The 2016

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1006 kilometrų lenktynės (English'': ENEOS 1006 km race'') was the 17th edition of the

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, a

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and GT endurance racing event held in Lithuania, at

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, 2 kilometers away from the resort town of

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from July 21-23, 2016.

Background

On June 6, 2016, it was announced that the race distance will be increased from 1000 kilometers to 1006 kilometers to honor new event promoter TV6. This marked a renewed partnership between race organisers and UAB TELE-3, a

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n television company that owns both TV6 and

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brands in

was the race promoter from 2005 to 2008 and the race was then known as the 1003 kilometrų lenktynės. 42 teams entered the race. Multiple time and defending champion Jonas Gelžinis joined Benediktas Vanagas and

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in the General Financing by Pitlane team, while his brother and 2015 event winner

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moved to the newly formed

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. Tautvydas Barštys, another winner of the previous edition, did not return to defend the title. Lithuanian racing legend Stasys Brundza crashed his

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during the first practice session and was forced to replace his car with a

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. However, it failed an inspection by a technical commission, and was judged to not meet the requirements of the race.

Qualifying

Qualifying took place on July 22. Ramūnas Čapkauskas took

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for Carre & MVP by Algirdai team, with best effort of 1:09.724. It was his third pole position with Aquila CR1 prototype. Čapkauskas previously took pole positions in 2012 and 2013 edition of

. Marius Staboševičius, representing Brum Brum Sport, was second with

. Jonas Gelžinis took third, driving for the General Financing by Pitlane team. Robertas Kupčikas was fastest in

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powered car class and took eighth position on the grid with a lap time of 1:14.606.

Qualification: Top 10 shootout results

Race

The race was held on July 23.

finished first, representing the "General Financing by Pitlane" team.

References

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