Sinan Sofuoğlu

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Sinan Sofuoglu (Turkish: Sinan Sofuoğlu), born 1983 in Adapazarı, Turkey is a successful Turkish motorcycle racer.

The sons of a motorcycle dealer, Sinan and three other brothers Bahattin, Kenan and Hilal are all promising motorcycle racers. His elder brother Bahattin, died 2002 following a traffic accident at his age of 24.

Started racing as he was only 15, Sinan became drag champion in 1998. He continued his victories with championships won in Group B in 1999, and in Group A in the years 2001, 2002, 2004. He finished the 2003 season as second. Sinan Sofuoğlu won also the Turkish championship in 2005.

In 2006, Sinan races in the 250cc class for the Wurth Honda BQR team. He had a single wild-card ride in the Turkish round of Moto GP at Istanbul 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 40.44.241