Source: Qinhuangdao Daily
Reporter: Xue Fei, Shi Na
On October 13, on the Steel Track of Qinhuangdao Shougang Racing Valley, the first event of 2018 Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Racing Festival and Qinhuangdao GT Carnival began, marking the debut race on the only steel track of the world in Shougang Racing Valley after its completion. The ceremony was opened by Meng Xiangwei, the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee. Zhang Gongyan, the secretary of Shougang Party Committee, chairman and general manager of Shougang Group Wang Xinggui, the member of the leadership team of Shougang Group and president of Beijing Motor Sports Association, and Lei Ming, president of Tianjin Motor Sports Association, attended the opening ceremony.
It is reported that Qinhuangdao Shouqin Metal Materials Co., Ltd. of Shougang Group officially suspend production in June this year, and made a major decision for transformation and development based on the actual development of locality and enterprise, launching the concept of Shougang Racing Valley with regional and cultural characteristics and taking factory area as the core. The Steel Track of Shougang Racing Valley is the international street race track with the original factory road of Qinhuangdao Shouqin Metal Materials Co., Ltd. of Shougang Group as the main body, which runs counterclockwise with a total length of 3.8 kilometers. It is the first street race track in the world that runs through the metallurgical industry under the background of gray industrial relics that gives it unique character. Zhao Jiuliang, chairman of Qinhuangdao Shouqin Metal Materials Co., Ltd., said that Shougang Racing Valley will contribute to the economic society development of Qinhuangdao, taking automobile culture movement as the key point, and gathering post-market of automobile industry such as automobile R&D creativity, culture and entertainment, automobile exhibition, and industrial Expo.
More than 200 various types of racing cars and modified sports cars showed on that day, 31 drivers from 11 teams competed with each other in the steel jungle to win the steel lap speed challenge and Michelin Pilot Sport GPGP(GOLDENPORT Grand Prix). The track has 17 curves with a top designed speed of 272.6 km/h and more than 80 seconds per lap. When the signal comes out, the racing cars dash as fast as flying arrows, and the passionate game makes approximate 9,000 spectators applauded and excited.
In addition to the roaring motors on the track, the auto refitting election, the drifting confrontation, the gesture competition, the track challenge, the music party, the food festival in GT Park, the e-sports, the auto refitting show, and creative fairs on the GOLDENPORT Recovery Festival are popular with the audience. It is reported that Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Racing Festival will be permanently held in Shougang Racing Valley.