May 21–22 at the Dmitrov near Moscow will be held the traditional competition supercars UNLIM 500+. In the sixteenth festival a third updated list of participants: at the start there are new drivers, and will compete with each other cars mainly German, Italian and British brands with a capacity of more than 500 horsepower. New races and became the distance — is now ½ mile.
Unlim 500+ 16–16 will give the audience a real intrigue. Earlier, the victory in the overall classification and separate classes almost always got Nissan GT-R because of its numerous technical refinements. This year the organizers decided not to allow this model to the competition. Cars participating Unlim 500+ again as close to the road version of brands models.
The number of participants to date claimed 55 vehicles of different models of brands such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Chevrolet, Jaguar and Bentley. The most powerful among them a car — Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG S 4Matic GAD Stage VIP: 1100 horsepower. Just behind him a strong 1000 Lamborghini Huracan LP610–4 Gosha Turbo Tech and two 900-horsepower Audi RS7 two rival tuning studio Gosha Turbo Tech and Total Race.
For the first time among the participants Unlim 500+ perform two teams of journalists from the German television channel RTL2 and the Russian online edition of «Motor», which also became a media partner of the event. German correspondents chose to Audi RS6 competition, and their colleagues from the «Motor» will lead to the start of Bentley Bentayga.
Tigran Seferyan, organizer: «We are waiting for the upcoming Unlim 500+ new favorites. Previous years have always won the Nissan GT-R, the power of which is three to four times higher than the regular installation. This year, the model does not take part, and in the competition appears intrigue: it is not clear who will win. For example, we now have eight declared the Lamborghini, which varies power from 700 to 1000 hp We are interested to come to our different brands and Unlim 500+ remained festival road cars. »
Translation competition will be conducted online on sites Unlim500.ru, Dragtimes.ru and the official YouTube-channel Dragtimesinfo.
Competitions Unlim 500+, relating to the discipline of drag racing, held under the auspices of the Russian Automobile Federation (RAF). Test vehicles will be carried out in seven classes: Super Car AWD, Super Car RWD, Sport Car AWD, Sport Car RWD, Super Sport AWD, Super Sport RWD, Unlimited. Training participants are scheduled for Saturday, May 21 and the final race will be held on Sunday, May 22nd. Pass they will be in the format drop-grid Top 16.
The official partners of the competition are the Unlim 500+ company Lamborghini Moscow and tire brand NITTO TIRE.
