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The race on July 18 -21 this year is going to have a new name “AURUM 1006 km race“. It was presented on Wednesday April 18th in a press conference. There “Promo Events“ director Darius Jonušis and the manager of “Iceco ledai“ Mantas Šalauskas signed a five year partnership deal. M. Šalauskas stated in the press conference that he is overjoyed for the opportunity to be a part of the biggest race event in the Baltic States. He is also very proud that AURUM ice cream will step into new summer season with new logo and new colourful packaging. The president of Lithuanian Automobile Sports Federatio...

A little bit more than 100 days are left until July 18th and the start of the race in Palanga. This year for the 19th time everyone is invited to Palanga to watch the amazing event, organized by “Promo Events“.

Darius Jonušis, the director of the “Promo events“ have stated that the preparation for the race is going as usual. More and more drivers are signing up for participation preparing their cars for the summer season and training sessions. According to D. Jonušis, this year‘s event is a “dress rehearsal“ for next year‘s 20th anniversary.

The organizers this year will give special attention...

This week “Promo Events“ has started a registration for the 1006km race on July 18-21. The organizers were surprised of quick teams‘ reactions, the most amusing part was when the first registration form came not from Lithuania but from Belarus.

The first team which has registered was “RCM Motorsport“. The team leader Jegoras Jermakovičius told the press that he is excited to participate and have watched the race either live in Palanga or on TV. He is fascinated by the race and its organization.

Together with other team members Dmitrij Nikazačenka and Vitalijis Kazakevičius will drive “Alfa R...

This weekend was held “The Best Driver 2017“ award. Several well-known drivers and a couple of thousand “15 min.lt“ readers have voted and chosen the best Lithuanian drivers and the best events of 2017. At first jury members have voted and then the readers of “15 min.lt“ joined in. Everything was counted and “The Best Car Sports Event“ award went to, for the 18th organized, “ENEOS 1006km race“. After calculating all the votes there was no doubt that this race is going to win the prize. In total 34,51% of people voted for this event to win.

For the “Promo events“, the organizers, it is yet an...

Automobilių sporto ir ypač ilgų nuotolių lenktynių aistruoliai jau gali nebesukti galvos ką veiks kitų metų liepos 18-21 dienomis. Būtent priešpaskutinį liepos savaitgalį Palangoje vyks tradicinės, jau 19-osios jų istorijoje 1006 km automobilių žiedinės lenktynės.

„Tapo tradicija, kad prestižiškiausias šalyje automobilių sporto renginys - 1006 km lenktynės, be pertraukų vykstančios nuo pat 2000-ųjų, didžiausią mūsų vasaros kurortą kasmet sudrebina vidurvasarį,“ – sako lenktynių organizatorius, VŠĮ „Promo events“ direktorius Darius Jonušis. – Šią datą jau spėjo įsidėmėti daugelis ne tik mūsų ša...

“1000 km Cup“ award ceremony and series closing night took place in “Olympic Casino“, Vilnius. All the sportsmen finally got an opportunity to get out of work clothes and have a fancy night out in suits. There were performances by Ironvytas and Ingrida Kazlauskaitė.

“Today I celebrate not only the “1000 km Cup“ series but also the mood, atmosphere during all the races we had. This is a dream for any event organizer.“ started the opening speech “Promo Events“ director – Darius Jonušis.

With all the luck this year, Darius Jonušis proudly presented that next year the race is going to be in all ...

By the end of September were held the last race of “1000 km Cup“.

• The first race “1000 km Pärnu powered by Hankook“ in “auto24ring“ near Pärnu (Estonia) was held on 21-23 of September.

• It was organized by the Lithuanian company “Promo events“.

• It was the last one in “1000 km Cup“ race.

• The drivers were from Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia and Israel.

• The Estonian team “Cone Forest Motorsport“ had no drivers from Estonia but 2 from Israel and 1 from Russia.

• The oldest drivers were 54 years old Rolandas Salys from “Energizer Racing“ and half year younger Raz Heyman.

• The youngest – “Juta-Bauer Rally Team“ team member Justas Jonu...

Saturday evening was the end of “1000 km Pärnu powered by Hankook“ race which were organized by Lithuanian organizers “Promo events“.

In total there were 11 teams, however it was not in the quantity of teams but quality. It was a passionate race in Estonia. No one even thought that “Skuba Racing Team“ only drive 172 laps and will have to put thei BMW into garage and that will be it for their race.

For technical difficulties 194 laps drove and finished their race “Gera dovana-Cargowin.eu“ drivers: Egidijus Gutaravičius, Martynas Čiuželis they won on X1 category.

All the difficulties only mad...

On Saturday, 11:15, has started the “1000km Pärnu powered by Hankook“. The organizer Darius Jonušis, director of “Promo Events“, congratulated everyone on the beginning of the event and reminded that points from Palanga and Pärnu will be added into “1000 km Cup“ common table.

11 teams are competing and they should reach the finish by 19:15. From the first position started “Skuba Racing Team“ with “BMW M3 V8 BigDaddy“ car. Marius Slaboševičius driving the BMW.

From the first hour the winning team is still “Skuba Racing Team“ that drove 44 laps out of 316. The second is “Rotoma Racing“ and “Igo...