Lielkājis and Lielkāja-Gerika crew finish runners-up in Lithuanian Rally Championship class
At the season-closing 'ORLEN Lithuania Rally', Latvian crew Guntis Lielkājis and Zane Lielkāja-Gerika won their LARC6 class stage, securing second place overall in the class for the season. Ralfs Sirmacis and Māris Klušs retained the class championship title.
The 2026 Lithuanian Rally Championship season concluded last weekend with the "ORLEN Lithuania Rally" stage, where a Latvian crew achieved notable results.
In the overall standings, Deividas Gezevičius claimed a clear win in his Škoda Fabia RS Rally2, as season champion Vaidotas Žalas and Rokas Steponavičius did not take part. Vytautas Švedas (Volkswagen Polo GTI R5) finished second, followed by Ramūnas Čapkauskas (Škoda Fabia R5) in third. Martinas Samsonas placed fifth overall driving a BMW M3 E36.
Latvian crews' results
Guntis Lielkājis and Zane Lielkāja-Gerika, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X, placed 13th overall in this stage but topped their LARC6 class, additionally finishing second in the Masters category. The result gave the pair second place in the LARC6 class standings for the entire season, while the class championship title was retained by Ralfs Sirmacis and Māris Klušs in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII.
Third place in the LARC6 class at this stage went to Kārlis Folkmanis and Gundars Pečaks, who also competed in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X.
Another Latvian crew, Kārlis Dzenītis and Kristaps Lubāns in a BMW 320i E36, finished 16th overall and fifth in the 2WD class, trailing the more powerful BMW M3 cars.
The season was not without setbacks — two crews retired from the stage due to technical issues: Dans Leščs and Jānis Vīksna in a BMW 323, and Edmunds Grostiņš and Markus Krauklis in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X.
