We reveal one of the greatest mysteries – “Samsonas Rally Utena” 2023 maps. This year’s rally comes up with 9 unique special stages, including Utena city SS and shakedown stage. On Saturday afternoon, participants will head east from Utena to Tauragnai municipality, where two special stages will be driven twice each – SS1 (TRYGG) /…
The starting order of the “Samsonas Rally Utena 2023” is announced, with a record number of 118 participants, plus seven course cars. This starting order consists of 88 participants and guests of the Lithuanian Rally and Latvian Rally Championship and 30 crews of the Lithuanian Rally Sprint Championship. We have no less than 42 4WD…
Utena and its surroundings have an extremely long and rich rally history. Even today local racers grow up here, who had to, have to and probably will defend the honor of their region against sportsmen from other parts of Lithuania or even from other countries. Local racers – Martynas Samsonas, Marius Vėgėlė, Mantas Kutka and…
The third season for Giedrius Notkus with the Škoda Fabia R5 was no bed of roses. But neither dust nor breakdowns or accidents could stop the man form Panevėžys from his goal to achieve victories on the events of the Lithuanian Rally Championship. The last chance this year is the 2023 “Samsonas Rally Utena”. This…
Although motorsport is perceived as a technical sport, the outcome depends mainly on who drives the cars. The human factor is extremely important in rally competitions, because only the correct behavior of the driver and co-driver will make the car go extremely fast and precisely in the special stages. Probably few people can imagine the…
As of now, you can also buy tickets for Samsonas Rally Utena 2023 at the Taurapilis Creative Business Center in Utena. The ticket price is 15 euros. The ticket entitles you to visit the special stages, the service zone and participate in concerts on September 30th (Friday) and October 1st (Saturday) evening. A more detailed…
This year, the Lithuanian Rally Championship has been enriched with new cars, which is a great pleasure both to drive and to watch on the special stages. The idea of Martynas Samsonas has updated the fleet of Lithuanian rally field so that 8-10 N5+ and N5 cars gather at the LARČ events. Of course, this…
In “Samsonas Rally Utena” 2023 we will have the opportunity to see the fight of Emils Blūms and Timmu Kõrge. What is so special about it? Emils and Timmu are currently the fastest Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution drivers in the Baltic States. Popularly, they are the best “boat rowers” in the surrounding countries, as Lithuanians like…
What did you do when you were sixteen? Probably a lot, but did you claim to be a rally champion of a foreign country? Karl Peder Nordstrand would answer “yes” to that question. The young Norwegian, who celebrated his 16th birthday in July, is now in his second year on the gravel roads of Latvia…
After a five-year break, one of the fastest Estonian rally drivers – Egon Kaur – returns to the Lithuanian special stages. On the other hand, he is definitely no stranger to Lithuanian gravel roads, Lithuania itself and Lithuanians. Egon is probably the foreign coach who has taught the most Lithuanian drivers. However, the official starts…
