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The start of the big race track was also given to one of the most adventurous 108km women challenge competition with Sonax, which will be finished late Friday night.

49 crews of beautiful women lined up at the start line, consisting of minimum of two and a maximum of five participants.

The female challenge has been surprisingly popular for the third year in the row. Where are the secrets of the event's success?

"Extremely brave and very curious ladies come to this competition. It does not matter at all-weather they have experience of similar events or not." says the coordinator of this event...

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“Aurum 1006km race” Thursday evening was closed with the fastest drag racers’ award ceremony. However, rain has made some corrections, there were no final drag race and awards were given for fastest qualification racers. For the finals the track was unsafe and fast decisions were made.

46 participants of “ULTIM8 Drag by Startline“ competed in longer ¼ mile distance. First place in “Unlim“ class winner is Irmantas Burinskas who during the qualification drove his “Audi RS7“ in 10,352 seconds and at the finish line was 218 km/h fast. Second was Radomir Sverčkov (“Lamborghini Huracan“) and third -...

On Thursday evening trainings have started for “Gera dovana drift“ participants. After all day of sunny and dry weather the start of the trainings was marked by rain. Now not the fastest but the most skilful driver will be the leader. Qualification and finals will be held tomorrow – Friday evening. There are 36 participants from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Thus, the top drivers from Baltic States are guaranteed to be here and give spectators unforgettable moments.

Among participants there are a few known names in drifting world. As well as skills, the cars are spectacular too. On July 17 fr...

On Thursday afternoon all 28 teams started their trainings for the main “Aurum 1006 km race“. “Antėja.lt Racing Team“ has stated that they have been waiting for this moment. All teams will look deep in each strength and weakness and will try to strategical plan The first training session was held in perfect conditions: sunny, dry and warm.

In the first group the fastest were “Tarzanija Racing“ with Karolis Blėdis, driving one lap in 1 min. 18,573 sec. Second was “RD Signs-Polyplast Racing Team“Aurimas Eidžiūnas su BMW Z4 (1 min. 19,639 sec.) and third “Dock by 222“ Igoris Sidunovas 1 min. 22,1...

One of the main “Aurum 1006 km race“ pros is that everyone will find some activity to do even if you are not a fan of the main race. However, who doesn’t want know what if feels like to be a professional driver?

The best place to know that – “Aurum 1006km race” where anyone can participate in slalom race. For 3 days, from the July 16 th – up until 18 th spectators can participate in the slalom. There are no restrictions for types of cars and how many times the track can be driven. There are going to be 3 main categories: front wheel drive (FWD), rear wheel drive (RWD) and all- wheel-drive (AWD...

The Aurum 1006 km race flag was raised in Palanga on Wednesday afternoon, and all teams participating in the 21st marathon were presented.

And today, the 28 teams participating in the race lined up on the race track and started a parade on the resort streets.

Promo Events, which has been organizing the race without interruptions since 2000, tried to compensate for the annual parade opening ceremony in Vytauto Street, which attracted thousands of spectators and ended with a short but very exciting drag race.

The biggest car racing event in the Baltic States “Aurum 1006km race” have started in Palanga. As usual, first administrative and scrutineering check teams have started their work. It was stated that after checks, 28 teams are allowed to compete on Saturday. The chief of scrutineering check, Raul Koov from Estonia, was demanding but all registered teams have prepared well and were allowed to participate in the main race.

Jokingly it was mentioned that “Aurum 1006km race” long time ago surpassed world-known “Formula1” where only up to 10 teams are participating. Unfortunately, one of the favour...

Only a couple of days left until July 15-18, the largest international Aurum 1006 km race in the Baltic States. Not all fans of the race will be able to come to Palanga. Many more speed fans will be watching the race through various TV channels, the Internet or listening radio broadcasts.

18 of July TV6 will start the live streaming before the start of the race at 11 am. The live broadcast is scheduled until the end of the race and should finish just after the prize-giving ceremony for the winners of the overall class around 9.30 pm.

This year to avoid massive gatherings instead of traditiona...

Chance to get a unique opportunity - to give a start at the beginning of the Aurum 1006 km race! True SuperFan is deserved to be in the Safety Car when all the participants are getting ready to start the race. One of the superfans with the track marshals will drive in the safety car for the warmup and formation lap before the start! The rules of the contest are very simple - just buy a SuperFan ticket and you are automatically in competition. All SuperFan tickets will be put in the pot and the one and only lucky winner pulled out live - on Friday (July 17) at 12 AM.

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