- Sinan Sofuoğlu
Sinan Sofuoğlu (July 15 1982 - May 9 2008) was a Turkish motorcycle racer.
Part of the motorcycle racing
Sofuoğlu family , he started racing at 15, and became drag championClarifyme|date=March 2008 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 atIstanbul 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 40:44.241Sinan Sofuoğlu died on May 9, 2008, at the age of 25 in the intensive care unit of
Kocaeli University Hospital following a motorcycle accident. He was training for the Turkey Motorcycle Championship atİzmit Körfez Circuit 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. [cite web |url=http://www.radyospor.com/detay.asp?CID=49679 |title=Sinan Sofuoğlu'nu kaybettik!... |work=Saran Holding RadyoSpor |date=2008-05-09 |language=Turkish ]The son of a motorcycle dealer in
Adapazarı ,Turkey , Sinan and his two other brothers Bahattin and Kenan 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.See also
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Sofuoğlu family References
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