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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.

While driving all night will try to set a Lithuanian record

While everyone will be asleep Vitoldas Milius and Aidas Bubinas won‘t. Both of them are going drive through Lithuania all night with “Jaguar F-Pace“, driving more that 1200 kilometers.

Each year someone tries to set some kind of records in “ENEOS 1006km race“ and this yer two men decided to think outside the “track“ – driving through whole Lithuania. The aim of this goal is not to drive the fastest but just be original. The drivers will go to all four furthest points of Lithuania (South, North, East, West) and go back to Palanga. The ...

On Friday”ENEOS 1006km race powered by Hankook” had the qualifications to know which teams will start first ones on Saturday’s main race. In the first position will be “Exit Palanga by Algirdai“ team. Its drivers Ramūnas Čapkauskas, Deividas Jocius, Andrius Jasionauskas and Saulius Girdauskas race in “Aquila CR1“ car. Ramūnas Čapkauskas has won the qualification beating 2682 metres distance in 1 min. 09,952 s. The team was excited and in really good mood during the press conference after the race. They told that it was their goal to be in the first position.

Second place in the TOP 10 qualific...

It became a tradition to have “ENEOS 1006km race“ mechanics run. “Promo events“ director Darius Jonušis says that is the only opportunity for all the teams mechanics to have fun and drag them out of the garages. It is 1000 thousand times shorter distance than the drivers will have to drive.

On this beautiful Friday afternoon the running won “ Dynami:t Energy“ team’s mechanic – Rokas Sviderskis, second came “Exit Palanga by Algirdai“ driver/mechanic Ignas Gelžinis and third was “Skubos Racing Team“ mechanic Justas Chadasevičius.

Like every other winners of this year’s race, these respected men...

On“ENEOS 1006km race powered by Hankook“ track people can see a lot of drivers since early Friday morning. They are all preparing for the big race but first today 16:40 qualifications will start. Linas Ramoška,“Gera dovama Drift“ coordinator, is really interested in all the drivers and especially their cars: BMW e30, BMW 325 and many more.

The training teams were separated into two big groups.“Exit Palanga by Algirdai“ heated up the track and the fastest they got were 1min 12,726s for one round. The second were“Qvick-VR Racing“. In the second training group the leaders were“Team Hot Wheels“,“

Yesterday late afternoon there were drag race.“ENEOS 1006km race powered by Hankook“ drivers competed in finishing 201,6m. track. Men and women tried their strength in various categories. In group A, which means the less upgraded cars, won Saulius Petrauskis with “Audi 80“, B group had cars with more than 200HP, however not a lot of contestants participated and Mindaugas Kasparaitis won with “Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 8“. Group C was with an amazing adrenaline rush as group’s favourites did some mistakes that caused losing and Donatas Abromaitis with “Audi S4“ won. The competition between two Audi...