| Motorsports gallery The "Vlast Truda" Plywood Plant took the initiative to revive the traditional nationwide rally crosses which had been held in the former Soviet Union on the "Zolotoy Kolos" closed racing circle in Nizhny Lomov. To restore the popular auto racing events, the pant administration sponsored the project from provision of the facilities necessary to open the racing circle to forming a team of drivers. At first, the drivers representing the plant were not taken by rallycross aces seriously as racers they even were nicknamed "the plywood pilots". But soon the racers of Nizhny Lomov showed their persistence and dispelled the experts' doubts. It did not take them much time to outscore the leading racers. Valentin Korshunov and Mikhail Zubkov of the "Volgari" local racing team can easily run "head-to-head" with the rally racers from Nizhny Novgorod and, at the moment, are their primary rivals. The date when the drivers from Nizhny Lomov started their motor racing careers was the year 2001. 2009 Valentin Korshunov took a part in European Championship of motor rally.  2008 Sergey Marochkin participated in the Europe Racing Championship in Italy (Maggiore) on his "Ford Focus" in D1 Class and won a bonze medal. In the rally cross event held in Penza he performed in the first round on his VAZ (D1Class) and won the race. It was only because of a failure of his "Ford"' that he only was the forth. In the second round at the Nationwide Rally Cross Series Championship held in Kazan' he finished first on VAZ (D1A Class), and second on "Ford" (D1 Class). In the third round at the Nationwide Rally Cross Series Championship held in Tolyatti he won the second prize on VAZ (D1A Class), and was the leader on "Ford" (D1 Class). In 2008, the Valst Truda-sponsored racing team became the national rally racing champion in team classification. At the medal ceremony held in Moscow in 2008 the team was announced the Championship Cup Winner among the winners of Russian championships and competitions. Our multiple winner Sergey Marochkin won four awards and became an overall rally cross winner. Taking part in the races of this type in D1 and D1A Classes he, again, as in the last year finished first in both classes and won two gold medals. He was equally successful in all five rounds at the Russian Auto Racing Championship. He won a silver medal in personal classification. Valentin Korshunov, the youngest in the team, became, for the second time, a bronze medal winner the National Rally Cross Championship. 2007 Ruslan Chirkov became the Russian auto cross champion in D1A Class, and a rally cross second prize winner in D1À Class. Sergey Marochkin became a Russian three-time champion in auto cross and rally cross, D1 (AWD) and D1À (FWD VAZ) Classes, respectively. In Russian Winter Track Racing Championship he performed on "Citroen" in N-1600 Class. He also participated in the Star Racing Championship sponsored by the "Za Rulem" Auto Magazine and held at Moscow Central Race Track Hippodrome. Among the well-known racers who participated in the race were the glorious F1 lead Nelson «Ôîðìóëû-1» Íåëüñîí Piquet. Valentin Korshunov wan a bronze medal at the Nationwide Championship in D1 Class. Mikhail Zubkov became a Volga Class bronze medal winner at the Russian Cup Auto Cross. Leonid Korshunov became a Volga Class silver medal winner at the Russian Cup Auto Cross. In team classification the Vlast Truda-sponsored racing team became the leader in the Nationwide Rally Cross and Auto Cross Championships. 
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Mikhail Zubkov won a bronze medal at the Russian Auto Cross Championship in Volga Class.
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