Kenan Sofuoğlu

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Kenan Sofuoğlu
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Nationality	Turkish
Date of birth	August 25, 1983
Place of birth	Adapazarı, Turkey



SBK Record
Current team	Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Jr.
Bike number	54
World Championships	0
Race starts	6
Race Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0

2008 Championship position	16th (32pts)

Kenan Sofuoğlu (born on August 25, 1983 in Adapazarı) is a professional motorcycle racer. He is the 2007 Supersport World Champion, for the Ten Kate Honda team, having finished third for them in 2006.

1 Career
2 Personal life
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Career

2000 Turkish Motorcycle Circuit Championship Supersport Class B: Champion
2001 Turkish Motorcycle Circuit Championship Supersport Class A: Third
2002 German R-6 Cup: Champion
2003 International German Supersport Championship: Second
2004 European Superstock Championship: Third
2005 European Superstock Championship: Second
2006 Supersport World Championship season: Third
2007 Supersport World Championship season: Champion

Sofuoglu has dominated the 2007 Supersport World Championship season, winning five of the first eight races, and broke the record for taking the most wins in one season. These included a two-lap charge from sixth to first at Monza, and a win on his first ever visit to Donington Park, in the wet. He also won at Losail, Spain and Assen, Netherlands. He clinched the championship with three races to go, by finishing second at Brands Hatch.

Sofuoğlu has signed with Ten Kate Honda for three more years. For 2008 he is riding a 3rd Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR in World Superbikes, as part of a junior team. He has noted that his riding style uses too much upper-body effort, causing him to tire on the bike.

[edit] Personal life

Sofuoğlu has one sister and 2 brothers. His father, İrfan Sofuoğlu is a repairman at his own garage. Two of Kenan's brothers, who were also local race drivers, have passed away in accidents. Kenan's eldest brother Bahattin was a Turkish motorcycling champion, who died in a traffic crush in 2002. His elder brother Sinan died during a race training at the İzmit Körfez Circuit in May 2008,.^[1]