The epic race weekend of Parnu Summer Race is over!

155 participants, a record number in any BaTCC event and together with Polish friends WSMP series, ensured great racing on track and fantastic atmosphere in paddock, making it a true motorsports festival for every fan.

The most impressive was the field of 28 GT cars with exclusive, fast and very impressive field. Overall victories went to our Polish guys – Jedrzej Szczesniak was the king of first two races taking the overall victory while Seweryn Mazur was the fastest among all in Race 3. Robertas Kupcikas was the fastest from BaTCC series taking victory in BGT PRO class, winning all 3 races. Arturs Batraks had eventful races but still managed to secure the 2nd place in the class, followed by Karolis Stasiukynas. In the BGT AM class, we can say Martins Lukstins from Porsche Latvia had a successful debut, managing to be the fastest one with most points in 3 race overalls. Finnish ace Mika Niemela took two race victories, but unlucky race 1 was enough for second place, Ivars Vallers (LV Racing) had great fights all three races and third place in the class is a great result among 10 participants of the class. BTC4 class belongs to Henrikas Statkus with Ikars Putnins,  Arturs Simins in the third.

The BMW 325 CUP is a brand of itself, and it did not disappoint, but the narrative is the same – Ricards Subeckis dominated both races, but not without stress, in first race he had to defend against Julius Kirsis, while in second against Krisjanis Oskerko. Julius Kirsis with a second place in Race one and P3 in race three was second overall with his Dream 2 Drive teammate Aurimas Mistautas. Krisjanis Oskerko was fourth overall, Darius Gaidulionis fifth. Julius Kirsis also was fastest among Masters, Darius Gaidulionis second and for a long-time break Artjoms Koclamazasvili is back on the podium with a third place. Rookie class had a good battle between Matas Mickevicius and Eividas Sitavicius, who with a victory in race two secured first place overall.  Olivier Villeneuve was second in race one and first in race two in the Gentlemen category, leaving behind Atis Veismanis and Normunds Dobums. Emilija Ulvydaite was fastest in the Ladies group. The results are still provisional.

For V1600 this was the finale of the season and the title showdown! Three-way battle from championship leader Ragnar Simuland, Viesturs Ozols and Raivis Meilands was expected.  Cards were shuffled by Arvids Rumbens who had a very good pace and with hard battles he managed to earn three from three victories! Ragnar Simuland finished third place in race one, and twice second in next races and that was enough to secure the title. Viesturs Ozols finished second in race one and crossed the line third in race two but later was penalized from race control and was relegated to fifth place in the class, and the engine problems for race three made him forfeit the battle for the title. Arvids Rumbens with his outstanding performance earned the third place in overall season standings!

ABC Race – Nauris Agafonovs had all to lose in the Parnu race but kept his cool for all 3 races and with steady and fast performance proved that the 2024 ABC Race champion crown is well deserved. Nauris Agafonovs finished first in first race and further added that up with one more second place and a fifth. Kristaps Stikuts won the last two races and was fastest pilot of the weekend. Andris Misins took third position overall and second in Rookie category, followed by Sandis Laube.

Baltic Touring Car united race with Polish compatriots had 25 cars and very diverse and powerful grid. Tomas Jatkevicius was dominating the race weekend in BTC3 class, winning all three races. Series debutant Marta Starka was second, leaving Emils Jakrins to third. BTC2 class had season high 11 entries with 2 newcomers in the class – Marius Grigaitis and Vilius Stanulionis. Home town hero Kairo Kallas had a very strong pace right from the Qualifying, where he was first in the class beating Agnius Narbutas by only 59 thousandths of a second. Kairo managed the pace in race one, while there was a beautiful battle between Narbutas and season leader Simo Lind. And in this order Race 1 finished. Kallas was unstoppable again in Race 2, but this time Andrius Keblys fought through the competitors and greeted the finish flag in second position, keeping Narbuta just half a sec behind and Lind in fourth. Narbutas pressured Kallas in the third race and by mid distance managed to overtake and build some gap. Lind took third position, Petukauskas fourth. In event standings drivers finished in this order – Kallas, Narbutas, Lind, Keblys, Sablinskas, Grigaitis. Decent grid of five entries formed the BTC1 class grid. With newcomer Valdis Kikusts setting the tone – taking pole position of the class. Kikusts managed the races perfectly and won all three of them, although 2023 Champion Dovydas Akstinas was right behind in every single one of them. Edgars Plonis had nice battles with colleague from Baltic States and Poland and managed to secure the third place in Parnu Summer Race.

The 2h Endurance. 40 cars entered the race in the united Nankang 2h Endurance race, with 9 teams from Poland joining in BaTCC entries. Well known ES Motorsport team with drivers Justas Simaska and Dean Arrow participated in Poland series taking the pole position, followed by Mariusz Nierychlewski / Tomasz Myszkier, Flash Racing team with Arturs Batraks and Vilnis Batraks and Porche Baltic(Darius Gaucius/Martynas Sidunovas) in fourth. ES Motorsport took the lead early on and slowly, steady and safely built the lead over competitors. The 40 car grid was a new challenge for most teams to navigate through traffic, check the mirrors and have a safe race. And hats off to all drivers, the 2h long race went on without major accidents and only one Full Course Yellow phase. ES Motorsport team took the overall victory and of course the win in Poland D4 3500+ class. Mariusz Nierychlewski / Tomasz Myszkier finished second. Fantastic performance by LV Racing pilot Ivars Vallers awarded him with a third place overall and a dominant win GT AM class. Baltic Karting Academy team crossed the line in fourth, closesly followed by Energizer by Rsparts motorsport, those are the fastest teams in GT AM class. Porsche Latvia racing team just missed out the podium in the class but finished in respectable P6. HEMI Racing by Statomenas won the BTC4 class and the ranking of Nankang 2h endurance race. BTC3 class podium belongs to Estonians – Lind Racing with Simo Lind by the wheel showed his pace and quality and won the class and was second in the standings for Nankang tire users with his 2-liter Honda. Reinup Motorsport was closely behind, with RS Racing team in the third. Autokaslita proved their endurance race experience and took the win in BTC2 class, leaving #AB4L in second position and the new team Osmo Racing by M autosport in the third. Kao brothers from MKM Racing had done their home work perfectly and managed to race to win the BTC1 comfortably, with their compatriots from Estonia Rsparts Motorspot team in second, and Jurmala/Papas saciksu komanda in third.  ABC Race class had 5 team entry, and the best one was AMD Energija(Kristaps Stikuts/Andris Misins), leaving Portmann racing in second place and RO Motorsports in the third. BMW 325 CUP class had an international three team competition from Latvia, Lithuania and Finland. “BMW 325 CUP by Gatavas.lt” had the best pace and took the first place with 72 laps completed, Papas Saciksu komanda/GD auto did the same amount but was behind and took the second place.

Session Results: https://speedhive.mylaps.com/events/2756939

The final round of the Baltic Touring Car Championship for the first time in series histoty will take place in Poland. WSMP.pl racing series in Tor Poznan track will host the event on September 20-22.