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On Wednesday afternoon, the “Aurum 1006 km race”, the largest in the Baltic States, got off to a symbolic start in Palanga.

This year, the commissions moved from the Darius and Girenas Stadium to the race track, where the cars prepared for the race were brought.

The Commission's favourable decision allowed the teams to enter the race track, where the champions and prize winners of the 24th endurance race will be announced on Saturday 22 July.

The 2023 “Aurum 1006 km” race will feature 23 teams, totalling 79 drivers from six countries: Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, the Netherlands, England, and...

“The Stateta BRO by HMobile” team delivered some shocking news today. It turns out that one of the drivers for the “Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3” in the GT3 class will be the legendary former “Formula 1” driver, Jan Magnussen, from Denmark. A star of this calibre has never competed in this race before.

Jan Magnussen’s upbringing and skill

Jan Magnussen, a young talent in 1992, achieved a remarkable feat by winning the British “Formula 3” championship with 14 wins, surpassing Ayrton Senna's record (13.) However, his “Formula 1” career did not work out. He made his F1 debut three years later, replacing...

From Wednesday, 19 July, the “Aurum 1006 km” racing event in Palanga will officially begin and be available to watch online and on TV.

Tv3.lt will have a 3-hour broadcast starting at 14:00 on Wednesday, 19 July, showcasing the technical and administrative committees, team presentations, and all race participants with their goals.

On Thursday, 20 July, there will be another broadcast on tv3.lt at 11:00. It will feature a parade of race participants, a lively atmosphere on Vytautas Street, and later culminate with the “Dynamit Super Sprint” race.

During the afternoon, there also will be live cov...

Drag race practices will start on Thursday, and winners will be decided after the final battles on Friday, July 21st, with the award ceremony for the “Road Police Service” and “Ultim8” Cups taking place on the same day.

Practice and qualifying sessions will happen on a separate 1/4-mile track with an 850-meter stopping zone off the “Aurum 1006 km” race track. Finalists will move to the main “Aurum 1006 km” track, where they'll compete for awards on a 1/8-mile track with a 450-meter stopping zone.

Though “Startline Motors” team already has a big surprise for everyone involved in the drag race....

The team of “LG OLED & LKU by Porsche Club Lithuania” (No. 5), have prepared a real surprise for this year's race. The core of the team will be joined this year by a fourth driver, Benjamin Ben Barker (https://www.benbarkermotorsport.com). Ben is a world-class star who recently took his team from last place to third place in the “LeMans 24”. This race has never seen a professional of this level before.

“I am glad that we managed to invite a world-class star to the team and I believe that this year the spectators will be able to see an exceptional quality race, which we are especially looking f...

“Stateta BRO by HMobile” finally announced its team lineup for the “Aurum 1006 km” race.

2022 “Mercedes Benz AMG GT3 Evo” will be driven by Andreas Fjordbach from Denmark, along with Artūrs Batraks and Reinis Nitišs from Latvia, in addition to Lithuanian driver Eimantas Navikauskas who last year stepped up on the highest step of the podium at the Aurum 1006 km race.

27-year-old Latvian driver, Reinis Nitišs, was picked due to his successful participation in the “Baltic Touring Car Championship”. Though Nitišs has also done applaudable achievements in the motorsport scene in 2013, when he cel...

“Aurum 1006 km" – the biggest race in the Baltics, organized by “Promo Events”, is just a month away from crowning its 24th winner. Teams are in a serious phase of preparations, finalising registrations, recruiting members, and conducting intense training sessions. Strategies and tactics are being fine-tuned for the ultimate endurance battle of the season.

Three teams are ready at the “Juta” garage

“Juta Racing”, led by team manager Audrius Gelžinis, will present three well-equipped teams at the Palanga’s race. Having won the “Aurum 1006 km” race for the past four years, the “Juta Racing” team...

Less than a month remains until the highly anticipated “Aurum 1006 km” race, the biggest endurance race in the Baltic States, commences in Palanga on the 19th of July. This renowned car racing festival, organized by Promo Events since 2000, will attract top drivers and adrenaline enthusiasts to the largest resort in the country from July 19th to 22nd.

As the race approaches, drivers are fully engaged in final preparations and car testing.

Ramūnas Čapkauskas, the leader of the “TDS group-TOKS racing team” who previously won in 2007, will drive with Nemunas Dagilis, that has three victories in ...

The preparation for the biggest motorsport event in the Baltics, the "Aurum 1006 km" race is almost finished. This was announced by Darius Jonušis, director of the "Promo Events", company that is organizing the race.

The main trophy has been returned to the organiser

On Saturday, the “Aurum 1006 km” race presentation event took the place in Vilnius, Gediminas Avenue. One of the purpose of the event was to return the Transitional Winners' Cup of the "Aurum 1006 km" race, to the race organizer. The trophy will stay with the organizer not for very long, only until 22 July, when we will have a ne...

The "Aurum 1006 km" race is not just a 10-hour endurance race that culminates in a full race weekend. It has become a regular feature of this prestigious Baltic racing festival that it is accompanied by a whole series of smaller events, where spectators of all kinds of interests can find something to do.

Registration has just started for the drag race, which is enjoyed by fans of speed at the beginning of the "Aurum 1006 km" race event and which, according to the organisers, will provide the spectators with no less of an adrenaline rush again this year.

If you want to bring your long and car...