Yoshimasa Sugawara

Yoshimasa Sugawara (菅原 義正, Sugawara Yoshimasa, born 31 May 1941) is a retired[1] Japanese rally driver, having been on the podium seven times at the Dakar Rally in the trucks category.

Yoshimasa Sugawara
Yoshimasa Sugawara at the 2013 Dakar Rally
Born (1941-05-31) 31 May 1941
Otaru, Japan
Current teamHino Motors

He has competed in 36 Dakar Rally competitions as of the 2019 edition, which he participated in at the age of 77. In 2017 he was mentioned in Guinness World Records for racing the most consecutive Dakar Rallies. His entry has since been updated to reflect his current record of 36.[2]

Dakar Rally results
Year Class Vehicle Position Stages won
1983 Motorbike Japan Honda DNF 0
1984 DNF 0
1985 Cars Japan Mitsubishi DNF 0
1986 33rd 0
1987 87th 0
1988 DNF 0
1989 27th 0
1990 26th 0
1991 22nd 0
1992 Trucks Japan HINO 6th 0
1993 6th 0
1994 2nd 0
1995 2nd 0
1996 6th 0
1997 2nd 0
1998 2nd 3
1999 4th 2
2000 5th 0
2001 2nd 0
2002 3rd 0
2003 5th 0
2004 5th 0
2005 2nd 0
2006 5th 0
2007 13th 0
2008 Event cancelled – replaced by the 2008 Central Europe Rally
2009 Trucks Japan HINO 26th 0
2010 DNF 0
2011 13th 0
2012 24th 0
2013 31st 0
2014 32nd 0
2015 32nd 0
2016 31st 0
2017 27th 0
2018 DNF 0
2019 DNF 0

References
  1. Hsu, Ben (2019-04-30). "MOTORSPORT: Record-holding Dakar racer Yoshimasa Sugawara retires at age 77". Japanese Nostalgic Car. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  2. "Most consecutive Dakar rallies raced". guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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