Youngsters Dominate Super Class

Round 4 of the 2017 Turkish Circuit Racing Championship was held on 28-29 October at the Ülkü Park circuit in Izmir.

In the first Maxi class race on Saturday 28 October, Ümit Ülkü took victory for Ülkü Motorsport in a Nissan Skyline GTR-35, with İsmet Toktaş second for BC Vision Motorsport in a Porsche 997 GT3 and Metin Çalışkan third in another Porsche 997 GT3.
In the Super category, Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport driver Ali Türkkan, who started the race from pole position, added another win to his winning streak, with Gedik Ebam Motorsport driver Ahmet Mutlubaş second in a Honda Civic Type-R FN2 and Ülkü Motorsport driver Hakan Mete Kutay third in a Honda Civic Type-R EP3.In the second races of the weekend on Sunday 29 October, Ümit Ülkü won the Maxi class once again, with İsmet Toktaş second and Izmir-based driver Tahir Bilge third.
In the Super class, the fastest driver in the second race was a surprise name. Berkay Besler, an 18-year-old Turkish national karting driver who has switched to cars this season in the Renault Clio Cup Italy, won his first race in the Turkish Circuit Racing Championship for Toksport WRT in a Seat Leon TCR. Second in this category was another young driver, Çağlayan Çelik, also for Toksport WRT in a Seat Leon TCR, while Ali Türkkan completed the podium in third.

The class podium finishers received their awards at a ceremony held on the track at the end of the races. Autistic students from the Yaşar Education and Culture Foundation Special Education Job Application Centre School, who followed the event with their families, presented the podium finishers with paintings they had made themselves.The fifth and final round of the 2017 Turkish Circuit Racing Championship will be held on 25-26 November.