Baltic Touring Car Championship
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 2019 there are class entries for TCR, BTC1, BTC2, Baltic GT AM, Baltic GT PRO.
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| Category | Touring cars |
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| Country | Baltic States |
| Inaugural season | 2000 |
| Tyre suppliers | Hankook |
| Drivers' champion | 
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| Official website | http://www.batcc.eu |
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Races are held in race tracks in Baltic States and Finland. Auto24ring in Estonia, Biķernieki in Latvia, Nemuno Ziedas in Lithuania and Botniaring in Finland.
The race day format features two races per round, with standing starts for Legends and Touring cars and rolling start for GT and TCR cars. There were a total of five rounds in 2019, with two rounds each at Riga and Parnu and one in Botniaring.
BaTCC championship is held together with Baltic Endurance Championship or BEC 6H. Teams participate in 6 hour endurance races in different racing categories.
Racing classes
The following shows the key specifications issues for each class. BTC and TCR category have two 10 lap races per event. While BEC Championship has one 6 hour race per event.
BTC
BTC1 cars with engine capacity from 1798cm3 to 2800cm3.
BTC2 cars with engine capacity from 2800cm3 to 4000cm3. Class BTC2 maximum engine capacity is allowed 4500cm3 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). Maximum 6 cylinder engines are allowed in class BTC2.
BGT AM or Baltic GT AM class is meant for series production cars with front mounted engines and SRO GT4 cars, maximum allowed engine capacity is 5200 cm³. 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.
TCR
TCR BaTCC is an official TCR series consisting of five rounds, two races in each round.
Baltic Endurance Championship
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;
TCR – TCR cars.
D - Diesel cars.
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