Lukas Sidabras continues a great season in the BMW RX3000 class. The representative of the “Izotono Sportas” team has collected 129 points after four stages of the Latvian-Lithuanian rallycross championship and leads his closest pursuer, Latvian Janis Olle, by nine points. Another Lithuanian, Dovydas Padgurskis, currently holds ninth place and also remains in the top ten. Lukas Sidabras also holds first place in the Baltic rallycross championship standings.
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The SUPER1600 class season is no less successful for Lithuanians. Valdas Mikužis leads the overall standings here with 95 points, and Rytis Rutkauskas is in second place with 86 points. Lithuanian athletes currently occupy the top two positions in this class and are the main contenders for the championship title. Mantas Laskovas ranks sixth, and Tadas Kazemekaitis is ninth. In the Baltic rallycross championship table, Valdas Mikužis holds first place, with Rytis Rutkauskas trailing by 13 points in second position.
In the SUPER2000 class, Edvinas Miknius is the highest-ranked Lithuanian. He is in second place with 105 points, 18 points behind leader Lenards Lepsis. The fight for the title remains completely open. In this class, Mantas Sidabras holds solid positions in sixth place, Rokas Jakubauskas seventh, Alvydas Samoška eighth, Gintautas Norkus ninth, and Zenonas Bartkevičius is in eleventh place.
A very large group of Lithuanian athletes is seen in the Cross Car class. Kernius Šulinskas is currently closest to the title, occupying second place and trailing leader Roberts Purmalis by 15 points. Jokūbas Bagdanavičius holds fourth place, Matas Rimkus fifth, Matas Zavarskis sixth, Marius Udrėnas seventh, and Zenonas Bartkevičius ninth. This means that six Lithuanian athletes currently rank in the top ten in the Latvian-Lithuanian rallycross championship standings. In the Baltic rallycross championship standings, Kernius Šulinskas also holds second place, Matas Zavarskis is fifth, Marius Udrėnas sixth, and Zenonas Bartkevičius is in tenth position.
In the Cross Car Mini class, Kasparas Kažemėkas is seriously contending for the Latvian-Lithuanian rallycross champion title. He is in second place with 114 points, just eight points behind the leader. Gedas Rutkauskas currently holds fifth place and also remains among the strongest athletes in the class. Kasparas Kažemėkas is also a contender for the Baltic rallycross champion title, while Gedas Rutkauskas shares 5th-6th places in the championship table.
After the fifth stage in Vilkyčiai, only one race weekend remains until the end of the season, which will be held in Riga in September. Therefore, the races at the ASK “Vilkyčiai” track on August 8–9 may become a decisive step for many athletes in the fight for the Latvian-Lithuanian rallycross championship titles. For the leaders, it will be an opportunity to further strengthen their positions, and for the closest pursuers – probably the last chance to reduce the gap before the season finale.
More information about the upcoming races in Vilkyčiai, ticket prices, and other details can be found on the organizers’ Facebook page.
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