Exciting new footage of the world’s most punishing motorsport event has been added to the Hino Australia website.
The highlight reel of the 2014 Dakar Rally, as captured for Hino Team Sugawara, is now available for viewing at hino.com.au/videos.
The footage shows the critical moments that contributed to father and son team Teruhito and Yoshimasa Sugawara claiming first and second places in the Under 10-litre truck class.
Teruhito Sugawara’s class victory in his 485hp eight-litre Hino 500 Series race truck took him to 12th outright in the truck division – up from 19th in 2013 when he also won his class.
2014 was the 23rd successive year that Hino Team Sugawara raced trucks derived from series production at the 9200-kilometre, 13-day event held in the Andes Mountains and deserts of Argentina and Chile.
It was also 72-year-old Dakar legend Yoshimasa’s 32nd Dakar Rally. This year he tested a new 8.9-litre Hino in preparation for the vehicle's full assault in 2015.
The knowledge and experience gained from Hino’s efforts at Dakar is used on an ongoing basis to improve the quality, durability and reliability of its production vehicles.