2017-08-01
2017 m. “ENEOS 1006 km powered by Hankook“ race : facts and numbers
- 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 biggest amount, 110 drivers, were from Lithuania.
- The oldest driver – 66-year-old “Autoverslas-Rolfo Ego Racing Team“ team member Valdemaras Zakarauskas. It was his 14th time participating in the race.
- 2 years younger than Valdemaras “Qvick-VR Racing“ driver, Belgian Dirk Van Rompuy and 62 years old was British – Holland Dave.
- The youngest driver was 20 years old Ignas Brusokas from “Bunasta by Žaibelis Motorsport“ team.
- BMW was the most popular car, 20 teams drove with BMW.
- The 2nd and 3rd place were with “Porsche“ and “Honda“, 4th and 7th places: “Volkswagen“, “Audi“, “Subaru“, “Ford“.
- One car from “Seat“, “Lexus“, “Alfa Romeo“, “Lotus“, “Lada“, “Aquila CR1“ and “Marc Car“ prototypes.
- First time in the “ENEOS 1006km race“ history all the drivers had the same “Hankook“ tires.
- The second year in the row qualifications was won by “Exit Palanga by Algirdai“ with drivers Ramūnas Čapkauskas, Deividas Jocius, Andrius Jasionauskas and Saulius Girdauskas driving “Aquila CR1“.
- The first position of the race took R. Čapkauskas, 2682 meters finishing in 1 min. 09,952s.
- The fastest was Latvian Konstantinas Calko in 2014 when he finished the same length track in 1 min. 07,046 s.
- The winners of the race were “Skuba Dream“, they finished 373 laps in 8 hours 54 minutes.
- The team consisted of Jonas and Ignas Gelžiniai, Egidijus Valeiša who drove “Porsche 911 GT3 CUP 997“ car to the victory.
- Jonas Gelžinis won 7 times the 1000km race and it was his 4th time in a row.
- Winning team I. Gelžinis got his 3rd victory and E. Valeiša – first one.
- The fastest lap of the race was driven by “Palanga Spa Hotel By EMG Motorsport“ driver Steve Vanbellingen in 1min. 11,659 s., he got the LASF cup for the achievement.
- “Skuba Racing Team“ were the second being 7 laps behind from the winners. The team members Karolis Šikšnelis, Džiugas Tovilavičius and Marius Slaboševičius drove “BMW M3 V8 Big Daddy“ car.
- 3rd place “Mojo Lounge by JR Motorsport“ team– Belgium Ward Sluys, American Daniel Colembie and from the Netherlands Bas Schouten who drove “BMW E46 GTR“. They also were 7 laps behind the winners and from the second place were 1 min. 15s. behind.
- First time during the race instead of champagne there were milk showers. In total 300 liters of milk – 100 packs of 1 liter and 100 – in 2-liter packs.
- On the race day, 28.878,766 kilometers were driven.
- The most drove the winners “Skuba Dream“ drivers.
- Only 3 laps drove the team from the Great Britain “DFDSDHR“.
- “ENEOS 1006 km powered by Hankook“ press center had 107 press correspondents. First time from Germany, the Great Britain and Finland.
- „ENEOS 1006 km powered by Hankook“ slalom made a debut, a huge success was “Drag Show“.
- The mechanics run won “Dynami:t Energy“ team‘s mechanic Rokas Sviderskis, beating “Skuba Dream“ team’s driver as well as mechanic Ignas Gelžinis and last year winner “Skubos Racing Team“ mechanic Justas Chadasevičius.
- “Miss Racing 2017“ won Justė Tamašauskaitė from Naujoji Akmenė.
Algimanto BRAZAIČIO and Vytauto PILKAUSKO photos