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Fifty days to go until the biggest motorsport festival in the Baltic States - the 23rd Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook race. This year, the curtain will go up on the race on Wednesday, 13 July, at noon.

As soon as the teams have been checked technically and fixed all the administrative questions, there will be a live TV broadcast of the teams' presentations.

Officially the event will be opened on Thursday, 14 July. A parade of Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook race cars will start at 10 am at the track and will stop at Palanga, Vytautas Street for the opening ceremony. The first official rac...

There are only 77 days left until the biggest motorsport festival in the Baltics - Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook race, organized by Promo events since the first one started in 2000.

Almost three dozen teams started registration procedures to start the Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook race at Palanga on 13 -16 July 2022.

"Antėja Racing team is the first to complete all the necessary registration formalities and start direct preparations for the Lithuanian marathon," says Darius Jonušis, the race organiser in Palanga.

The team not only finished sorting out the necessary registration document...

Traditionally on the eve of International Women's Day, the organisers of the "Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook" have started the registration for the "108 km Women Challenge" rally.

This year the "108 km Women Challenge" competition, organised by the women's television TV8 and Promo events, will be the fifth rally in a row. There will be even 88 places on the grid for the first time, but that will also be the maximum number of the teams.

The event is getting more and more popular since this is one of the few events orientated only to women. The participants can prove their strengths in driving...

"Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook" race festival will take place in Palanga on the 13 – 16 of July 2022. During the race weekend, the promoters organise various attractions for spectators. One of them is Slalom for spectators that will be organised seventh time in a row this year.

The organisers expect that the quality of the Slalom for spectators will be lifted this year, as the well-known company "Technitis" has become a partner of the competition.

"The motto of our company is professionals for professionals," says Ugnius Noreika, Director of Sales and Marketing at Technitis. "We are delight...

Ten teams have already started their applications for the "Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook" race. The registration was announced just before the holidays, so it means that the teams started preparing for the race way before that.

Robertas Kupčikas is one of the first drivers to start a registration procedure. He is one of the most professional endurance race drivers in Lithuania, who has won the prestigious Volkswagen Castrol Cup Championship twice. Moreover, in 2018, together with the Nemunas Dagilis and Steve Vanbellingen from Belgium, he won the Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook.

He repres...

Promo Events, which organizes the largest motorsport event in the Baltic States - the Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook race - has started registration for the next year's race. Traditionally, the first participants are expected to be announced before Christmas.

The registration is open on the official Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook website www.racing.lt, where is all the information and documentation for the teams.

The organizers are glad that the rules and regulations for next year's race were prepared not just by most professional stewards in the country. Many foreign motorsport specialis...

Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook for the 23rd time will take place in the middle of the summer on 13-16 July 2022. The festival traditionally will be held in Palanga, the biggest resort in Lithuania.

Many motorsport fans marked the date of the race on their calendars and even already managed to purchase the tickets for next year's race.

Since the high demand to have a ticket as a Christmas gift, the promoters have already started to sell the tickets. There are several types of tickets to satisfy the desires of fans. The general admission tickets are the most popular, but the VIP tickets are th...

The announcement has been made, the date of the Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook, the largest festival of the long-distance race in the Baltic States, is public. Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook will take place in the middle of the summer on 13-16 July 2022. The festival traditionally will be held in Palanga, the biggest resort in Lithuania.

Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook race has a rich history. The event has been organised since 2000, so it will be the 23rd time in its history. Many drivers worldwide know this unique race. The event is taking place on a temporary track built on two specia...

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...