The car is borrowed, and the tires are second-hand
The leather coat is a miscellaneous brand, and the registration fee is made up by a friend
Recently, Guangdong Dongguan driver Guo Xiaopeng
With "bulk" accessories
Won the Motorcycle Invitational Championship in the Rookie category
and the fastest lap in the Rain Qualifying Race
His sentence
"A lot of people say I can't do it, look at my name!"
Countless people were moved
In the past two days, Guo Xiaopeng participated for the first time
"China Endurance Chengdu Locomotive Carnival"
Good results have also been achieved
His success was not accidental
His inspirational story was praised by netizens
Realistic version of "Flying Life"
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"A lot of people say I can't do it, the more I have to prove it!"
Guo Xiaopeng, 27 years old this year, from Qingyuan, Guangdong, once came to the racing club in Dongguan in a desperate way, starting as a teaching assistant, and his girlfriend worked in a bubble tea shop to support his racing dream.
From May 1st to 2nd, Guo Xiaopeng, who won the fastest lap of the Yudi qualifying race in the 600cc class of a motorcycle invitational held in Xiamen, cried with joy when he pointed to the report card.
The Xiamen International Circuit track has a large height difference, many corners and short straights, which requires extremely high requirements for the driver's center of gravity transfer and braking technical details.
Drivers who go to a new venue usually practice at least three days in advance to prepare for the race, and in a short period of time they need to understand the combination of corners and straights on the track, the grip of the different car routes, and analyze the overtaking and risk points through the hiking track.
Compared with other drivers, Guo Xiaopeng has more maintenance skills and can better understand the basic operating principles of racing machinery.
"He's a very hard guy and the qualifying for this tournament wasn't particularly good. In fact, there is only one limit line that can go fast, but the faster you drive, the greater the risk. Constantly setting lap times and achieving pole position, he really showed an extraordinary fight. The tournament director commented on Guo Xiaopeng.
When it rains on qualifying day, drivers are usually cautious and play with reservations. Coach Kwong Minghui said, "Generally, it is enough to line up in a good position to avoid people and vehicles falling and affecting the subsequent races." Guo Xiaopeng went all out and fought to the end without reservation, and after a few rounds, he finally won the first place in the rain qualifying round.
"In this competition, he is very strict with himself. There is no room for mistakes in every corner, and it has to be fast. Mr. Pan is a good friend of Guo Xiaopeng, and the two participated in this year's motorcycle invitational together.
Mr. Pan said that this competition was Guo Xiaopeng's first attempt at a 600cc model, and he borrowed a friend's race car and bought second-hand tires, but the car still lacked accessories. "At that time, we thought that it was over, and it might not be able to compare, so Xiao Peng immediately made a styling comparison with the paper and went to the hardware store to make accessories."
When Guo Xiaopeng cried with joy when he won the fastest lap of the rain qualifying, everyone around him was moved by him. "All of us were happy for him, and when we saw him crying later, everyone's eyes were red. ”
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"Diamonds were carbon a long time ago"
After the game, Guo Xiaopeng thanked him on social media for the kindness he had gained along the way.
He also thanked his girlfriend for supporting him silently. "She supported me unconditionally in motorsport, believed in me and helped me."
Guo Xiaopeng told his girlfriend that many people think that he is still so naïve at the age of 27, and he is delusional about improving his life by cycling. "I laughed at myself as black as a piece of charcoal in the sun and rain every day, but you comforted me that the dazzling diamond was also a piece of carbon a long time ago."
"It's cool to be a driver, you have a whole team for you, a driver to transport the car, a professional mechanic to fix the car. Of course, money is necessary for all this. "A car blogger has had several encounters with Guo Xiaopeng.
"Xiao Peng is not cool at all, there is no technician to help the car, he just parked the car against the wall, he didn't dare to fall in the practice match, the main race will be over. In order to save money, the car was directly taken from Guangzhou to Xiamen. ”
The two met at the Xiamen Circuit a year ago and added WeChat friends to each other, "In the past, Xiao Peng's personality signature was 'practice for three hours a day and learn theoretical knowledge for three hours on rainy days'. ”
Racing, too, comes with high risks.
For the thrifty Guo Xiaopeng, he didn't even dare to let himself get injured during training. "Don't dare to crash the car, because it means spending a lot of money to repair the car, and people will get hurt."
At first, Guo Xiaopeng was an assistant coach at the racing club. "Actually, the salary in the motorcycle industry is generally low, but he can get in touch with racing, so he started to slowly get in touch with the track during his work, which may be one step closer to his dream."
"He's also a person who doesn't hesitate to share." When Mr. Pan first got into racing, Guo Xiaopeng often took him to practice. "He taught me a lot of skills on how to take the track and how to improve."
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"I want to win!"
Regarding the popularity of his apprentice Guo Xiaopeng, coach Kuang Minghui said "lucky" three times, and then said "This is a modest statement".
In March 2023, Kwong Minghui took several students from the club to Zhuhai Circuit to test the driver's certificate, and one of the students proposed that "there are two friends who also want to go together", and Kwong Minghui readily agreed, one of whom was Guo Xiaopeng.
On the international racing track in Zhuhai, watching the 600CC motorcycles whistling past him like the wind, Guo Xiaopeng let out bursts of exclamations, with a childlike excited smile on his face.
"His love for racing was infectious." Kwong Minghui said.
Later, in the group chat of drivers across the country, Kuang Minghui accidentally saw a familiar name in a rookie event, "Guo Xiaopeng rookie group runner-up".
"The lad is at a good level." Kwong Minghui threw an olive branch to Guo Xiaopeng. Guo Xiaopeng, who was still in a racing club in Qingyuan at that time, took his girlfriend to Dongguan together, and his girlfriend quit her job in Qingyuan and found a job in a bubble tea shop near the club, silently supporting Guo Xiaopeng to realize his racing dream.
Guo Xiaopeng started as a coach assistant, and was responsible for a lot of heavy and trivial work in the club every day, helping students learn and train, planning routes, etc., and only when he was free did he have a little time for his own racing training.
In the Guiyang event, Guo Xiaopeng, as the champion of the sprint race, collided with another driver when competing for the championship of the finals, and both threw off the track, but Guo Xiaopeng still got up and picked up the car to finish the race and finished third.
Kwong Minghui once asked Guo Xiaopeng about his future racing career plan, and he replied with three words, "I want to win!" ”
Kwong Minghui said that in the future, the club will adopt a gradual approach to the training of Guo Xiaopeng, and it is unclear whether he will follow the path of a professional driver. Guo Xiaopeng has not yet obtained a racing certificate, and his current driving skills have not reached the level of professional drivers, professional drivers need team operations, commercial sponsorship and other resources in addition to driving skills.
He hopes that Guo Xiaopeng can maintain a sober understanding of the sudden popularity.
After the bitterness came hard, when this realistic version of "Flying Life" became popular, in the face of overwhelming praise, Guo Xiaopeng calmly reviewed, "In fact, in motorsports, losing is the norm, and winning is only occasional." Just because I can win this fight doesn't mean I'm going to win all the time, so I think it's important to keep learning and improving as I lose. ”
When dreams come true, the resonance will be deafening. Young people chasing dreams, come on!
Source: CCTV News