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NEZ6H
There was drama in the third round of
the NEZ6H series at Riga Bikernieki.
The battle for the TCR class involved
three Lithuanian teams: the
Volkswagen Golf GTI cars of Noker
Racing and Skuba Racing and the DHL
Racing CUPRA.
K
ę
stutis Stasionis and Marius
Slaboševi
č
ius, the winners of the
previous round in Finland and the
leaders in the standings, led the first
part of the race in the Noker Racing
Golf GTI; however they were forced to
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top of the TCR standings, eight points
clear of Noker Racing.
The DHL Racing CUPRA, shared by
Ram
ū
nas
Č
apkauskas, Jurgis
Adomavi
č
ius and local driver Valters
Zviedris, was classified third overall
and second in the class, only one lap
behind the winners. Third place went
to another CUPRA entered by the
Igoriolankai team that, after six hours
of racing, beat the Energizer Racing
Golf GTI by only seven tenths.
The Golf of the Finnish team Black
Rose Racing was eliminated by a racing
incident, while the CUPRA of Dream 2
Drive PRO lost several laps in the pits
while a ball-joint was replaced.
The final round of the NEZ6H series
will be at Pärnu on September
20th/22nd.
Round 3 – Saturday 17 August,
Riga Bikernieki
1. Tovilavi
č
ius / Valeiša (Skuba Racing
Team, Volkswagen Golf GTI); 2.
Adomavi
č
ius /
Č
apkauskas / Zviedris
(DHL Racing, CUPRA DSG); 3. Ivanovas /
Ambrazevi
č
ius / Kablys / Gie
č
iauskas
(Igoriolankai, CUPRA DSG)
retire after four hours and 30 minutes
with a gearbox failure. A similar issue
had already eliminated the Golf run by
GSR Motorsport that was driven by
lady drivers Ernesta Globyt
ė
and Indre
Senkut
ė
-Gedgaudiene.
After the Noker Racing car retired, the
lead was inherited by Dziugas
Tovilavi
č
ius and Egidijus Valeiša in the
Skuba Racing Golf, who held onto first
position in TCR and finished second
overall behind a Lamborghini Huracan.
The victory also promoted them to the