Bursa witnessed the excitement of drifting at the weekend.
Bursa Metropolitan Municipality continues to contribute to important activities. The competition, which was held at Yunuseli Airport with the support of the Metropolitan Municipality Youth and Sports Services Department, brought the world’s best drift pilots together in Bursa. In the 7th race of the 2021 season, while 23 faster racers were fighting for the championship, approximately 3 thousand people who filled the stands watched the smoky moments of the powerful cars with excitement. The spectators held their breath as the stars of the drift demonstrated their skills on the track consisting of 11 different obstacles.
Berfu Tutumlu reached the happy ending in the races where the action was never lacking. Tutumlu, who achieved victory at the end of the high-action struggle, got the right to represent Turkey in the Drift World Final to be held in Egypt in November. In the race where Toprak Razgatlıoğlu, who held the lead in the World Superbike Championship, was also on the jury, Levent Enön came in second and Ege Bilaloğlu came in third.
In the Drift Turkey Final, race director AbdoFeghali had a breathtaking show ride. . Feghali said that they signed a great organization in Turkey. Stating that Turkey is a real drifting country, Feghali expressed that he loves being in Turkey and meeting with the drift athletes here.
The winner of the Drift Academy, which was held before the competition to determine Turkey’s best drift pilot, was successful. 5 pilots took part in the finals. Ahmet Parlatan, Ersan Şahinkır, Asaf Akyol, Çağatay Arıca and FarnoushRezaei, who were in the top 5 in the race, also showed up in the Turkish Final.
Coming into the races as a co-pilot, Ümit Erdim participated in the races as the most active and spectator of Turkish sports. He said that drift is his most exciting and abundant branch.