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We offer a set of numbers and facts to help you better understand and feel the pulse of this year's Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook race.

Participants, countries, cars

• 14 - 17 July 2021 Palanga hosted the 22nd long-distance car race in the event's history, organised by Promo Events since the very first race in 2000.
• For the fourth time, 41 teams from Lithuania, Estonia, Germany, the Netherlands, and Great Britain took part in the international competition entitled "Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook".
• The teams that participated in the race consisted of 142 athletes and 41 team leaders from se...

"Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook" this year surprised everyone, not just with the amount of action on the track but as well with the most dramatic finish probably in their history. By the race regulations, the race has to be stoped at 10 pm if, until that time, none of the teams reached 1006 km; this happened this year.

"I don't remember such a hectic race during their history. The amount of incidents, stops, yellow flags and various fines was incredible," said Gražvydas Smetonis, the Chief Steward of the race, who has been working here since the first race in 2000.

The winners were congratu...

4:58 p.m. Aurum 1006km race leader Circle K MilesPlus Racing Team has reached the equator. Then the team athlete Julius Adomavičius, who was driving her Porsche GT3 Cup II, overcame 186 laps, marking the middle of the race.

As almost from the start, an extremely persistent fight takes place between the leaders, who change mostly when teams turn to the gas station to replenish fuel supplies or change drivers.

After halfway through the race, the second position was taken by the Balpol-SPS Automotive Performance team with Nerijus Dagilis, who was driving the Mercedes AMG GT3. He was only a few se...

Aurum 1006 km race is presented by a record group of 145 Lithuanian and foreign journalists.

So far, the main focus has been on the jubilee 20th race in 2019, which attracted the interest of 135 magazines of the press, radio and television, information agencies, and news portals.

The line of 100 laps has been reached 2:25 pm. "Balpol by SPS automotive performance "team is the first who crossed the symbolic 100 laps line.

The "CircleK MilesPlus Racing" team is one lap distance behind the leaders.

"Gera dovana – Šiauliai by RD Signs Reimpex" team, driving three laps behind the race leaders, is the third in the overall classification.

The start of the Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook race has been given in Palanga.

Even before the start, the drivers, guests and sponsors of the event acknowledged that in 22 years of the largest race in the Baltic States, "Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook" has become an integral part of the country's sports and culture.

Marius Skuodis, Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania, was honoured to announce "Ladies and gentlemen, start the engines!" which is a traditional phrase before the start of the race.

Forty-one teams line up to fight for the trophy of the "Aurum...

Smiles shone on the faces of women after the finish of the 108 women challenge.

The traditional 108 km women's challenge competition, organised by the women's television TV8 and Promo events, gained considerable popularity. Consequently, a record number of participants, 93 teams in total, decided to fight for the winner's title. "The participants in the 108 women’s challenge were divided into two groups - experienced and debut“,- said this competition coordinator Jolanta Iselionienė. The innovation has paid off, and the fourth-year event attracted a massive number of new participants.

The wom...

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.

Th...

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.