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TOSFED’s Öztoprak pioneers Turkish women’s involvement in motorsports

TOSFED’s Öztoprak pioneers Turkish women’s involvement in motorsports

Turkish Automobile Sports Federation (TOSFED) Adana consultant Şendağ Öztoprak is working to extend girls’s curiosity in motorsports.

Öztoprak, the chief doctor assistant and advertising and communication supervisor at a personal hospital, has achieved quite a few successes in karting races since beginning in 2009.

Competing in some races the place there have been no feminine drivers, Öztoprak has received awards and, since changing into the TOSFED Adana consultant, has begun efforts to introduce motorsports to girls.

As the federation’s sole feminine consultant, Öztoprak goals to achieve extra girls by organizing academic packages tailor-made to them, specializing in a sport historically considered as male-dominated.

She informed Anadolu Agency (AA) that she first drove a karting car in 2009 and subsequently participated in races organized by TOSFED.

She highlighted her intensive expertise as a karting inspector, boasting a set of trophies amassed over 15 years.

Competing in each girls’s and males’s classes, she emphasised her success in opposition to male racers, together with a memorable third-place end in Türkiye’s Rotax Max Masters Challenge in 2010.

Her achievements additionally embody a first-place victory within the Mahalli Karting Endurance Race in Istanbul in 2011 and recognition as essentially the most improved pilot within the 2013 Prokart Istanbul Endurance Cup.

With 18 trophies, together with 10 first-place finishes, she stays devoted to her karting profession.

Öztoprak lamented the absence of feminine karting athletes in Adana, expressing a need to encourage extra girls to hitch the game.

She highlighted the presence of quite a few feminine athletes of their federation, notably in off-road and rally driving.

She additionally identified the participation of feminine athletes in Izmir and Istanbul, underscoring that ladies able to overcoming challenges can excel in motorsports.

As the only feminine provincial consultant amongst 33 federations, Öztoprak expressed immense pleasure in representing Adana.

She emphasised her dedication to addressing Adana’s deficiency in racing tracks, desiring to prioritize girls as her first college students as soon as the monitor is established.

Öztoprak’s final objective is to extend feminine participation in karting and different motorsport disciplines, akin to drift and drag occasions in Adana, highlighting the untapped potential of many profitable girls within the area.

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