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 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.
| Category | Touring cars |
|---|---|
| Country | Baltic States |
| Inaugural season | 2000 |
| Tyre suppliers | Hankook |
| Drivers' champion | BGT PRO Ignas Jomantas
BTC1 Dovydas Akstinas BTC3 Gediminas Bilinskas BTC4 Ramunas Capkauskas BGT AM Drew Holland V1600 Raivis Meilands |
| Makes' champion | Mercedes |
| Teams' champion | Hmobile by AMG Customer Racing |
| Official website | http://www.batcc.eu |
| Current season | |
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.