2020-07-17
First failures
The Aurum 1006 km race press center managed to spread the word about the success of the first two trainings on Friday, when the first failures were also received.
"The judges noticed the fire tongues fluttering at the bottom of the car at the Orlen petrol station, but" Technical project - Viada team athlete Vygandas Urbanas successfuly managed to drive his BMW M3 to the PitLane area, "Gražvydas Smetonis, the chairman of the College of Racing Sports Commissioners, informed the press center. - Within 15 seconds, at a burning BMW rushed Rescue, and after 30 sec. - and fire trucks'.
After spraying as many as eight fire extinguishers, the flames that covered the foam car were quickly extinguished. The organizers of the race are glad that V. Urbanas, who was driving a BMW, did not suffer, although he will not say that about the car.
The cause of the fire is now being investigated by specialists.