Sinan Sofuoğlu (15 July 1982 – 9 May 2008) was a Turkish
motorcycle racer
Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Oth ...
.
Biography
Part of the motorcycle racing
Sofuoğlu family, he started racing at 15, and became drag champion in 1998. He continued his victories with championships won in Group B in 1999, and in Group A in the years 2001, 2002 and 2004. He finished the 2003 season in second. Sinan Sofuoğlu also won the Turkish championship in 2005.
He had a single wild-card ride in the Turkish 250cc round of
Moto GP
Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start of ...
at
Istanbul Park in April 2006, where he qualified 26th with a time of 2:05.532 and finished 19th (and last finisher) with an overall time of 40:44.241
Sinan Sofuoğlu died on May 9, 2008, at the age of 25 in the intensive care unit of
Kocaeli University
The Kocaeli University (KOU) is a state university in Kocaeli, Turkey. It was founded as the Academy of Engineering and Architecture of Kocaeli in 1976. The electrical and mechanical engineering departments, basic sciences, and department of m ...
Hospital following a motorcycle accident. He was training for the Turkey Motorcycle Championship at
İzmit Körfez Circuit
İzmit Körfez Circuit ( tr, İzmit Körfez Yarış Pisti) is a motor sports race track about 17 km west of İzmit, in Körfez district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Sponsored by the Turkish Automobile Sports Federation (TOSFED) and built ...
in
Körfez,
Kocaeli, where he fell-off his motorcycle and suffered a broken neck, trauma at the base of his skull, and bleeding of the lungs.
The son of a motorcycle dealer in
Adapazarı
Adapazarı () is a city in northwestern Turkey and the central district of Sakarya Province. The province itself was originally named Adapazarı as well. Adapazarı is a part of the densely populated region of the country known as the Marmara Re ...
,
Turkey
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, Sinan and his two other brothers
Bahattin and
Kenan
Kenan (also spelled Qenan, Kaynan or Cainan) (; ar, كِنَاْنْ, Keynān; grc-x-biblical, Καϊνάμ, Kaïnám) is an Antediluvian patriarch first mentioned in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible.
In scriptures
According to Gen ...
were all motorcycle racers. His elder brother
Bahattin, died in 2002 at the age of 24 following a road traffic accident where he was hit by a car whilst crossing the street.
Career statistics
By season
Races by year
(
key)
See also
*
Sofuoğlu family
References
1983 births
2008 deaths
Sportspeople from Adapazarı
Turkish motorcycle racers
Motorcycle racers who died while racing
Sport deaths in Turkey
250cc World Championship riders
Sinan
Sinan (Arabic: سنان ''sinān'') is a name found in Arabic and Pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions, Early Arabic, meaning ''spearhead''. The name may also be related to the Ancient Greek name Sinon. It was used as a male given name.
Etymology
Th ...
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