agreed to the invitation of the domestic professional team is that this kid has greater ambitions and wants to join a foreign professional team, which is like football, even if you play an international player in China, there is still a certain gap between you and the stars of the five major European leagues, and the drivers also yearn for a higher platform.
As Zhang Yifei took the stage, the temporary host once again introduced: "Here is our second seed, Chen Hai from the Pearl River Racing Team, this driver who has studied on the Pearl River International Track may be the strongest opponent tonight!" ”
With the introduction completed, Chen Hai drove a white Chevrolet Camaro to the center of the venue, and not to be outdone, he parked side by side with Zhang Yifei and Xu Wenfeng.
In this era, because of the geography, price and convenience of modification, basically the mainland or Hong Kong Island is dominated by Japanese performance cars, a few with European supercars, and American cars are difficult to see unless they are special feelings.
Zhang Yifei's previous Ford Mustang Cobra was already a very rare model, and Zhang Yifei has not seen a second American performance car for so long. What he didn't expect was that he could actually see Chevrolet Camaro, one of the American muscle three musketeers, in Yangcheng.
Camaro is relatively rare in this era, but it can be said to be famous in China in later generations, because with the popularity of the "Transformers" movie, the prototype of the Bumblebee is this Chevrolet Camaro, which has also gained countless fans around the world.
However, "Transformers 1" has not yet come out this year, so the yellow hornet has not become the mainstream of sales, but Chen Hai's white Camaro has orange stripes and orange canine tooth patterns on it, which means that it is not an ordinary version, but a Camaro 30th anniversary edition.
One of the biggest changes is that it is equipped with the latest 5.7-liter V8 engine, which has a powerful power of up to 330P. This is also the characteristic of American muscle cars, large displacement and multi-cylinder self-priming, and the emphasis is on a rough oil without money.
After Chen Haihai went up, compared with Zhang Yifei's discussion, he won a lot of applause. Because Chen Hai is already a quasi-professional driver, it is no surprise that this will be his last appearance in street racing, which has many of his acquaintances or friends, and has won many people's recognition for his strength.
Next, the last introduction is tonight's host team driver Xu Wenfeng, whose information everyone knows, after all, his resume is too dazzling compared to the average underground driver, and even many domestic professional drivers can't compare.
Similarly, he is also the "Great Demon King" tonight, and whoever will defeat him will have a high probability of becoming the "Rookie King" tonight!
"Now that the drivers have been introduced, I'm sure everyone can't wait for the race to start, tonight's course starts from Renmin Road Elevated, then turns to the Inner Ring Road and finally returns to the starting point, the whole journey is about 15 kilometers, and the current record is 6 minutes and 37 seconds."
"Hopefully tonight we will witness the breaking of the record and the birth of the new king. Of course, more importantly, the winner will also win 100,000 yuan tonight, so let's welcome the start of the game! ”
As the host's voice fell, hundreds of people under the elevated highway began to cheer, and at the same time, various exhaust and engine roaring sounds sounded. This year's Yangcheng Underground Competition can be described as the strongest in recent years, the record of the event is likely to be broken, and the strong lineup ignites the passion of the people present.
"Come on."
Qin Hong leaned over and patted Zhang Yifei on the shoulder, giving him a little encouragement, even if Zhang Yifei was not from his own seven-star team, he just found a gun. But as long as it wins, it can be regarded as the glory of the entire Seven Star Mountain.
Zhang Yifei smiled and sat in his own Mitsubishi EVO, he is determined to win this underground competition, not a rookie title, but a prize of 100,000 yuan.
The eighteen cars in tonight's race are lined up in the front and rear rows, and there is no mandatory qualifying, so many clever drivers put their cars in the front row. On the contrary, Zhang Yifei and his "seeded players" don't care about the disadvantage of starting, and the people in the front row are a group of cannon fodder after all.
Mitsubishi EVO ignition started, and Zhang Yifei kept banging the throttle to let the turbine build pressure. Tonight can be said to be the strongest battle of the opponent, and the equally strong opponent also makes Zhang Yifei feel enthusiastic, this is the real drag racing.
Xu Wenfeng's Mitsubishi 300GT, right next to Zhang Yifei, the roar of the 3.0T twin-turbo is even more obvious than Zhang Yifei's EVO, which is worthy of being the strongest performance car of Mitsubishi in this era, even if it is as strong as EVO, it has to become a younger brother.
At this moment, Zhang Yifei felt a little unhappy in his heart, he really didn't expect that he would drive a violent performance car like EVO, and he could meet 3000GT, which was really a bit back. I knew that I should have changed the power together, and the original power of 280P is indeed a bit not enough in the street competition.
The previous "host" of the Morning Star team took a small red flag and stood at the front of the two rows of vehicles, and at the same time shouted with a loudspeaker: "Three, two, one, go!" ”
Then I saw the small red flag in his hand wave, and the nine sports cars in the front row rushed out one after another. Because although the Renmin Road Viaduct is a two-way four-lane bridge, it is not narrow in this era, but the limit is to run six cars side by side, which is still the case of occupying the opposite lane.
Therefore, if you can take the lead from the ramp, you will seize the first-mover advantage, even if it is a strong person like Xu Wenfeng and Chen Hai, you will not take it lightly at this moment. This is not a car distance at the start of the car, if you are stuck behind, you may start a few seconds slower than the first car!
Zhang Yifei ran this route for a day today, and it can be said that he was about to vomit, so he naturally understands the importance of seizing the opportunity. I saw his Mitsubishi EVO, the engine was pulled to the red line position by the violent bombardment of the first gear, and without loosening the throttle, he went directly to the second gear.
Mitsubishi EVO's engine roared, and the continuous power gave Zhang Yifei a slight advantage at the start, and then Zhang Yifei directly plugged the gap between the two sports cars in front of him, this distance is already the limit of entering the body, and even the scratches that occurred in the rearview mirrors of both sides.
However, in this case, no one will care about this little scratch, the two drivers in front of them, they didn't expect this high school kid to drive so violently, and when they reacted to block the back car, it was too late, Zhang Yifei's body crossed the front of their car, and the initial stage was overtaked.
This is the absolute gap in strength, underground racing in the country is in its infancy, not to mention compared with the professional drivers of later generations, even compared with the same street drivers of later generations, the technical gap is also obvious, after all, there is 20 years of room for improvement.
But this is only the gap between street drivers, not so big for the top professional drivers, and even 2018 F1 champion Hamilton would not dare to say that he can crush Schumacher in 1998 under the same conditions.
The more advanced any industry is, the smaller the gap between the players.