2022-07-20
2022 “Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook” race: The numbers and the facts
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: Aistė Antanaitytė Matukaitė ("Team by Finansinių sprendimų agentūra") and Emilija Ulvydaitė ("Kauno technologijos kolegija - KTK Racing").
Records and record holders
• In the 2022 “Aurum 1006 km powered by Hankook” race, track records were set 7 times in practice, qualifying and the race itself.
• After many record breaks, Ralf Aron in the end managed to keep the speed record with his “Audi R8 LMS” in 1 min. 06.148 sec. (average speed 145.96 km/h).
• Julius Adomavičius completed the 273rd lap of the race in a record time of 1 min. 7.126 sec.
• The winning “Circle K - Lesta Racing Team” (J. Adomavičius, Marijus Mazuch, Eimantas Navikauskas and Ignas Gelžinis) completed the 373 laps totalling 1006 km in 8 hours. 20 min. 1,762 sec. This is the new course record.
• The race winners drove the entire distance of 1006 km at an average speed of 119.86 km/h.
• All 373 laps were completed by 3 teams. “Circle K - Lesta Racing Team”,” Circle K Miles Plus Racing Team” & “LG Oled PVCase by “Porsche“ club”.
Class champions
• In the GT3 class, the overall winner was the “Circle K - Lesta Racing Team”.
• In the GT Open class, the victory went to the “LG Oled PVCase by Porsche” club”.
• In the SP3 class, the winners were the “GBY by JR Motrosport team” - R. Baciuška, J. Jonušis and V. Kibildis, driving a “BMW M4 Silhoutte”, who finished eighth in the overall standings.
• In the diesel class, the winners were “Antėja Racing Team's” Rimas Cesiulis, Vidas Gedutis and Audrius Gricius driving a “BMW 135D”.
• In the SP4 class, Aurimas Mištautas, Izidorius Paukštys and Julius Kiršis of “Anjesė - KTG by TOPsport” were victorious driving the “BMW M3”.
• In the GT4 class, Jurgis Adomavičius, Tomas Urbonavičius and Edvinas Žadeikis of “Trevio Next Level Customs Brokers” won the GT4 class with “BMW M4”.
• Winners of the TCR class were Ramūnas Čapkauskas and Titas Čapkauskas, Andrius Maniušis and Tomas Jatkevičius of “Aromama by Čapkauskas Autocentras”, (“Seat Cupra”).
• TC3 – “RR Team by Finansinių sprendimų agentūra” Renaldas Šeinauskas, Aistė Antanaitytė Matukaitė, Dovydas Ketvirtis and Tadas Aganauskas (“BMW E90”).
• TC4 – “222 by Autopark” Igoris Sidunovas, Martynas Sidunovas, Adomas Petrovas and Toms Berzins (“VW Scirocco”).
• TC 5 – “Tarzanija Racing” team Karolis Blėdis, Evaldas Baciuška and Tomas Isiūnas (“Audi S4”).
Photos by Vytautas PILKAUSKAS and Andrius LAUCIUS