Baltic Touring Car Championship
Introduction The '''Baltic Touring Car Championship''' or '''BaTCC''' is a touring car racing series held each year in the Baltic states. The championship is regulated by a board containing two representatives each from the automobile associations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Eligible cars for the championship have often changed over recent years. In 2022 there are class entries for TCR, GT classes, Touring car classes(up to 1600ccm, up to 2000ccm, up to 3000ccm and up to 4000ccm), V1600 and mono class BMW 325 CUP. BaTCC championship is held together with Baltic Endurance Championship or BEC 6H. Teams participate in 6 hour endurance races in different racing categories. The minor league for BEC 6H is the Nankang Endurance Academy 2 hour race for less powerful cars.Races are held in race tracks in Baltic States and Finland. Audru ring in Estonia, Bikernieki in Latvia, Nemuno Ziedas in Lithuania and Botniaring in Finland.The race day format features two races per round, with standing starts BMW 325 CUP and Touring cars and rolling start for GT and TCR cars.For 2021 season for the first time The Nations Cup and the Team standings were introduced.
Racing classes The following shows the key specifications issues for each class. BTC and TCR category have two 15-20 min races per event. While BEC Championship has one 6 hour race per event.===BTC==='''BTC1''' cars with engine capacity from up to 1600cm3. '''BTC2''' cars with engine capacity up to 2000cm3. '''BTC3''' cars with engine capacity up to 3000cm3. '''BTC4''' cars with engine capacity up to 4000cm3.Class BTC4 maximum engine capacity is allowed 4000cm3 which includes all the ratios of the Technical Regulations. (Example: 2000cm3 bi-turbo engine has a ratio 1,7 which means actual engine capacity would equal 3400 cm3).BTC cars in action'''BGT AM''' or Baltic GT AM class is meant for series production cars with front mounted engines and SRO GT4 cars. Air restrictor for turbo cars. '''BGT PRO''' or Baltic GT PRO class is series production cars and non series production cars (with tubular frame bodywork, or semi-tubularbodywork, or monocoque bodywork), LM GTE, GT3 cars.===TCR===TCR BaTCC at Botniaring, Round 2 Finland. '''TCR''' BaTCC is an official TCR series consisting of four rounds, two races in each round.===Baltic Endurance Championship===BEC Start of the race at DeWALT GP in Riga, May 2019'''A2000''' Racing cars with engine capacity up to 2000 cm3'''A3000''' Racing cars with engine capacity up to 3000 cm3'''A3000+''' Racing cars with engine capacity over 3000 cm3'''GT PRO''' – series	production	cars	and	non	series	production cars	(with	tubular	frame	bodywork,	or	semi-tubular	bodywork,	or monocoque	bodywork),	LM	GTE,	GT3	cars;'''GT AM''' – series production cars with	front	mounted	engines	and	SRO	GT4	cars;'''911''' – Porsche GT3 Cup cars;'''TCR''' – TCR	cars.
Calendar 2024 #  Audru Ring, Season Opener, May 3-5#  Biķernieki Complex Sports Base, DeWALT Grand Prix, June 14-16#  Nemuno Žiedas, Kaunas Grand Prix, July 6-7#  Audru Ring, Parnu Summer Race, Aug 16-18#  Tor Poznań, Season Finale, September 20-22
Champions SeasonBaltic GT ChampionTCR ChampionBTC 2 ChampionBTC 1 ChampionSuper 1600 ChampionNational Class ChampionBEC Champion 1999  Indrek Sepp (S2000) 2000  Indrek Sepp (B2000)  Martin Merisaar 2001  Arnis Jursevskis (B2000)  Martin Merisaar 2002  Aivis Ohtla (B2000)  Jānis Vorobjovs 2003  Girts Krüzmanis (B2000)  Robertas Kupčikas  2004  Girts Krüzmanis (B2000)  Marius Milevskis 2005  Indrek Sepp (S2000)  Madis Kasemets  Jānis Kārkliņš  2006  Antti-Veikko Pakalen (S2000)   Mindaugas Neliubsys  Normunds Šubeckis 2007  Egons Lapins (B2000)  Lauris Vidžis  Agris Petrovskis  2008  Egons Lapins (Superproduction)    Karolis Doleba  Uldis Timaks  2009 Marcis Birkens (Superproduction)   Roland Feodorov  Vitālijs Kalmi  2010 Marcis Birkens (Superproduction) Andres Hall Kristaps Mietulis 2011 Uldis Timaks (Superproduction) Raul Karu Didzis Pope 2012 Vitālijs Kalmi (GT Open) Mantas Neverdauskas Igors Zubkovs 2013 Artjoms Kočlamazašvili (GT Open) Nikolay Zhuravlev Lauris Vīgants2014 Eidmantas Nekrošius (GT Open) Jānis Ciekals Viktors Vasiļjevs2015 Dainius Matijošaitis (GT Open) Andrius Jasonauskas Edvinas Mardosas Kristaps Mietulis Garijs Rožkalns Rotoma Racing (BMW M3)2016 Saulius Beržis (GT Open) Alvydas Malakauskas Julius Skirmantas Mārtiņs Sesks Jānis Vanks RIMO Racing (BMW 330D)2017 Pavel Shchapov (GT Open) Ernesta Globyte Andrey Yushin Steven Puust Jānis Vanks Skuba Dream (Porsche GT3)2018 Marko Rantanen (GT Open) Ernesta Globyte Peeter Peek Dmitry Savateev Jānis Vanks GSR Motorsport (VW Golf GTI TCR)2019 Raivo Tamm (GT Open) Dziugas Tovilavicius Jyrki Jonkkari Marius Miskunas Richardas MartinkevičiusNo class Circle K milesPLUS Racing Team (Porsche GT3 CUP)SeasonGT PRO ChampionGT AM ChampionTCR ChampionBMW 325 CUP ChampionTCR Endurance ChampionBEC Champion 2020 Vilnis Batraks Edvinas EinikisCancelled Matiss MezaksCancelledCancelled 2021 Sim Racer Laurynas Kriksciunas Valters Zviedris Karolis Jovaisa Noker Racing Team RD Signs 2022 Thomas Kangro Kastytis Volbekas Ivars Vallers Valters Zviedris Black Rose Racing Porsche Baltic GT3 2023 Ignas Jomantas Drew Holland Darius Zitlinskas Leo Messenger Jurmala - Optibet Racing Hmobile by AMG Customer Racing
Circuits used *  Audru Ring*  Biķernieki Complex Sports Base*  Botniaring Racing Circuit*  Nemuno Žiedas*  Tor_Poznań
References
External links * Official Webpage* Facebook page