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• 18th “ENEOS 1006 km powered by Hankook“ organized by “Promo Events“ participated 41 teams from 7 countries: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belgium, Russia, the Great Britain, the Netherlands.
• The teams consisted of 137 drivers from 9 countries: Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Great Britain, USA, Israel and the Philippines.
• First time in the race there was a driver from the Philippines.
• This year there were 4 teams from Belgium.
• 4 drivers from the Great Britain and Latvia, 3 from Russia, 2 from the Netherlands and Isreal, 1 from the USA and the Philippines.
• The bigges...

Not even a week has passed since 18th “ENEOS 1006km race“ and the race is still attracting a lot of attention.

“No doubt that the winners and close seconds get more attention, however, small teams with lower budgets and less powerful cars deserve as much respect, “ says D. Jonušis, “Promo events“ director.

That is why among 41 participated teams there were 7 cars categories.

In A3000+ the winners were “Mojo Lounge by JR Motorsport“ team members from Belgium, the US, and the Netherlands who drove “BMW E46 GTR“. A3000+ winners were 5 laps better than second place winners “Nero-GSR Racing Team“

In total he drove 8 hours 54 minutes, 373 laps he finished first. He is Egidijus Valeiša, driving “Porsche 911 GT3 CUP 997“ the driver from “Skuba Dream“ showed the best skills during the race and won. First ones to congratulate him were Ignas and Jonas Gelžinis – his teammates

Jonas Gelžinis had participated in 7 “ENEOS“ races and won them 4 times in a row, the driver even became a lucky charm as people often say “the team which has Gelžinis will win“.

“Skuba Racing Team“ with drivers: Karolis Šikšnelis, Džiugas Tovilavičius ir Marius Slaboševičius were happy to win the second place. Thir...

When “ENEOS 1006 km race“ is going to an end, the traditional “Miss Racing 2017“ competition has finished. Justė Tamašauskaitė – a 16 year old from Naujoji Akmenė is the winner. The organizer of the event Asta Jonušienė is happy to see that all of the preparation with make-up artists, designers and many more people gave only the best memories for all the girls and, of course, especially for the winner Justė. Through the contest everyone could feel only positivity and good emotions, that is the prize for all the girls.

The prize of “Vice Miss“ happily took Emilija Serapinaitė and “Miss audienc...

Today 12:00 “ENEOS 1006km race powered by Hankook“ drivers had started the main race and now they got into the half of it. The winning team‘s driver Ignas Gelžinis from “ Skuba Dream“ had driven 187 laps which means the half. In the second place – “Palanga Spa Hotel by EMG Motorsport“ Steve Vanbellingen, third -Dirk Van Rompuy from “ Qvick-VR Racing“.

Last year the race was finished in 8 hours 44 minutes and 55.924 seconds as for now the duration this year should be the same. People say that the true race starts in the second half, let‘s enjoy!

Calm before the storm – the best way to describe the atmosphere on Saturday morning. Sasha Song performed Lithuanian anthem, Darius Jonušis greeted everyone and the mayor of Palanga finally said the words “Ladies and gentlemen, turn on your engines!“.

“I am glad that our effort through years didn‘t go in vain, so happy to watch the race for the 18th time“ said Romas Austinskas, car sport federation president.

The prediction that this race is going to be very intersting and unexpected is right. From the first laps the winner of qualification “Exit Palanga by Algirdai“ team is already in the fo...

Vitoldas Milius and Aidas Bubinas through the night reached Lithuania‘s the most Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western corners, they did it in 13hours and 56 minutes and that is a new record.

Drivers complimented each other‘s company through the drive and especially said only good words for the car they drove with – “Jaguar F-Pace“. They were happy and even surprised with the car‘s capabilities. Two men didn‘t try to reach the fastest record but the most original one and they certainly accomplished it.

“The beginning was quite difficult because of the traffic jams but later in the evening t...

Juozas Mažeikis, managing the press centre in “ENEOS 1006 km race“, is happy to see that each year the press is more and more interested in the race. Last year the number was higher – 122 journalists, however this is year the race got attention all they way from Germany, Finland and Great Britain. There are a lot of photographers, TV operators so everyone wants to capture this amazing event and make it memorable for the future.

While improving each year, for the 18th time “ENEOS 1006km race powered by Hankook“ organizers proved that they get better and better. For example, the VIP club, this year it doubled in size. All the VIP guests gather, discuss the race and listen to this year‘s race expert Kazimieras Vasiliauskas.

To conclude all the predictations, half of the VIP members don‘t guarantee the win for “Exit Palanga by Algirdai“ team, others are sure that Ramūnas Čapkauskas will finally win.

Spectators enjoyed Danish “Aquila Synergy Cup“ race and the performance of the winner – Kevin Suenson.

Druskininkai mayor, ...

“Hankook Juta slalom“ was a debuting activity in “ENEOS 1006km race“ and Vilnius “Sportinio vairavimo centras“ director Andrejus Savčenko said it was a successful debut. All of the drivers promised to come next year. As for this year, there were 5 categories and the winners:

1600 cm3 engines – Aurimas Kučinskas with “Honda“.

2000 cm3 Tomas Buškevičius.

3000 cm3 Justas Gudavičius with “Mazda“.

3000+ cm3 “Mitsubishi“ owner Daivaras Juškys.

In a free category J. Gudavičius won again.