Ann Tahincioğlu (born 1956) is a Turkish car racer. She was Turkey's first female car racing driver to have competed in the Turkish Racetrack Championship in 1992. Her spouse, her daughter, and her son all had racing careers.

Sport career

Tahincioğlu started her racing driver career in 1986 inspired by her spouse, racing car driver

Mümtaz Tahincioğlu Mümtaz Tahincioğlu (born 1952 in Mardin, Turkey) is a former racing car driver and long-time president of the Turkish Motorsports Federation (TOSFED), FIA Council Member, and served as the secretary general of the sports club Galatasaray S.K ...

. In 1992 she competed in the Turkish Racetrack Championship (), becoming the country's first female car racing driver. In April 2005, she accompanied her spouse as co-pilot in a 1951

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at " Hilton Istanbul Classic Cars Rally" running over

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and

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. In 2005, the "Volkswagen Polo Ladies' Cup Turkey" was launched as Turkey's first all-women car race, promoted by the German car maker. The venue was the newly opened

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as the Formula One Grand Prix circuit. The race cars were Volkswagen Mk4 Polo GTs, imported especially for this competition purpose from Germany, featuring a 1.9-litre TDI engine of and a six-speed gearbox. The competition consisted of five legs, four of which were held in Turkey, and one leg took place at

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(Euro Speedway) in

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, Germany. At the age of 49, Tahincioğlu finished the 2005 Volkswagen Polo Ladies' Cup Turkey in first place. In 2006, she was runner-up in the same competition. She continued to race at the Volkswagen Polo Ladies' Cup Turkey in 2008 as well. In 2006, she was appointed jury member for the selection of 25 mini-karting drivers out of 100 children.

Personal life

Tahincioğlu's spouse,

(born 1952), is a former racing car driver and long-time president of the Turkish Motorsports Federation (, TOSFED). Her son

Jason Tahincioğlu Jason Tahincioğlu (; born 29 October 1983 in Bristol, United Kingdom), also known as Jason Tahinci, is a Turkish people, Turkish-British people, British auto racing driver born into a car racing family. Career Tahincioğlu started driving mini ...

(born 1983) is a Turkish-British racing driver. Her daughter Raina Linden Tahincioglu (born 1982), a long-time karting racer. She competed with her mother in the SEAT Cup in 2005.

References

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Ann Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie and Ana. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in ...

Turkish racing drivers