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Most of the fans of 1000km race in Palanga can tell that the 6th race was really memorable. Not because of the dramatic race but for the nature’s surprises.

When night comes at noon

On July 31st 2005 “Horn Grand Prix 1003 km race“ participants were not afraid of the started rain. However, after a few hours into the race, the skies turned black and the wind has started. Mother Nature played no jokes. The storm was so bad that for safety reasons the race speed was minimised to minimum. One tent got so high in the air that all the people that got hold of it had to jump to the ground.

The bigges...

For all of the people 2004 may stand for the “Spirit” landing in Mars, for Lithuanians it is the year when we got into NATO and European Union. For the car sport enthusiasts it is the year, when the 5th “Horn Grand Prix 1003 km race“ took place.

The First Victory of “Audi“

Everyone by now thought that for the 5th time in a row once again “Porshe” will win. However, to everyone’s surprise “Audi RS4“ crossed the finish line the first. Team “Los Patrankos-Printera“ with: Vygandas Simuntis, Vytautas Venskūnas, Linas Karlavičius and Aivaras Pyragius were the winners finishing 335 laps in 9 hours 2...

In 2003 there was the 4th race in Palanga called “Horn Grand Prix 1003 km race“. The race was similar to the one in 2001 as the winners were once again the strongest team with Vytautas Venckūnas and Alfredas Kudla driving “Porsche Carrera GT3“. After this victory, V. Venskūnas was the first Lithuanian sportsman winning 3 times in a row in Palanga race.

Misfortune for the rivals

2003 and 2001 race identical only the end, the scenario was different like black and white.
The rival team “Los Patrankos“ driving “Audi RS4“ was determined to win and the effort was really seen, nevertheless, on 266 ...

2002 1st of January, Euro officially becomes a currency;

Lithuanian sportsman and sportswoman won 2 gold medals in Sydney;

Lithuanian men basketball team for three times in a row won bronze medals in the same Olympics;

For the third time, the car racing event took place in Palanga.

In 2002 1000km race had a new name "Horn Grand Prix"

Darius Jonušis, the head of "Promo Events" explained that it did not mean that beer was flooding in rivers. Jus business men saw opportunities to invest.

One of the most interesting team was "Le Mano Klubas" driving "Volkswagen Golf". The team name was inspired by...

The year 2001:

3 483 972 people are living in Lithuania

The horrific 9/11 act in the US shook the world.

The first “Harry Potter” film was released.

Lithuanian fashion designer Juozas Statkevicius held a fashion show in Paris.

The second 1000km race in Palanga astonished the racing world.

The record reached on the second year of 1000km race stayed for 15 years more

“After the first year’s race, we didn’t have a single thought that next year we will not meet. We knew for sure that the second race is going to happen” states the organizer of the race Darius Jonušis.

The mayor of Palanga, Egidijus...

The year 2000. The very beginning of the new century was memorable. Back then Lithuania had 3,5 million inhabitants and celebrated 10 years of independence. There was the only 16 storage “skyscraper” in Vilnius, the average wage 200 Euros. Lithuanian basketball players almost won against USA full of NBA players. In the year 2000, Michael Schumacher after 21 years finally won a championship for Ferrari. The first 1000km race was also held the same year.

The organizer, Darius Jonušis to this day remembers the silence after the first race. It was on the 19th of August, 2000. Tears of joy streame...

Šiemet kaip niekad anksti patvirtinta kitais metais vyksiančio didžiausio automobilių lenktynių festivalio Baltijos šalyse – jubiliejinių, 20-ųjų „Aurum 1006 km lenktynių“ – data.

Jos tradiciškai bus surengtos didžiausiame šalies vasaros kurorte Palangoje 2019 metų liepos 17-20 dienomis. Būtent čia jos debiutavo 2000-aisiais ir per visą savo gyvavimo laikotarpį nė karto nebuvo pakeitusios lokacijos.

„Apie jubiliejines, 20-ąsias ilgų nuotolių lenktynes pradėjome galvoti nepraėjus nė mėnesiui po šiemet pasibaigusio 1006 km maratono, - sako jų pagrindinis organizatorius, VšĮ „Promo events“ direk...

There was a racing fight for a winner’s place until the 373rd lap in the 19th marathon races in Palanga. Yet no less different fight was in the other leagues.

GT

The first 3 places coincided in the general competition. The 1st winner who overcame the all time highest record in the races was “Palanga SPA hotel by EMG Motorsport” with 373 laps in 8 h 42 min.

In the 2nd place, “Circle K milesPLUS racing team” finished with the same number of laps, yet they lagged for 1 min while “Palanga SPA hotel 2 by SpeedLover” did only 363 laps. All of the winners in GT leagues drove “Porsche 911 GT3 Cup”.

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Savaitgalį Palangą sudrebinusios „Aurum 1006 km lenktynės“ stebino pasiektais rekordais ir įspūdinga modernia transliacija, kurios metu žiūrovai galėjo mėgautis tiesioginiu vaizdu ir iš lenktynių automobilių.

Tarptautinės 1006 km lenktynės baigėsi belgų „Palanga Spa Hotel by EMG Motorsport“ komandos triumfu. Rekordus mušė ne tik lenktynių dalyviai. Renginio TV transliacija buvo išskirtinai moderni.

„Šiemet lenktynes transliavome pasitelkę rekordinį skaičių kamerų – 21. Kamera ant troso pit-lane zonoje galėjo atsidurti beveik prie kiekvieno bokso. 6 kameros buvo sumontuotos automobiliuose, jos...

On Saturday evening, after 8 hours 41 min 59,272 sec and 373 laps, Steve Vanbellingen from “Palanga Spa Hotel by EMG Motorsport” has crossed the finish line first with “Porsche 911 GT3 Cup”.

It is the second victory in Palanga for him. The first one was in 2010.

Yet just before the finish line, the racer knew he broke the record for the shortest race ever as the last one was 8 h 44 min 55,924 sec.

In Palanga, 12 “Porsche” cars have won the competition through the years.

The team-winner has celebrated the victory in the GT class and the qualifying race as well.

Robertas Kupčikas and Nemunas...