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Turkish motorcycling sets season in motion, with youth leading charge

Turkish motorcycling sets season in motion, with youth leading charge

Bekir Yunus Uçar, the president of the Turkish Motorcycle Federation (TMF), kicked off the season with the primary leg of the Eastern European Championship, the European Youth Championship and the Turkish KAYO Motocross Championship.

He famous that greater than 100 of the 158 athletes who began have been younger individuals and kids.

Uçar adopted the Turkish KAYO, European Youth, and Eastern European motocross championships on the Afyonkarahisar Motorsports Center as a part of the May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth, and Sports Day celebrations.

He expressed that the Turkish Motorcycle Federation opened the motocross season in Afyonkarahisar.

Uçar remarked that Afyonkarahisar has turn into a world-renowned model in motocross resulting from its infrastructure, social facilities, observe options, and sweetness, being one of many uncommon tracks and having acquired a first-place award on the planet.

This 12 months, they began the season with the primary leg of the Eastern European Championship, the European Youth Championship, and the Turkish KAYO Motocross Championship.

Uçar said that that they had achieved an impressive view in Afyonkarahisar, saying, “We consider this as a milestone because we started with 158 athletes in this organization. More than 100 of them are children and young people. Especially, the fact that the European Youth Championship is being held has significantly affected and triggered our children and young people. There are also athletes who hit the track and start for the first time here. The fact that this organization is being held on the occasion of May 19th Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day carries a different meaning.”

Turkish Motorcycle Federation (TMF) President Bekir Yunus Uçar poses for a photo at the Afyonkarahisar Motorsports Center, Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye, May 14, 2024. (AA Photo)

Turkish Motorcycle Federation (TMF) President Bekir Yunus Uçar poses for a photograph on the Afyonkarahisar Motorsports Center, Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye, May 14, 2024. (AA Photo)

Uçar reminded that there will likely be races in Gönen, Çatalca, and Hayrabolu sooner or later, saying, “The audience also has a great influence here. The culture of watching motor sports in Afyonkarahisar has also become high. The World Motocross Championship we have been organizing here for six years has contributed to the formation of this culture. Hopefully, we will move to another track with a more beautiful organization from here. We will try to increase our number of athletes in motocross.”

Uçar said that they see motocross as the start line for all motor sports activities, saying, “Especially motocross is a branch where we produce European, Balkan, and Eastern European champions. The athletes who are raised here, like Toprak Razgatlıoğlu, Deniz, Can, and Bahattin Sofuoğlu, represent us on world tracks, asphalt tracks. An athlete who is dominant on the motorcycle in motocross and has gained experience here becomes successful in all motor sports.”

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