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The “108 km Women's Challenge” Orienteering Rally, an exciting race exclusively for women, will take place in Palanga from July 19 to 22 this year. The event, now in its sixth year, has become a favourite among participants and spectators alike.

Teams such as the “Women's Garage” and the “Double S Power” are eager to showcase their skills in this rally.

The “Women's Garage” team, led by captain Rita Rotaru, has participated in the Women's Challenge multiple times. They will be driving a “Mercedes Benz CLA 180” and are determined to claim the top spot this year.

The “Double S Power” team, rep...

“Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook“, the greatest motorsport festival in Eastern Europe, returns to Palanga for the 24th time on 19-22 July!

Just like every summer, the Klaipeda - Palanga - Kretinga motorway will be transformed into the world-famous race track, where there will be no shortage of speed and excitement. In addition to the main 1006 km race, as every year, spectators will have the opportunity to see or even take part in many additional events.

Many motorsport fans marked the race date on their calendars, and now they have an opportunity to choose the best ticket and reserve the be...

At the “Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook” race festival, everyone can leave their mark on the history of the event together with the famous racers. Everyone who has a driver's licence and a well-maintained car will be able to compete in the auto slalom for spectators, which will be held for the eighth time.

Auto slalom is becoming more and more popular in Europe because this discipline does not require any special preparation, it probably had the biggest number of participants of different nationalities during the FIA Motorsport Games this year.

Those who want to experience racing to the full...

From 19-22 July, Palanga will once again be shaken by the biggest endurance race in the Baltic States, the „Aurum 1006 km Powered by Hankook“ race.

In recent years, dB Drag has been gaining more and more attention – a worldwide popular competition for car sound system enthusiasts, where everyone tries to prove whose car sound system is more powerful by measuring the sound level per unit volume in decibels of an enclosed or an open car.

In the „Pioneer 1006 km dB Drag“, which will be part of the „Aurum 1006 km Powered by Hankook“ race programme, we will be introducing the new BassRace and Stree...

It has become a nice tradition when the organisers of the “Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook” on the eve of Women's Day, announce the registration for the “108 km Women's Challenge” orienteering rally, which has become a tradition and has become very popular very quickly.

This is one of the most attractive events in the rich and varied programme of the “Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook” Festival. The female competitors start and finish the race on the main “Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook” racetrack, and the winners and runners-up are honoured on the big stage.

It is still early to talk about ...

On 19-22 July, Palanga will host the prestigious car racing festival “Aurum 1006 km Powered by Hankook”, which has been organised continuously since 2000 by Promo Events.

In addition to the many innovations that this race offers every year, this year for the first time a Fair Play or Sportsmanship Award will be presented to a driver, or perhaps a team or event crew.

This was the idea of Mantas Matukaitis, a long-time race participant, who drove the new “Lamborghini Huracan ST EVO” for “Ignera & BioCircle by Dynami:t” team last year.

The idea was supported by the organisers, who are now setting...

150 days to go until the „Aurum 1006 km Powered by Hankook“, the greatest endurance race in the Baltic States, that takes place in Palanga, the largest resort of Lithuania on 19 July 2023.

“Although the Aurum 1006 km Powered by Hankook race is still five months away, we already have over 20 teams who have expressed their interest in competing in the only race of its kind in Lithuania.” – says Darius Jonušis, founder of the event.

The organisers note that five of the teams that have now applied will be driving fast and powerful Porsche cars of various modifications. Porsche brand cars have won ...

Promo Events, the organiser of the largest endurance race “Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook” in the Baltic States since 2000, has already announced that the prestigious, traditional motorsport festival will take place in Palanga on the 19-22 July 2023.

Participants will be able to register to the annual “Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook” race from 12 December 2022 at www.racing.lt and provide all the necessary information about the team that is going to take a part in the race.

The 2023 race documents, the main rules and other information are available on the race organiser's website and the s...

The date of the “Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook”, the largest endurance race in the Baltic States, to be held in Palanga in 2023, has been announced.

It will be the 24th edition of the prestigious car racing festival, organised by “Promo Events” since 2000, inviting drivers and fans to Lithuania’s largest resort on 19-22 July next year.

“I would like to invite all the drivers and spectators to mark in their calendars 19-22 July 2023, when we will be meeting at our traditional meeting point - the country’s favourite summer resort,” reminds D. Jonušis.

But the summer fiesta in Palanga is not ...

We hope this collection of figures and facts will give you a better understanding and feel of what the 2022 “Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook” race was all about.

Participants and countries

• The teams consisted of 110 drivers and 31 team leaders from five countries: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Netherlands, and Finland.
• More than 2000 more people took part in the “Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook” festival (“Olybet 108 km Women's Challenge”, Drag, “Seni Kibirai”, “Memel Motor Fest”, “Technitis Spectator Slalom”, dB Drag, etc.).
• Most drivers were men. 108 men and only 2 women: A...