Kenan Sofuoğlu

Kenan Sofuoğlu

Infobox Superbike rider
Name = Kenan Sofuoğlu


Nationality = flagicon|Turkey Turkish
Birthdate = August 25, 1983
Birthplace = Adapazarı, Turkey
Current team = Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr.
Bike number = 54
Championships = 0
Race Starts = 6
Race Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
Last season = 2008
Last position = 16th (32pts)

Kenan Sofuoğlu (born on August 25, 1983, in Adapazarı) is a professional motorcycle racer. He is the WorldSS|2007 Supersport World Champion, for the Ten Kate Honda team, having finished third for them in WorldSS|2006.

Career

* 2000 Turkish Motorcycle Circuit Championship Supersport Class B: Champion
* 2001 Turkish Motorcycle Circuit Championship Supersport Class A: Third
* 2002 German R-6 Cup: Champion
* 2003 International German Supersport Championship: Second
* 2004 European Superstock Championship: Third
* 2005 European Superstock Championship: Second
* 2006 Supersport World Championship season: Third
* 2007 Supersport World Championship season: Champion

Sofuoğlu has dominated the 2007 Supersport World Championship season, winning five of the first eight races, and broke the record for taking the most wins in one season. These included a two-lap charge from sixth to first at Monza, and a win on his first ever visit to Donington Park, in the wet. He also won at Losail, Spain and Assen, Netherlands. He clinched the championship with three races to go, by finishing second at Brands Hatch.

Sofuoğlu has signed with Ten Kate Honda for three more years. For 2008 he is riding a 3rd Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR in World Superbikes, as part of a junior team. He has noted that his riding style uses too much upper-body effort, causing him to tire on the bike.

Personal life

Sofuoğlu has one sister and 2 brothers. His father, İrfan Sofuoğlu, is a repairman at his own garage. Two of Sofuoğlu's brothers, who were also local race drivers, have passed away in accidents. Sofuoğlu's eldest brother Bahattin was a Turkish motorcycling champion, who died in a traffic crash in 2002. His elder brother Sinan died during a race training at the İzmit Körfez Circuit in May 2008. [ [http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/445818.asp Ntvmsnbc.com related news] tr icon]

See also

* Sofuoğlu family

References


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