What myths have been debunked by Aurum’s 21st 1006km race

It was enough to cross the threshold of the event in the 1930s, and these spells were successfully overcome.

The 21st 1006km Aurum race was won by the same team that won here last year: Circle K miles PLUS Racing Team and its four Julius Adomavičius, Jonas Gelžinis, est Ralf Aron and Oskaras Brazaitis, with the Porsche GT3 Gen2 Cup not only reached An impressive absolute victory, it also celebrated victory in the GT Open class.

O. Brazaitis was entrusted by the team to finish, and after finishing the 373 laps or 1006 km away, he crossed the finish line after 8 hours from the start. 43min. 17 sec.

Inspired by rating success

Probably the basis of this victory was laid on the eve of the race, when the Circle K milesPLUS racing team celebrated their victory in the qualifiers and in the Super Polo competitions that followed.

He won impressively. R. Aronas made a lap of 2682 meters long in 1 minute. 08, 973 sec. Microscopic only 0.066 sec. parts of the trajectory, which was reached here last year by the Latvian Konstantinas Calko, who covered the same distance in 1 minute. 08,907 sec.

Records of Porsche and Jonas Gelžinis

“It would have been a record if it hadn’t been so hot,” said team athlete Jonas Gelžinis, who won this race, the ninth victory in Palanga at the press conference. Probably soon someone will be destined to outdo John.

This is another victory for the teams that have chosen Porsche. Of the 21 marathon races that have already taken place, up to 14 won by driving cars of this brand.

Speaking about the factors that determined the victory, the representative of the winning team O. Brazaitis was open and did not hide that the whole team expected it and at least it was not a surprise for them.

At the award ceremony of the winners and winners, the winners of the race received the main trophy: a transitional cup, in which the name of the team was engraved a second time and will be protected in their collection of sporting achievements until next time. , 22nd race at Palanga in 2021.

The winners were congratulated by Darius Jonušis, director of Promo Events, which organizes Aurum’s 1006km race, Manfred Sandbichler, director of motor racing for Europe at Hankook Motorsport Europe, who presented the same tires and other organizers and motorsport fans.

Kastytis Torrau, who is the leader of the Lithuanian Federation of Motor Sports for the fastest lap of the race, presented the award to Estonian R. Aronas, who completed 211 races in 1 minute. 09.553 seconds, or slightly faster than last year.

Six winners

Although it is said that there is only one place in auto racing, the first place, but often the second is no less impressive. Especially forged in a persistent and changing fight.

This is exactly what the Porsche Club by LG OLED team Mantas Janavičius, Arūnas Tuma, Marius Bartkus and Aurelijus Rusteika, who drove the Porsche 911, presented to fans on Saturday. The runners-up enjoyed the same position in the GT Open class.

It was for second place that the most dramatic battle broke out. The Noker Racing team with the Volkswagen Golf GTI also participated in it, and Justas Jonušis, who took him to the finish line, achieved the fastest result on his last lap.

This speaks volumes about the team’s predominant determination, which also included Kęstutis Stasionis, Sten Piirimagi and Egidijus Valeiša, to reach a higher position.

While the second and third prize winners won 359 laps each, 34.687 seconds. The Noker Racing team’s deficit led to third place this time, but rose to the top of the winners’ podium in the TCR class.

Fourth place in the overall standings and third place in the GT Open class went to Vytautas Gazuotas for Arūnas Strumskis, Mindaugas Platūkis, Linas Skardžiukas and Ramūnas Čapkauskas.
Porsche GT3 Cup.

The fifth was a nice gift from RD Sings athletes Egidijus Gutaravičius, Paulius Paškevičius, Audrius Butkevičius and Žilvaras Aleksas, who drove the impressive Lamborgini Huracan.

Sauda by GSR and its Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR finished with Ernesta Globytė, the first representative of the fairer sex on the podium, who, along with Mindaugas Liatukas and Marius Miškūnas, were happy with the second position in the TCR class.

Persistent struggle in the classroom

Not everyone in the race drives cars as powerful and fast, allowing the team to build hope for the top positions.

Therefore, victory in its class, where rivals are on equal footing with equivalent technique, is no less honorable.

The remaining Baltic Porsche team, Ieva Šlimas, Anton Hegelman, Edgar Zujus and Robertas Kupčikas, who drove the Porsche CaymanGT4 ClubSport, were the first to win the top six winners in the GT4 class.

They beat the winners of the second GT4, guests from Great Britain, the DHR-Ignera / Autovesta family team Dave, Drew and Micko from the Dutch team that brought the newcomer Ginetta G55 to Palanga.

The “Proflame by IRP” team drivers Darius Ardavičius, Lukas Laukaitis and Kristijonas Pelanis with the BMW M2 triumphed in the SP4 class, and the “Ántėja.lt racing team” team of Rimas Cesiulis, Vidas Gedutis, Audrius Gricius and Jonas Bartkus with the BMW135D – diesel.

Estonian guests: Joujaam Andres Altpere, Sven Karuse, Kristo Miagi and Andres Ringo with BMW 325 won the Palanga victory in the TC3 class, and Kaunas ASK athletes Dovilas Čiutelė, Paulius Novakas, Vincas Zaleckis and Eugenijus Sladkevičius with red Lada 2104 In class SP3.

Representatives of the studio racing team GaGa Michal Klonovski, Andrius Žiogelis, Šarūnas Dailidė and Andrius Maniušis, who drove the Honda Civic, and TC5 – the athletes from Tarzanija-Racing Karolis Blėdis, Aurimas Lekavičius and Tomas Isiūnas, who drove with “winners of the class TC2 ”S4″.

Nobody wanted to lose

The race lasted a little longer than last year, although there were no major accidents. However, there were disappointing collisions with the track barriers, other small incidents, which were not avoided even by very experienced athletes, multiple participants in this competition, including Ramūnas Čapkauskas.

Runners blamed the exhausting heat and high tension.

The engine failure forced DHL Racing’s younger team to withdraw from the race, which started well and gave much hope.

Due to technical flaws, the RD SignsPolyplast Racing team with the BMW Z4 and the RSV Motors – Analitika360.lt team, whose athletes drove the BMW M3, also did not finish the race.

Dynami: t energy from Baltic Petroleum, which had high hopes for a powerful Porsche 911 GT3 Cup but was likely not on the track due to engine failure during the first training sessions on Friday, was probably the most disappointing.

Although the team did their best, the necessary details could not be found quickly.

As with other teams with different failures, all that remains is to comfort them that there are hardly any competitions in which all starting teams cross the salvage end.