Tolga Uprak (17 October 1980) is a Turkish professional
motorcycle racer
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. He competes in the Turkish Superbike Championship.
Uprak raced in 2002 in the Turkish Championship winning the round at the
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 ...
. He won the race at
Izmir-
Pınarbaşı in 2004. He raced in 2006 in the Turkish Championship's Supersport Category A.
In 2010, he was conscripted in to the army, and had so to stay away from racing.
In 2012, he won the six-round Turkish championship for the 1000cc Category A and the
TMF Grand Prix. Riding for CMS –EYP Bike Racing Team on
Ducati 852, he leads the 2013 Turkish Championship Supersport A with 85 points after the fourth leg.
Gaining a wildcard, Uprak raced at the
2013 Superbike World Championship's İstanbul Park round for the team CMS –EYP Bike Racing on
Kawasaki ZX-10R
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. After starting at grid 13, he placed 13th in the Race 1 and 14th in the Race 2.
He took 5 points in total.
Career statistics
* * Season still in progress
Superbike World Championship
References
1980 births
Living people
Turkish motorcycle racers
Superbike World Championship riders
Place of birth missing (living people)
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