Erkut Kizilirmak
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| Erkut Kizilirmak | |
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| 2007 BTCC driver | |
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| Nickname | - |
| Car # | 90 |
| Team | Arkas Racing |
| Car | Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Debut season | 2006 |
| Best championship result | - |
| 2006 position | n/a (0 points) |
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Erkut Kizilirmak is an auto racing driver from Turkey. He started racing in rallying in 1992 and switched to Touring Cars in 2002, at the age of 32. In 2005 he won the Turkish Touring Car Championship, in a Vauxhall Astra Coupé formerly raced by Yvan Muller in the BTCC.He also made an appearance in the Turkish round of the World Touring Car Championship in 2005.
His connections with the series and the Triple 8 Race Engineering company, increased in 2006, with Erkut becoming the first Turkish driver to compete in the BTCC when he raced at Croft in a Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch (converted from one of the team's show cars). He also competed at Snetterton, where he achieved his best result - 13th
On Friday 9th February 2007 Erkut announced that he would be competing in the full BTCC championship in 2007, in an ex VX Racing Astra Sport Hatch. His Arkas team unites with Tech-Speed to run the car, with a second driver was expected, but Erkut will be their sole entry as 2007 starts.
| Drivers | Chilton • Giovanardi • Neal • Shedden • Plato • Turner • Turkington • Onslow-Cole • Howell • Allison • George • Kizilirmak • Jackson • Jordan • Leason • Bell • Blanckley • Pinkney • Marsh • Stockton • Kerry • Pocklington |
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| Teams | VXR • Dynamics • SEAT • RAC • Motorbase • TH • Arkas • Jacksons • Encke • Eurotech • Daniels • Geoff Steel Racing • Sibsport • A-Tech• BTC Racing • TH Motorsport • AFM Racing • J-Team |
| Circuits | Brands Hatch • Rockingham • Thruxton • Croft • Oulton • Donington • Snetterton • Knockhill |
