On July 3, 2008, a huge convoy of 200 vehicles, led by the Mitsubishi Lancers, drove into a small county town called Wuyi under Jinhua, Zhejiang Province.
However, we can't see any joyful expressions in this unprecedentedly lively county town, such a huge position is not for other reasons, but to bid farewell to one of the greatest heroes in the history of Chinese automobile sports , "the eternal flying car king" Xu Lang.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > young people need an internal combustion engine</h1>
Twenty or thirty years ago, China's motor sports were just beginning, and there was no relatively systematic racing driver training system in China at that time, so most of the Chinese drivers at that time were born in the wild. Xu Lang's association with the internal combustion engine also originated from the "wild", I believe that many bear children have the experience of stealing their father's car, and Xu Lang is the same. As early as junior high school, he began to secretly ride his father's motorcycle to feel the thrill of wind and freedom.
Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, young people's driving is always radical and reckless, Xu Lang in his "ghost fire" years because of the heart of the "who loose throttle who grandson" belief has experienced countless times of falling, until the father can not see Xu Lang so noisy, worried that if he falls down again, his baby son will be lost, so he said: "Ah Lang, don't ride two wheels, I will get you a four-wheeler, that stable." ”
As a result, Xu Lang came into contact with the first Beijing Jeep in his life and embarked on the road of modification.
Friends who like modified cars should have experienced the great joy and sorrow of "a set of wheels and a set of tires, and the january salary is in vain", the modification is very expensive, and it is difficult to be understood by those friends who "have 100,000 is better than buying an SUV". Fortunately, Xu Lang's father has always attached great importance to Xu Lang's hobbies and pursuits, but other relatives in the family still think that Xu Lang is just a loser. However, Xu Lang's "loser" life did not last long.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the "speeding car king" on the track</h1>
As the ice-breaking hammer of Chinese auto sports, the Hong Kong-Beijing Rally has enlightened countless outstanding drivers, and Xu Lang is also one of them.
"The car can still drive like this!" Xu Lang in front of the TV set sighed.
"The track they run is not much different from the dirt-breaking road in front of my house, and I should be able to drive like this." Xu Lang thought.
So in March 2000, Xu Lang signed up for three days of CAAM junior rally training and qualified to participate in the official competition. Soon after, in June 2000, Xu Lang participated in the Fuzhou leg of the National Rally Championships as an individual and won the second place in the 2-liter cup and the second place in the N2 group.
Life goes on, the throttle is not loose. After signing the Shanghai Volkswagen 333 team, Xu Lang has insisted on participating in major automobile races at home and abroad, and has won the title of "Flying Car King" five times, with remarkable results.
Xu Lang's career is full of glory, the highest achievement he has achieved is the 19th place in the Dakar Rally car group and the 5th place in the international off-road car rally stage, and this is also the best record achieved by Chinese drivers, So Xu Lang has been described by foreign media as the most promising Chinese driver to join the WRC.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the fall of a hero</h1>
On June 16, 2008, Russia's Orenburg State Hospital was exceptionally busy, with all the medical staff doing their best to save the life of a Chinese racing driver. On the afternoon of June 17, the hospital released the news that racer Xu Lang had unfortunately died due to ineffective treatment.
Fast forward to June 16, when a sharp Picarali race car was speeding across the track from Markov to Bogotze in the Orient Cross-Country Rally, but the continuous heavy rain had already made the track muddy, and even the professionally modified car could only cope with it, and in the end, the overwhelmed car was still stuck in the mud.
The rescue car that rushed to the rescue immediately began to rescue, and the racer and the navigator anxiously waited for the return of the car. This was nothing more than a normal rescue operation, but the rescue car's accidentally falling off the tow hook changed everything.
Only to see the trailer hook smashed directly at Xu Lang's forehead, suddenly blood splashed, the helicopter rescue team reacted very quickly, and the medical staff's technology was also very exquisite, but Xu Lang still left us.
After the accident, the China Automobile Federation announced that it would permanently retire the title of "Flying Car King", and since then" "Flying Car King" has become Xu Lang's exclusive label.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > heroes do not die</h1>
In 2017, Han Han's film "Riding the Wind and Waves" won a super high box office of more than 1 billion yuan, and the role of Xu Tailang, played by Deng Chao, was also deeply loved by the majority of audiences.
In the play, Xu Tailang, who was hit by a train in a impreza racing car, can return to the past, so is Xu Lang who accidentally left the arena just a return to the young age of stealing a motorcycle? Han Han, who is also a professional driver, jokes with his friend Xu Lang in this way, just like when they were drifting around on the mountain road in Wuyi.
The establishment of the Wuyi Xulang Memorial Hall and the holding of the "Xulang Cup" folk event are telling us the story of this racing hero. There must also be racing cars in heaven, and Xu Lang will definitely continue to gallop like a teenager.