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A gravel surface is also waiting
The start of the 47th “Autumn of Kaunas” is scheduled for September 19 at the Town Hall Square.
The rally participants, who have covered the 103.51 km route with a race on gravel and five asphalted sections, will end the afternoon of the same day in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
A much longer distance, 169.07 km, which extends into the territories of the city and the Kaunas district and the Šakiai district with three races on gravel and eleven races on asphalt, awaits the participants of the fourth stage of the Lithuanian Mini Rally Championship, which will enrich the “Kaunas Autumn” program.
The “Kauno rudens” rally is one of the oldest motorsport competitions in Lithuania, since 1974 it has been organized every year, without interruption.
The “Kauno rudens” rally is one of the oldest motorsport competitions in our country, which began in 1974 and has been organized every year since then, without breaks. In 1981, the event received international status.
Anniversaries will power the Volga
Every year a large group of former rally participants, now scattered all over the world, came to Kaunas to honor their former competitors and friends on the racetracks.
Unfortunately, this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and mandatory self-isolation, former friends and competitors of A. and K. Girdauskas will not arrive, but telegrams of support and congratulations from the Baltic States, Germany, Greece, Israel and USA
History: The participants of “Kaunas Autumn” had to compete at the “Žalgiris” stadium. (Photo by Tomas Ragina)
The participants of this rally, Vytautas Vanagas, which is celebrating its 90th anniversary, and Algirdas Rymonis, which recently celebrated its 85th anniversary, deserve special respect.
The tandem of honorable veterans are not going to spend their favorite “Kaunas Autumn” for nothing.
The organizers of the competition, the Lithuanian Automobile Sports Federation (LASF), and the friends of the anniversaries will receive them at the start of the race, in the Town Hall Square, where the elders will open the “Volga GAZ 21” that remembers his sporty youth. The same created by A.Rymonis with Saulius Praninskas in 2009. won the rally “Around Lithuania”.
The jubilee crew will start the “Kaunas Autumn” rally, because the organizers have assigned the first start number to their car.
Other members of the rally’s organizer, the International Motorsports Veterans Association, will also compete for the team in chief.
Eugenijus Tumalevičius, one of the most titled racers in the country, will drive the Subaru Impreza to the tracks “Kauno rudens”, Zenius Balčiūnas, Juzefas Malevskis with Algirdas Gricius, Rimgaudas Statnusas with Rimantas Pukėnas, Modgasas
Rarity: viewers will be able to catch the attention of cars that are not found every day on the streets and highways. (Photo by Algimantas Brazaitis)
This year’s rally is not the first race for her youngest participant, twelve-year-old Kotryna Matijošaityte, who will delve into the secrets of the racing navigator from the experienced Robert Aleksynas, who will accompany her.
The trophy will be awarded
For those participating in the Lithuanian Mini Rally Championship, this will be the last stage of the competition, after which the champions and award winners will be announced.
There is no doubt that the fight for the titles will be tenacious, since only in two classes, SGC-4 and IS, their leaders can already measure the crown of the winner. They are Karolis and Mindaugas Bielikas, the son of Zenius Balčiūnas, who participates in this rally.
SGIM-1 class leader Aurimas Margevičius, who has scored 81 points, cannot feel calm, because Vilius Lingė can still overtake him.
Among the participants of the SGC-2 class, Aurimas Kučinskas, the leader, can be surpassed by two competitors: Redas Alubickis and Robertas Valkeris, and the leader of SGC-3 Audrius Sinkevičius, including three competitors: Tomas Kažemėkaitis, Vytautas Venclovas and Paulius Skarbalius.
The situation is similar in OC and V competitions, and in the youth category both Irmantas Buivydas and Povilas Čaikauskas have the same opportunities to climb the highest rung of the winners.
At the rally – a classic
Viewers of “Kaunas Autumn” will be amazed not only by the standard or sports cars specially prepared for racing, but also by the historic cars that are receiving more and more attention.
The impressive Aston Martin DB3S will race on the rally tracks, which will be driven by Šarūnas Žitkevičius, the head of the classic car division of the Lithuanian Automobile Club (LAK), and his wife Aušra.
Gitautas Žičkus, director of the Lithuanian Classic Car Club, has an exceptional preference for the Mercedes Benz 320 and Donatas Pauliukas for the legendary Studabaker.
Ineta Žičkaitė will drive “Buick Sport Roadster 5.0” to the tracks of “Kaunas Autumn”, Tomas Bilius with Laura Kolesnikova – “Crysler CM”, and Artūras Mačiika and his wife Gintare invite you to take a closer look at their beauty “Plymouth Deluxe”.
Together with all
People with disabilities will drive special vehicles in the column of participants of the rally “Autumn of Kaunas”.
The winners of the recent “Around Lithuania” rally by Algimantas Kojis and Vytautas Bareckas will also drive their VW Golf to the starting line at City Hall Square.
The crews of Rolandas Šukis and Raminta Šukytė, who will drive a Volvo S70, will compete with them, Robertas Šimonis and Rokas Dailydė and Rūta Kupčinskaitė will start with Audi 80 and Tadu Bartasevičius, who has chosen a Toyota Yaris.
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