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The final race of Saturday’s program at Autodrom Most during the Racing Journal Speed Fest traditionally belonged to the endurance race, which was dominated by the Konopka family in the GTX and D5 classes. Zsigo and Waszek were best in GT3.
The crew of Roubíček–Matyáš in the Praga R1T started from pole position, alongside Miro Konopka in the Ligier LMP3. Cars from the D5 class thus occupied the front row, with Adam Konopka in a Lamborghini Huracán GTX and the Beňo–Gonda crew in a BMW M4 GT3 starting just behind.
Adam Konopka used his straight-line speed to gain ground at the start, but unfortunately missed his braking point and went straight into Turn 1, rejoining the track in fourth position.
Miro Konopka took the lead, while Aigner–Kofler moved into second and Adam Konopka recovered to third. Roubíček–Matyáš dropped to fourth. In fifth place, Antal Zsigo led the GT3 category.
After 15 minutes of racing, the safety car was deployed when Rudolf Beňo crashed his BMW into the barriers and damaged his suspension, he tried to continued but then he came to a stop just a few meters later, prompting the full deployment of the safety car. The field of more than 20 cars lost all time gaps.
A few laps behind the safety car were followed by a red flag to allow recovery of the stranded BMW. After a brief delay, the race was restarted with the pit window immediately open for mandatory stops and, in some cases, driver changes.
After the pit stop cycle, the Konopka family duo maintained the lead until the chequered flag. Miro Konopka crossed the line first overall, claiming victory in the D5 class, with Roubíček–Matyáš second in D5.
Second overall and winner of the GTX class was Adam Konopka, with Aigner–Kofler second and Mráz–Honzík third in class—both crews driving KTM X-BOW GT2s.
Gregor Zsigo and Dennis Waszek won the GT3 class in a BMW M6 GT3, ahead of Antal Zsigo in another BMW M4 GT3. The Fulín–Koloc pairing completed the GT3 podium in an Audi R8 GT3 LMS.
Josef Záruba and Jakub Knoll once again dominated the GTC class in their Lamborghini Super Trofeo. In the GTC1 class for Porsche Cup cars, the victory went to Skalický–Lucák Jr., ahead of Bob Bau.
The GT4 class was won by the Lacko–Mikeš crew in a Mercedes-AMG GT4, followed by their teammates Nedoma–Hudec. Third place went to Primožič–Lodi, also in a Mercedes. As a result, the top three in GT4 were all Mercedes entries.