Afyonkarahisar Motor Sports Center

Motor sports trqack in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

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Location of the race track in Turkey

Afyonkarahisar Motor Sports Center (Turkish: Afyon Motor Sporları Merkezi) is a motor sports race track for motocross events in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. Opened in 2016,^[1] the 1,725 m (5,659 ft)-long track has a hard pack type of soil.^[2]

The race track was opened after a short construction time in 2016. Owned by the Afyonkarahisar Municipality and operated by the Turkish Motorcycle Federation,^[1] it is located at Sadıkbey Mah. and Dörtyol Mah., Turgut Özal Cad., next to the Yeni Şehir Stadiumu in Afyonkarahisar.^[2]

The Turkish Motocross Championships in 2016 and 2017. were held at the race track.^[3] The finals of the 2019 European Motorcycle Acrobatics Championships took place at the race track.^[4] It hosted the MXGP of Turkey on 2 September, the 2018 FIM Motocross World Championship,^[5] the MXGP of Turkey on 8 September , the 17th leg of the 2019 FIM Motocross World Championship, the MXGP of Afyon on 9 September as the ninth leg of the 2021 FIM Motocross World Championship, and the WMXGP of Turkey on 4 September and the WMXGP of Afyon on 7 September in the third leg of the 2021 FIM Women's Motocross World Championship, were held .^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Yarış Pisti Şampiyonaya Hazır" (in Turkish). Afyonkarahisar Belediyesi. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Afyon". MXGP. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ Tükelay, Canan (4 September 2018). ""Dünyanın En Önemli Motokros Parkuru Afyonkarahisar'dadır"". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ Tükelay, Canan (7 November 2019). "Afyon Motor Sporları Merkezi'ne 'en iyi pist' ödülü". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Afyonkarahisar'da motokros heyecanı". Spor X (in Turkish). 7 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2021.