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 2025 there are class entries for GT classes, Touring car classes(up to 1600ccm, up to 2000ccm, up to 3000ccm and up to 4000ccm), V1600 and mono classes BMW 325 CUP and BMW Turbo Cup. Teams and driversparticipate in sprint races 15-20 min long or in 2h Endurance race.
Races are held in race tracks in Baltic States and Finland. Audru ring in Estonia, Bikernieki in Latvia, Nemuno Ziedas in Lithuania, Tor Poznan in Poland 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 cars.
For 2021 season for the first time The Nations Cup and the Team standings were introduced. Lithuania won in 2024, followed by Latvia and Estonia.
Racing classes
The following shows the key specifications issues for each class. Baltic Touring Cars category have two 15-20 min races per event. While Nankang 2h Endurance Academy Championship has one 2 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).
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-tubular bodywork, or monocoque bodywork), LM GTE, GT3 cars.
Calendar 2024 Nemuno Žiedas, Stateta Bro Grand Prix, May 3-4 Biķernieki Complex Sports Base, DeWALT Grand Prix, June 6-7 Audru Ring, Parnu Summer Race, July 3-5 Nemuno Žiedas, Kaunas Grand Prix, July 26-27 Biķernieki Complex Sports Base, Riga Summer Race, August 29-31 Tor Poznań, Season Finale, September 19-21
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 ChampionV1600 ChampionEndurance ChampionBEC Champion 2020 Vilnis Batraks Edvinas EinikisCancelled Matiss MezaksNot heldCancelledCancelled 2021 Sim Racer Laurynas Kriksciunas Valters Zviedris Karolis Jovaisa Karlis Ozolins Noker Racing Team RD Signs 2022 Thomas Kangro Kastytis Volbekas Ivars Vallers Valters Zviedris Matias Nuoramo Black Rose Racing Porsche Baltic GT3 2023 Ignas Jomantas Drew Holland Darius Zitlinskas Leo Messenger Raivis Meilands Jurmala - Optibet Racing Hmobile by AMG Customer Racing 2024 Karolis Stasiukynas Jyrki JonkkariNot held Ricards Subeckis Ragnar Simuland Jurmala/Papas saciksu komanda2025 Gediminas Baksys Rokas KvedarasNot held Ragnar Simuland Mareks Matvejevs RS Motorsport Jurmala
Circuits used Audru Ring Biķernieki Complex Sports Base Botniaring Racing Circuit Nemuno Žiedas Tor_Poznań
References
External links Official Webpage Facebook page