Toomas Napa (born 5 December 1953) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n racing driver. In 2001 he was chosen to best motorsport personnel () of 20th-century of Estonia. He was born in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

. He began his racing career in 1968, when he joined a

kart racing Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on kart circuit, scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are als ...

group. In 1987 he won

Cup of Peace and Friendship The Cup of Peace and Friendship (also Friendship of Socialist Countries Cup) was the auto racing championship series dedicated to Eastern Bloc drivers between 1963 and 1990. History The series was created in 1963 on the initiative of Lech Tulak ...

. He is 9-times Soviet Union champion in different formula disciplines. He is also 2-times Estonian champion. Awards: * 2001: best motorsport personnel () of 20th century of Estonia * 2021: chosen to Hall of Fame of Estonian motorsport celebrities

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Napa, Toomas Living people 1953 births Estonian racing drivers Sportspeople from Tartu