Clio Cup China Series Race 8 was started at 10:20 on 23rd Oct, 2011. Steve Elmes won the race. Sean He won the first runner-up and Shaun Thong took home the second runner-up position.

Pole position was occupied Byron Tong from Hong Kong, followed by Sean He and Frank Yu. on the starting grid and they maintained this order until lap 3 after the start. Taking advantage of the accident between Frank and Byron, Sean moved himself up to first position. Steve and Oliver Lee who were in 4th and 6th position, drove their way up to 2nd and 3rd.

HK driver Oliver Lee used his experience, overtook Sean and Steve in lap 5 but he could only maintain his lead for two laps. As his tires were losing grip, he spun his car on T2 allowing Steve to become the 4th drivers taking the lead in the 10-laps race. He did a very good job of keeping the lead until the end of the race finished.Shaun Thong started the race on 8th position when the race begins. He made a few overtaking and eventually worked himself all the way up to 3rd position.

After the race, Steve Elmes indicated: “I need to thank my team who gave me a good car to drive. Without them I could not have made it this far. I felt great today when I was in the race car; and with a little bit luck, the trophy of the winner finally came to my pocket. And surely I will attend the race in next Dec in Zhuhai.”

The final Clio race will be moving to Zhuhai December 11th. The title fight will be between Steve Elmes and Oliver Lee with Aaron Kwok still has a mathematically chance after he missed this race in Shanghai.