Author Archives: Martin Miilberg

Rastblaster Tartu Drag Race takes place on Tartu's city streets

02.06 at 11:00 the Rastblaster Tartu Drag Race will take place again in Tartu. Also this year it will take place on the city street. The start of Räpina road will be closed to normal traffic and only for speed racers and spectators. All classes of the Estonian Acceleration Cup are welcome to participate in this year's event. In addition, there will be a chance for people to come in from the street and try what it feels like to take part anyway....

The second stage of the rallycross championship was a spectacle for the front runners

The second round of the Olerex Estonian Rallycross Championship 2018 series was held in Laitse RallyPark in Harju County on Saturday. The 50 participants set the benchmarks in four classes, two of which included junior classes. The closest competition was in the front-wheel-drive class, where, in addition to powerful machines and skilful driving, luck and technique also played a major role. Supercar For the second round in a row, Supercar did a clean job in four-wheel drive....

A jubilee 10th drifting season got off to a flying start in the open field

The Jump for Drift event, which took place at the Laitse Rallypark on 11-12.05, was just the way drifting should be. In a cloud of smoke and summer weather. For the drivers, opening the season in front of the home crowd was no easy task - some drivers lost their way or underestimated the impact of the jump on the race and found themselves in a concrete wall. But, as befits a drift, some seemingly eternally worn-out machines found their way to the next day....

Tristan Viidas and teammates best in CUP 5 class at Nürburgring

Tristan Viidas took first place in the CUP 5 class at the 24-hour race at the legendary Nürburgring in Germany over the weekend. The marathon race was contested by Estonian Tristan Viidas, Swiss Yannick Mettler, German Heiko Eichenberg and Austrian Torsten Kratz in the Sorg Rennsport team BMW M235i. The CUP 5 class is a monoclass in which the 14 cars competing were built to uniform rules by BMW Motorsport. In total...

Mikk Maaten was fastest driver in the opening stage of the BEC series

Toomas Vabamäe Estonian motorcycle racer Mikk Maaten was fastest in both qualifying and the race at the opening round of the Baltic Endurance Championship (BEC) in Riga, but still had to settle for fifth place. The #5 GSR Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR, driven alternately by Miku and Lithuanian Ernesta Globytė, took a firm lead midway through the four-hour race, but lost nine laps due to a freak technical fault....

Estonian Grand Prix 2018 - Estonian Grand Prix circuit competition in Pärnu for the fifth time

For the fifth time, the region's largest international car circuit competition Estonian Grand Prix 2018 will take place in Pärnu, at auto24ring. The Grand Prix is a stage of the Northern European, Baltic and Estonian Championships, with participants from at least 7 different countries. This year, in addition to racing cars, 2 top motorcycle classes - Superstock 600 and Superbike - will add real spice. In addition to the racing, this is a truly entertaining family event that...

Ralf Aron wins the prestigious Pau GP in the opening round of the F3 series

In the opening round of the European F3 Championship on the street circuit of Pau, Ralf Aron took first place in the third race of the weekend, the prestigious Pau GP. Based on the first qualifying session of the weekend, the grid was set for the opening race and Ralf Aron set a lap time that gave him third place on the grid. The race started with a number of accidents on the opening laps, which meant that a safety car was sent out on each lap. After the restart...

Several podium finishes from the opening round of the DeWALT Grand Prix Northern European and Baltic Championships

On the second weekend in May, the opening round of the DeWALT Grand Prix of the Northern European and Baltic Automobile Championship was held at the Bikernieki Circuit in Riga. The season opener also featured a number of Estonian circuit riders, who finished on the podium in their respective classes. Raivo Tamm in the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 took third place in the Baltic GT class. The NEZ or Northern European Championship Porsche GT3...

Jüri Vips scored points in the opening round of the F3 series

Jüri Vips started his first full season at the European F3 Championship on the street circuit in Pau and finished 10th in the opening race, for which he also scored the first point. Unfortunately, due to a failed second qualifying session in the remaining two races, he failed to finish in a points position. The Pau street circuit is particularly challenging for the newcomer, as it is not possible to test on it like on a normal circuit. In the first qualifying session, Motopark's...