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On Friday evening, the Vintage Car Association "Seni Kibirai" invited all spectators to watch the unique historic cars racing on the "Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook" track.

This event is just an imitation of the race because the cars are unique and not prepared for the race. However, everyone admired all the beautiful vehicles driving around the track.

The program of the 22nd consecutive marathon Aurum 1006 km race expands every year.

It was difficult to imagine that the popular ring race could be diversified by car trial races, which also required a special track and cars that could be beaten by non-ring race cars.

But a solution has been found. After long searches and deliberations, Darius Jonušis, the director of Promo Events, which has been organizing the Aurum 1006 km race from the very beginning, agreed with Algimantas Rimas, the president of Klaipėda Pajūrio Club, to organize an off-road trial consisting of three stages in Palanga.

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Renaldas Šeinauskas, a participant of the Aurum 1006 km race, reached another Lithuanian record on Friday evening.

With the BMW, Renald drove a symbolic 106 meters on two side wheels.

Such an unusual idea, according to the athlete, originated purely from sports anger.

Renaldas was determined to achieve what no one in Lithuania thought about. Therefore he set up a private training ground himself, where he prepared the ground for the future record.

Even those who are not very interested in big sports can find a pleasant activity in the Aurum 1006 km race.

The best place for that is a long-distance race in Palanga, in the program of which, for the sixth year in a row, slalom lovers have been racing in competitions organized for them.

Viewers slalom can be attended with any car that meets the technical requirements, and the track can be run as many times as desired.

According to Andrei Savchenko, the organizer of this competition, the participants of the slalom competition will compete in three groups according to the type of car drive: dr...

Many riders argue, that the starting position has no major impact on the outcome of marathon races such as the Aurum 1006 km race.

However, seeing the responsibility with which the participants started the qualifying, and especially the TOP 10 competitions, it was clear that this is not just a matter of honor.

Friday's tense and interesting training program was completed by the qualifying competition and the Super Pole (or TOP 10) selection, which determined which team - the winners of the selection competition - will receive not only the cup established by the Minister of Transport Marius Sku...

On Friday at noon the mechanics escaped from the team headquarters to the track entrances.

During the break in the racing program was held the traditional mechanics 1006-meter run, which has become an integral part of the entire racing festival for 22 years. This time it was in the heat of 27 degrees, but the mechanics didn't complain about it too much, because everyone got a box of Dynamics: t soft drinks, Aurum ice cream, De Walt prizes, so they could refresh.

The start ceremony of the 108 km women’s challenge competition was the focus of attention on Friday morning. Competition is organized by women's television TV8, together with Aurum 1006 km race organizer VšĮ Promo events.

The ladies of the competition attracted the attention of the audience and photographers with colorful costumes and a festive mood.

After all, there are not many competitions in the country where 93 crews would start at the start line at the same time.

The drag race at the "Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook" racing festival celebrates its 15th anniversary this year.

Fifty-seven participants decided to fight for the trophies of the "Ultima8 Drag by Startline". The Lithuanian Police Department annually establishes the trophies for the winners, which the head of the department, Vytautas Grašys, presents.

The Lithuanian Police Force highly supports the event because the event aims to promote legal Drag races for high-speed cars and develop road traffic safety.

The opening ceremonies of the Aurum 1006 km race, which is held for the 22nd time in a row, ended.

On Thursday afternoon, the athletes returned to the temporary race town, where they started training before the most responsible performance of the year.

"To make the athletes feel as free as possible on the 2682-meter track ant let them test different trajectories of the route, we divided the 41 teams into two subgroups” - Gražvydas Smetonis, the chief commissioner of the competition, told the race press center, the public relations agency Visus Bonus.

Top 10 on Thursday's practices:

The Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook" racing festival in Palanga is the 22nd in the event's history. It is not just about the speed, engines and adrenaline. The event promotes traffic safety and safe racing events and gives the stage for the artists to perform. Most of the known artists in Lithuania today have made their debut on the stage of this race. This year is no exception.

DJ MINDEEP will be playing the most popular club music in the evenings on Friday and Saturday.

Kristupas Kerulis, a 14-year-old soloist from Palanga, will also perform on the main stage. Kristupas is the winner of va...