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"Survival races" can be called a visiting card of Ulyanovsk. Nowhere in Russia are auto races presented as such an enthralling and mass show, as it is in our city. The history began in 1997 when in Dimitrovgrad took place the first unofficial championship of Russia. At the beginning of 2002, according to the decision of the Committee for Sport of Russian Automobile Federation, "Survival races" were declared an official sport kind. |
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For 30 years the final stage of the Championship of Russia in cross-country race is held in the Ulyanovsk region - at the special route near the village Arskoe. In the championship take part the best race-drivers from CIS and foreign countries, and annually here are determined the prize-winners and champions of the cross-country race. Distance is arranged in an uneven cross-country. |
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The project "Automobile racetrack" will be realized by OJSC "Autodrom" with the assistance of Ulyanovsk federation of auto and motor cycle sport. |
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It's not a secret that "UAZ" cars are the most popular cars for holding tests and contests in the cross-country. UAZ sportsmen always successfully take part in off-road sporting events. At first they won domination in a cross-country race, and then took the leading positions in rally-raids. In 2005 for the first time UAZ took part in a trophy-raid, introducing two serial off-road cars "UAZ Hunter" with Andoria engine, and achieved a success. |
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Bikers in Ulyanovsk are united in a bike-club "Seven wings MS". Its members, as it should be with bikers, ride in leather jackets and jeans, arrange evening-parties, and take part in competitions. There is a charter in the club ("no alcohol and no drugs, when you are on the road"), and the president - Andrey Samsonov. And in 2006 in Ulyanovsk for the first time was celebrated the Biker's Day. |
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Five years ago street-racing rushed into Ulyanovsk, and it gains popularity very fast. Number of participants also grows, races are held in the outskirts of Novy Gorod district every Saturday, approximately at 4-5 p.m. |
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Carting competitions are not rare in Ulyanovsk. For the last years carting is becoming the most popular kind of sport in the city. At the ground of multi-functional sporting complex "Autodrom" was started the building of an open sporting carting lane. Besides the open carting in Moskovskoe schosse St. will be build a covered carting with 407 meters long lane. |
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The championship in amateur rally is directed to joining up of those people, who are not indifferent to automobile sport, and to popularization of technical kinds of sport among Ulyanovsk citizens. The championship is held annually. In 2005 were conducted five stages, which gathered about 100 participants and more than 10 000 spectators. |
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