Sakarya Crews Take Ankara Podium
Round four of the 2017 Turkish Off-road Championship was held in Çamlıdere, Ankara, on 29-30 July 2017 as part of the Çamlıdere Festival, organised by the Ankara Doğa Sporları ve Offroad Kulübü, known as ANDOFF.
After two days of competition between 20 crews from different provinces, Sakarya's Mustafa Saray-Samet Zurnacı took the win in a Jeep Cherokee. Also from Sakarya, Gökhan İçen-Arda Aslan followed in second in a Nissan Terrano, while Özgür Yaprak-Hasan Armutçu from Denizli claimed third overall in a Land Rover.
In Class 1, Hüsamettin İbiş-Ali Karaoğlu from Karabük won in a Suzuki Grand Vitara, with Ömer Kundakçı-Servet Gül, who travelled from Kahramanmaraş in a Suzuki Vitara, second.
In Class 2, the winners were Mustafa Akın-Mustafa Dikici from Tekirdağ, again in a Suzuki Vitara. İrfan Korkmaz-Ali Özsoy from Antalya in a Jeep Wrangler and Nihat Keskin-Yasemin Toker in a Suzuki Samurai finished level on points in second.
In Class 3, Özgür Yaprak-Hasan Armutçu from Denizli and Gökhan İçen-Arda Arslan from Sakarya, level on points, shared the winner's points, while the Ankara home crew of İsmail Ayhan-Levent Köremezli took third.
In Class 4, victory went to overall winners Saray-Zurnacı, while Kenan Özsoy-Sabahattin Çağlayan from Denizli and Fehmi Bağcı-Hakan Serdan from Tekirdağ shared second on equal points. The teams' victory went once again to 54 Redline Team.
Round five of the 2017 Turkish Off-road Championship will be organised by İstanbul Park Spor Kulübü in Istanbul on 19-20 August.
