NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Erkut Kizilirmak

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. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... The 2007 British Touring Car Championship season will be the 50th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... Vauxhall Astra is a model-name which has been used by Vauxhall, the British subsidiary of General Motors (GM), on their small family car ranges since 1979. ... The 2006 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season will be the 49th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. ... Racing cars redirects here. ... A Subaru Impreza WRX competing in a rally special stage on gravel. ... Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct automobile racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars. ... Vauxhall Astra is a model-name which has been used by Vauxhall, the British subsidiary of General Motors (GM), on their small family car ranges since 1979. ... Yvan Muller (born August 16, 1969) is a French auto racing driver. ... The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom. ... WTCC redirects here. ...

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 Tom Chilton driving a Triple 8 prepared Vauxhall Astra at Brands Hatch circuit Triple 8 Race Engineering is a UK and Australia based motorsport team, best known for running the works Vauxhall team in the BTCC and Team Betta in Australian V8 Supercars External links Triple 8 Race Engineering Team... Croft Circuit is a motor racing circuit in the North-East of England located near Darlington between Newcastle and Leeds. ... Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Norfolk, England. ...

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.

The 2007 season has started well for Erkut, with him coming home in 11th place at Rockingham.

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