On Sunday, the first Latvian and Baltic rallycross festival ended on the Bikernieki track in Riga, on the second day of which the battles of the NEZ Baltic championship round were held. The victories were won by the favorites, but the competition did not go without surprises either.
The biggest surprise - or maybe not - was in the NEZ Super 1600 class, where the leading position in the final was taken by Folkrace driver Mārtiņš Spīķis, who raced with his brothers Juris Škoda Fabia. He held Janno Ligur, the top-10 driver of the European rallycross championship, behind him for a couple of laps, until the Estonian retired, heading in a pile of tires. Mārtiņš path to success became safe, and the youngest of the racing family Spīķi took the opportunity - victory.
Mārtiņš started his only season in rallycross in 2016, participating in the Latvian cup and NEZ championship competitions. At that time, the fights in the three started rounds were not nearly as successful - two premature retirements and one fight that ended in the semi-finals.
Lithuanian Rytis Gurklys finished second after Spīķis, and Arnis Odiņš finished third.
In the NEZ Super 2000 class, Maija Stakena continued what she started on Saturday - a convincing victory, leaving behind Jānis Ikers and Lithuanian Deividas Vareikas
Also in the context of NEZ, the Touring car class does not justify itself due to the number of participants - only three drivers started in Riga. However, it must be admitted that the fight was brilliant: the Estonian Prit Rebane won, with Kaspars Fricson being one tenth of a second ahead in the photo finish. Aleksejs Kreipāns, who won the third place, was not far away, a few seconds away.
Edijs Ošs, the main favorite, won a convincing victory in the final in the NEZ 4WD class, ahead of his main Estonian championship competitor Maiko Tamm by 12 seconds. Jānis Veģeris, who took the third place, lost almost 20 seconds.
In the final of the Xtreme class, the duel of Ronalds Baldiņš and Reinis Nitišs is again, which this time, unlike Saturday's national fights, ended in favor of Nitišs. The third Estonian Martin Juga.
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