Trucksales Staff•24 Jan 2018
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Hino wins class in Dakar Rally
Hino has continued its winning ways with a record ninth consecutive class victory in the 2018 Dakar RallyAfter 15 days and 14 stages of competition, Hino Team Sugawara’s Car 2 delivered a stunning performance to win the highly-competitive Under 10-litre class and finish sixth overall in the 2018 Dakar, beating many of its larger rivals.
In the early stages of the rally, Hino Team Sugawara was left with only one of its two Hino 500 Series trucks due to the retirement of Car 1 driven by Yoshimasa Sugawara in what was his 35th straight start in the race.
Nonetheless, the Teruhito Sugawara and Mitsugu Takahashi crew on Car 2 pushed themselves and their truck to the limit, achieving the team's ninth straight win in the Under 10-litre Class.
Speaking at the finish line where he greeted the competitors, Hino Motors Chairman, Yasuhiko Ichihashi said: “I am very happy that the team was able to fulfil their goal of winning their ninth straight win in the Under 10-litre Class.
“While Car 1 had to withdraw from the race, I'm glad that Car 2 was able to deliver the results that we had hoped for.”
Driver of Car 2 Teruhito Sugawara enjoyed the challenges of the difficult course which traversed many areas he hadn’t previously raced in.
“This was the 20th Dakar Rally for me personally, and I'm glad that we were able to achieve the results that we aimed for.
Considered the 'Ironman of Dakar', Teruhito’s father Yoshimasa was disappointed not to finish what would have been his 27th consecutive Dakar Rally.
“Although this event turned out to be a huge failure for me, I am going to leave all of that behind and get to work to enter the rally again next year.
“I think Teruhito did really well this year considering the very difficult courses that we were all up against this year.”
Hino Australia National Marketing Manager Dimitri Andreatidis congratulated the team on its success:
“Sixth place against competitors with larger trucks is a significant achievement and one that we at Hino Australia is very proud of, especially as it is two places higher than last year.
Both of the Hino Dakar Rally 500 Series vehicles used an enhanced version of the Hino A09C six-cylinder engine, which is available as an option in the 500 Series Wide Cab trucks in Australia.
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