Answer to The Case of the Winning Loser

Wong told the China City Formula One Club chairman to ask each driver to drive the other driver’s car. As a result, the motor-racers would do their best to come in first past the post, knowing that doing so would give them a chance to show off their skills while leaving their own car in second place -- the winning position. So the race could go ahead, everyone would have an exciting spectacle to watch, and the event was saved.