IT’S TIME FOR THE THIRD ROUND OF BALTIC TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP “DEWALT GRAND PRIX” IN BIKERNIEKI RACETRACK

After a long break this weekend on July 9 and 10 in legendary Bikernieki racetrack in Riga returns Baltic Touring Car Championship with „DeWalt Grand Prix” round. The only time this season in Riga will race NEZ Legend Cars among them the best Finnish and Swedish racers and also several home racers from Latvia. Riga event will be opened with a spectacular air show on Sunday lunch time.

78 racers from Baltic, Scandinavia, Belarus, Russia and Georgia will take part in the 3rd round of Baltic Touring Car Championship and 2nd round of NEZ Legend Car Championship. Especially important this race is for Latvian participants – they are ready to show their best performace in their home track.

One of the most awaited will certainly be the Legend Class. Entry list is quite impressive – for the race have applied Finnish Legends Champion and current leader Henri Tuomala, as well as the World Champion in Legend Cars Swedish driver Emil Person and World Vice-champion Finn Johan Ahokas. Ready to fight for podium finish are Latvian Legend drivers Konstantins Calko and Uldis Timaks, who showed great results week ago in Parnu round.

The most powerful class „Baltic Touring Cars” will be represented by 11 drivers, most of them Lithuanians, one Estonian and one Latvian driver.

Large number of participants have signed for Latvian Championship „Kumho Challenge” class – 10 participants will race in „National Class” and 10 will represent the „Super 1600” class.

In the third round of Baltic Touring Car Championship also returns Finnish and Estonian Championship for BMW 325 CUP/EXTREME class with 16 racers.

On the first racing day – July 9th – racers will take practices and at the end of the day first two racing rides will take part for BMW 325 CUP/XTREME RACE class. On the second day – July 10th – at the first half of the day qualifications for Legend cars, „Kumho Challenge” and „Baltic Touring Cars” will take place. At 12 p.m. “DeWalt Grand Prix” will begin with the opening ceremony – air show over Bikernieki racetrack. After that will follow all racing rides one after another untill 5.10 p.m.

Sunday Air show and all racing rides will be shown in LIVE video broadcast in mobile TV app „LMT Straume” or straume.lmt.lv.

“DEWALT GRAND PRIX” TIMETABLE 

Saturday, July 9th

14.05-14.20 Practice 1 BMW 325 CUP/XTREME RACE

14.25-14.40 Practice 1 Kumho Challange (S1600+National Class)

14.45-15.00 Practice 2 BMW 325 CUP/XTREME RACE

15.05-15.20 Practice 1 Baltic Touring Cars

15.25-15.40 Qualification 1 BMW 325 CUP/XTREME RACE

15.45-16.00 Practice 1 Legends

16.05-16.20 Qualification 2 BMW 325 CUP/XTREME RACE

16.25-16.40 Practice 2 Kumho Challenge (S1600+National Class)

16.50-17.15 Race 1 BMW 325 CUP/XTREME RACE

17.25-17.40 Practice 2 Baltic Touring Cars

17.45-18.00 Practice 2 Legends

18.10-18.35 Race 2 BMW 325 CUP/XTREME RACE

 

Sunday, July 10th

10.30-10.40 Warm up BMW 325 CUP/XTREME RACE

10.45-10.55 Qualification 1 Legends

11.00-11.10 Qualification 2 Legends

11.15-11.25 Qualification Kumho Challenge (S1600)

11.30-11.40 Qualification Baltic Touring Cars

11.45-11.55 Warm up Kumho Challenge (National Class)

12.30-13.20 Race 3 BMW 325 CUP/XTREME RACE

13.30-13.50 Race 1 Legends

14.00-14.25 Race 1 Kumho Challenge (S1600+National Class)

14.35-15.00 Race 1 Baltic Touring Cars

15.10-15.30 Race 2 Legends

15.40-16.05 Race 2 Kumho Challenge (S1600+National Class)

16.15-16.40 Race 2 Baltic Touring Cars

16.50-17.10 Race 3 Legends

17.30 Awards giving ceremony