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The long year of waiting for both athletes and audience is over - on July 15, the largest Aurum 1006 km race in the Baltic States was announced open on Vytautas Street in Palanga.

Fans of marathon races enjoyed the colorful racing festival with all the attributes, which has returned to the central street of the resort: shiny sports cars, long-legged beauties, music concert and a very generous tasting of the latest sponsor Aurum products.

Palanga is already filled with the rhythm of Aurum 1006 km race. Today, the flag of Aurum 1006 km race was raised in Palanga.

The streets of the resort were again filled with powerful and fast sports cars that will compete in the most important race of the season on Saturday. And on the first day of the event, as usual, the readiness of the racers and their cars inspected by the administrative and technical commissions of the competition. Only their favorable verdict allows access to a temporary race town. On a track near the town on Saturday, July 17th there will be a 1006km marathon race.

The Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook race will take place on 14 of July in Palanga. It will be the 22nd race in the history of the event. Although many elements of the largest racing festival in the Baltics have changed, the primary purpose and values of the event have remained the same - promotion of the legal race and traffic safety.

In two decades, the organisers of the races have managed to prove that motorsports are the most suitable for promoting traffic safety. "Since the first race in 2000 in Palanga, we emphasised that racing is possible only on special tracks prepared for the competi...

The "Memel Motor Fest" organisers promised to surprise everyone at the largest motorsport festival in the Baltic, the "Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook". They are organising an exhibition of exclusive cars that will take place on Saturday and will keep everyone busy during the whole day.

Gorgeous, well-groomed and beloved cars will be exhibited to the guests of the "Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook" and later will line up for the parade to Palanga. All residents of Palanga and the visitors will have a chance to check the cars next to the nightclub "Šachmatinė".

The organisers are going to sel...

Egidijus Valeiša, Justas Jonušis and Mindaugas Varža will be driving Audi TCR at the "Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook" race in Palanga on the 14-17 of July. The team called "Inter Rao Lietuva by Texaco" is ready to strive for victory at the TCR class and fight for the main trophy of the race.

"Confidence is built by the well-established trio of athletes, who are united not only by the passion and irresistible desire to win but also by experience and youthful enthusiasm," says Darius Jonušis, the organiser of the race and father of Justas.

Last year Egidijus and Justas, together with Kęstutis...

"Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook" this year will be full of very competitive cars and great drivers.
"RC Cola racing by 8000RPM Motorsport" is one of the teams that will be fighting for the highest position in Palanga. Artūras Daunoravičius will manage the team, and the driver seats will be taken by well-known names in Lithuania's autosport Aurimas Eidžiūnas, Darius Biesevičius, Eugenijus Sladkevičius and Vilmantas Pupius.
The team chose to drive a very sensational car, "Ford Shelby GT 350". This type of model we will see in Palanga for the very first time. Just looking at the "Shelby GT350" ...

"Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook" race festival presentation took place in Vilnius, Gedimino Avenue, on Saturday, the 26th of June.

The capital of Lithuania became like a small racing city, with a lot of spectators coming to see the variety of racing cars. Many teams came to show their technic, which will line up at the start of the "Aurum 1006km powered by Hankook" on the 17th of July. Not less attention from spectators got the participants of additional events. The presenters acknowledged the "108 km women challenge", "ULTIM8 Drag", "Audio Freakz Lietuva dB Drag", "Vintage car association ...

"Gera dovana – Šiauliai by RD Sings Reimpex" team drivers Audrius Butkevičius, Paulius Paškevičius and Egidijus Gelūnas will drive "Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo Evo" at "Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook" race. It is an absolutely exclusive and very competitive car. According to one of the pro drivers, propulsion is entrusted to the 5.2-litre naturally aspirated V10 engine that delivers a maximum power output of 620 CV, delivering a 0-62mph time of around 3.0 seconds.

However, the team says it will be more difficult than ever to achieve a victory in Palanga this year because there will b...

The traditional 108 km women's challenge competition, organised by the women's television TV8 and Promo events, gained considerable popularity.

According to Jolanta Iselionienė, the coordinator of this event, over sixty teams expressed their interest to participate in the 108 km women's challenge. Among them are not only regular participants but also a lot of new teams. That is not surprising because this year's event, which, as before, will be followed by TV8 cameras, also has one attractive innovation - the rookie standings. Teams composed of first-time participating women will compete for t...

SPS automotive performance team is preparing for the "Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook" race in Palanga. The team will start their first practices already next week at the famous Hockenheim race track (Germany).

"Unfortunately, I will not be able to go to Germany this time, but my brother Nerijus Dagilis and Deividas Jocius will be practising there. I hope to catch up later in the second​ practice session", says Nemunas Dagilis.

Three experienced drivers will drive the Mercedes-AMG GT3, a very competitive car even at GT World Challenge Europe Championship. This year, the team is determined to...