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Šiandien Palangoje dirbančios „ENEOS 1006 km lenktynių“ administracinė ir techninė komisijos suteikė galimybę šeštadienį didžiausias Baltijos šalyse, bendrovės „Promo events“ jau aštuonioliktąjį kartą rengiamas maratonines lenktynes pradėti 41 komandai.

Varžybų vyriausiasis techninis komisaras Raul Koov iš Estijos ir jo pagalbininkai buvo reiklūs, tačiau neturėjo didelių priekaištų ekipų parengčiai prieš atsakingą egzaminą ir visų iš anksto užsiregistravusių komandų vadovus pakvietė prie „ENEOS 1006 km lenktynių“ starto linijos užimti savo vietas.

Iš kokių pozicijų startuos kiekviena komanda, ...

The hours could be counted until the start of “ENEOS 1006km race powered by Hankook“ and there are 2 Jaguar cars driving on the race track. No, it doesn’t mean that they will also race but they will have the most important functions. As all the racing events are all about the safety and making sure that everything is prepared and there is no danger, one Jaguar will be “Rescue car“ and the other “Safety car“.

Rescue car – “Jaguar F-Pace“, is the car which shows up on the track only if there‘s some problem. For example, when the car goes out of the track and needs to be dragged back, rescue car...

Just in a few days all the spectators, drivers, press and fans will gather in Palanga to watch the amazing event. However, these days aren’t going to be only about cars, racing, even those who aren’t fascinated by cars will have an opportunity to be a part of various different amusements.

Apart from all the adrenaline of the races and competition among drivers, “ENEOS 1006km race“ is also about “Miss racing“ competition, performances of artists, discussions in VIP zone and many more activities.

Each year the race has different anthem, this year it was created by Iron Vytas and Ingrida Kazlausk...

“ENEOS 1006km race powered by Hankook“ will be 18th race, all the knowledge and experience gathered throughout the years helps to improve the quality of the event every time. Martynas Tankevičius, representative of “Promo events“, is happy to see all the changes making the race more comfortable and safe for the participants and spectators.

For “GERA DOVANA Drift“ lighting will be installed, making it more comfortable for the drifters, all the spectators will sit near the track and see the event clearer, those, who still can‘t see, will be able to watch everything through LED screens.

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Two years back slalom challenge has started in “ENEOS 1006km powered by Hankook” race. Darius Jonušis says that event on its first year drew attention of a lot of people and they wanted to keep it going year after year and improve.

On July 20th, 13:00 the battle will start among “Hankook Juta slalom“ contestants. The amateurs will be divided into 3 categories depending on what type of car do they drive: front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive and all four wheel drive. Women will have their own category.

Slalom competition will be one of the longest in “ENEOS 1006km race powered by Hankook“ even...

“Saburov Racing Team“ is coming back with “Subaru Impreza WRX STI“ car. Vasilijus Saburovas states that the team learned from their last years‘ mistakes and this time improved fuel system and have the more powerful car.

“Our team gathered from a desire to create a car with which we could win “Time Attack Maxpowercars“ race.“ says D. Konstantinovas. Also, all of them think that it is really interesting to race with same tyres. The team will have 55th number and Inga Juškevičiūtė guiding them.

“If someone has ever told me two years ago that some little woman will tell us what to do during the ...

Less that a week is left till “ENEOS 1006km race powered by Hankook“. Everyone can‘t wait for the race and prepararing to do their best. Among those people there is a new team “Rokiškio GRAND“. The team may be new but the members are well-known for the racing world: Giedrius Firantas, Arūnas Lekavičius Karolis Blėdis.

G. Firantas participated in the race back in 2008-2009 and A. Lekavičius with K. Blėdis won in 2015 in the class A2000, they still remember the glorious taste of champagne. However, this year the winners will enjoy milk instead of champagne.

The competition is going to be really...

Drifting in Palanga “ENEOS 1006km race“ made the debut last year. The start was not as good as expected but Linas Ramoška, the race coordinator, promises that this year they prepared better. L. Ramoška made his word to enhance lights, take care of space for the spectators and add few more changes.

As for now, the organizers don‘t say any word on who will participate in the competition, but they promise to gather a lot of drifters from various corners of the world. “Even if I didn‘t organize the event I would totally come to watch. The sitting place is so close that you can see the faces of the...

This year “ENEOS 1006km race powered by Hankook“ reached the peak: almost 40 teams, 150 sportsmen, 50 various specialists and all these people unite to reach one aim – to win the race. It takes a lot of time and preparation to prove that one is worth winning, sometimes it happens that at the finish line only by one second one driver lost to the other one. The main question arises: what should be done in order to win? What are the main components for winning the race? These questions were asked to 6 times “ENEOS 1006km race“ winner – Jonas Gelžinis.

“Teamwork with coaches, technicians and other...

Even after 18 years people know that they don’t have to care about food in Palanga “ENEOS 1006km powered by Hankook“ race. Since the beginning of the race in 2000, “Karolina Park Hotel“ provides the most delicious dishes and drinks for everyone.

This year food and drinks will be served in VIP tent in “Paddock“ zone. There will also be special race money which could be spend on food and drinks during the race weekend. This new money have benefits as people who have them will be served without standing in lines and for the massive event like this it is a huge advantage.

Serving food for that ma...