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Sportininkų aktyvumas žada karštas „Aurum 1006 km" lenktynes

Praėjo nepilna savaitė, kai paskelbta registracija į didžiausiu automobilių sporto renginiu Baltijos šalyse vadinamas „Aurum 1006 km" lenktynes, vyksiančias Palangoje liepos 15-18 d.d.

Per kelias dienas net 13 komandų pareiškė norą dalyvauti 21-ajame „Promo Events“ rengiamame maratone.

„Paraiškų pateikimo terminai, regis, lenkia visų ankstesnių metų grafikus, - lenktynininkų ir komandų vadovų operatyvumu džiaugiasi pagrindinis renginio organizatorius Darius Jonušis. – Jei pareiškėjai ir toliau išliks tokie pat aktyvūs, mums gerokai l...

Jau skelbta, jog didžiausiu automobilių sporto renginiu Baltijos šalyse tituluojamas „Aurum“ 1006 km festivalis Palangoje šiemet vyks liepos 15-18 dienomis.

O šiandien nuo pat pradžių jį rengianti bendrovė „Promo Events“ pradėjo ir dalyvių į 21-ąsias „Aurum“ 1006 km lenktynes registraciją.

„Manome, jog daugelis sportininkų ir komandų vadovų jau yra ne tik apsvarstę neužilgo prasidėsiančio sportinio sezono startus, bet ir pradėję telkti ekipas ir kartu su varžovais rengtis tradiciniam didžiajam lenktynių maratonui, - sako pagrindinis lenktynių Palangoje organizatorius Darius Jonušis. – Pernai...

Kitais metais jis tradiciškai rengiamas šalies vasaros sostinėje Palangoje liepos 15-18 dienomis. „Palangoje varžybos debiutavo 2000-aisiais ir nuo to laiko nė karto nesikeitė jų vieta, o pernai pažymėtas ir pirmas reikšmingesnis renginio jubiliejus – jo dvidešimtmetis“, - sako renginio organizatorius, „Promo events“ direktorius Darius Jonušis.

Ateinančių metų vidurvasarį Aurum 1006 km pradės savo trečiąjį dešimtmetį, su kuriuo ir lenktynių rengėjai, ir jų dalyviai bei žiūrovai sieja dar didesnes viltis.

Pasak D. Jonušio, paskutiniais metais organizatoriai bemaž kardinaliai pakeitė lenktynių ...

Dalyviai, šalys, automobiliai

• 2019 m liepos 17 – 20 d.d. Palangoje vyko jubiliejinės, 20-osios renginio istorijoje ilgų nuotolių automobilių lenktynės, kurias nuo pat pirmųjų rengia VšĮ „Promo Events“. • Šiose, antrą kartą „Aurum 1006 km lenktynių“ vardą turėjusiose tarptautinėse lenktynėse dalyvavo 38 komandos iš Lietuvos, Latvijos, Estijos, Belgijos, Olandijos ir Slovakijos. • Lenktynėse dalyvaujančių komandų sudėtyje – 135 sportininkai ir 38 komandų vadovai. • Slovakijos sportininkai debiutavo Lietuvoje rengiamose 1006 km lenktynėse.
• Šalių, kurioms atstovavo sportininkai, geo...

On Saturday, the anniversary, 20th “Aurum 1006km race” has started and lasted for 8 hours 37 minutes and 26,121 seconds. After 373 laps, the first one to cross the finish line was “Circle K milesPlus Racing Team“ team member Julius Adomavičius with their “Porsche GT3 Cup“ car.

Just after the finish, the big crow of fans have gathered and everyone congratulated the team: Julius Adomavičius, Ralf Aron, Jonas, and Ignas Gelžiniai. For the driver J. Gelžinis it was the 8th victory in the row and for his brother – 4th.

One more record was reached. Last year was the shortest race with 8 hours 41 m...

Today at noon the anniversary 20th “Aurum 1006km race” has started. The leader of the race at 16:24 has reached halfway – 186 laps, in total there are 373 laps.

The very beginning was so intense that you expected it just halfway. There were various accidents, slips out of the tracks and too long stops in garages.

The spectators were the most disappointed when one of the favorite teams from Belgium had to withdraw from the race. “SpeedLover” team had to put their “Porsche 911” car out of the track as it was damaged from front and back and repairing it would have cost a lot of time.

As predict...

Two experienced drivers Vitoldas Milius and Aidas Bubinas do many trips every year and most of them happen to be record breaking or interesting inn any other way. During this year Aurum 1006 km race they’ve thought of their own race – to travel around Baltic sea as fast as possible.

They’ve reached the finish line, Aurum 1006 km race town, in 52 h and 30 minutes after start. They’ve travelled around Baltic sea counterclockwise, through Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland and Lithuania.

Average driving speed of diesel powered Kia Proceed was 100 km/h, average fuel consum...

Every year in the middle of July, the biggest racing event takes place in Palanga “Aurum 1006km race”. Even though the main event is the race, however, there are many entertain beside that. It is called racing festival not without reason – people come here from Thursday until Sunday.

In Camping Site – 3 days of entertainment

In the camping site people were gathering since Wednesday, by Thursday there were many tents. The days were full of events from watching drag or drift races to relaxing and have a grab to bite.

On Friday and Saturday, “Bobcat” specialists are showing off their skills. Ther...

On Saturday, at 12:00, finally the phrase at the start line was heard “Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines”. The organizer, Darius Jonušis, said those magical words that stated anniversary, 20th, race.

At the start, as usual, all the teams that went after qualifications has lined up. At the very beginning, it was ARC Bratislava “Lamborgini Huracan ST“, the sweet moment when the main driver Konstantinas Calko proposed to his girlfriend. He did not in the popular Le Mane but in Palanga, where his speed record is still not beaten.

Specialists are proposing that this year the race is going t...

Have you ever wondered what would happen to the car if all the oil would be emptied? How long that engine would last? In “Aurum 1006 km race“ all of the above questions were answered. A new record has been reached - two and a half hours without any car oil.

The magazine “Top Gear Lietuva“ and TV program “Autopilotas“ journalist team has accepted the challenge once they hear that 10 years ago a record has been reached. In 2009 a car in Lithuania was working without oil for 2 hours and 7 minutes.

The record has been broken and on “Aurum 1006 km race“ track when “Volkswagen Touran“ was operatin...