Afyonkarahisar Motor Sports Center

Motor sports trqack in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

Afyonkarahisar Motor Sports CenterLocation| Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

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Time zone| GMT+3
Coordinates| 38°47′08.8″N 30°28′53.1″E﻿ / ﻿38.785778°N 30.481417°E﻿ / 38.785778; 30.481417
Owner| Afyonkarahisar Municipality
Operator| Turkish Motorcycle Federation
Opened| 2016; 9 years ago (2016)
Major events| Motocross World Championship
Website| www.turkeymxgp.com
Surface| Hard pack
Length| 1.725 km
Turns| 17

Afyonkarahisar Motor Sports Center

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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

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

## External links

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* Official website