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For the 25th year in a row, the organisers of the traditional Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook race pay tribute to the teams' mechanics.

According to race organiser Darius Jonušis, mechanics are often sidelined when it comes to results, although they are as important a part of the teams as the drivers themselves.

To mark the occasion, a 1000 m race for mechanics was organised on Friday at the race track in Palanga.

The Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook race weekend, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, is no longer unthinkable without an exclusive women-only event - the seventh edition of the 108 km Women's Challenge started on Friday.

This fun orienteering rally requires you to show all your skills with a map and a road book, find a multitude of geographical, historical and other fascinating landmarks, and make up for it all with the stunning seaside scenery coming through the car window.

This year, a record and maximum number of 108 teams registered for the event. This means that more than 100 fri...

It's getting hotter and hotter in the 25th anniversary edition of the Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook. On Friday morning, drivers were back behind the wheel of the most powerful cars and racking up the kilometres in the third practice session.

They recorded the best track times of the week. Dan Anders Fjordbach of last year's champion STATETA BRO-TOKS by IGNERA completed the fastest lap in 1 minute 06.428 sec. in his Mercedes-Benz A MG GT3 E. That's just one second slower than his own track record from last year (1 min 05.425 sec).

Almost 70 drivers competed on Thursday evening in the traditional Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook event - the Drag Race.

The participants were divided into five classes based on the power and characteristics of their cars. All of them were fiercely contested, with milliseconds being the difference. Many were affected by an early start, others by a lack of speed, but all the participants enjoyed a great support from the spectators.

The final runs of the drag race took place on the Aurum 1006 km race track, and the participants had to cover a distance of 1/8 of a mile (201.168 metres).

Winners:...

The 25th Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook race, an anniversary motorsport fiesta, is underway in Palanga. After demonstrating their equipment on Vytautas Street, the 20 teams soon completed their first official kilometres on the official race track, where they started their practice runs.

Windy but mostly sunny Palanga provided good conditions for the racers to showcase their capabilities and tame their cars.

In the practice runs the teams were divided into two groups. The 11 most powerful cars were lined up for the second run of the first session.

In this session, Bio-Circle & HSG Service by...

On Thursday, 18th July, Vytautas Street in Palanga was once again filled with powerful cars, their drivers, team leaders and a large crowd of spectators. This beautiful tradition continued as the participants and organisers of the "Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook race" introduced themselves to the spectators and residents of Palanga before the start of the competition. This year marks the 25th anniversary of these races, which have been held annually since 2000.

The 25th edition of the race was opened by the mayors of Palanga and Kretinga, Šarūnas Vaitkus and Antanas Kalnius, together with th...

On Wednesday afternoon, all the teams that will take part in the Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook race came together in Palanga

The Aurum 1006 km will be contested by 72 drivers and 20 team managers representing eight countries - Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

For the first time, a Swiss driver will take part in the race.

The current course speed record is 1 min. 05.425 sec. Danish Anders Fjordbach, who set the record in last year's race, plans to do the same this year.

Eimantas Navikauskas, last year's Aurum 1006 km champion, wi...

Many teams are already counting down the hours, not the days, until the Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook, the biggest long-distance race in the Baltics, which starts in Palanga on 17 July.

The last ones to be added to the list for the anniversary race are our Latvian neighbours, the Porsche Latvia Racing Team in a Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport car.

The 49th car will be driven by the youngest member of the team, 23-year-old Valteris Zviedris from Jurmala, who is considered to be Latvia's brightest rising star in motorsport.

Another Latvian team member, Andrejs Kuznetsov, celebrated his 62...

On 18 July, the opening parade of the Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook race will be taking place in Palanga, Vytautas Street. "This year's race is extraordinary, and it is an anniversary race, marking a quarter of its existence," says Darius Jonušis, the main organiser of the event. - The race is also popular because it offers a wide range of entertainment for all ages.

One of the newest, but already very popular, forms of entertainment is decibel drag (dB Drag). This is a popular competition between car audio enthusiasts around the world, where everyone tries to prove whose in-car sound syste...

Work has already started on the intersection of Klaipėda - Liepoja and Palanga - Kretinga roads. For the 25th time, this place will become the temporary town of the Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook race, welcoming both athletes and spectators.

"A whole race town that has grown in a very short period of time is a necessary infrastructure for the event that will start on 17 July" says Darius Jonušis, the head of the 1000 km Race and the main organiser of the event. - This year, we started preparations earlier, and there is only one reason for that - it is the 25th anniversary of the race in its...