HINO TEAM SUGAWARA
Hino Team Sugawara is a joint team formed by Hino Motors and Japan Racing Management to race in the Dakar Rally.
Members
Teruhito Sugawara
Team Director and Driver
President, Japan Racing Management Co., Ltd.
Born Jul 13, 1972 Minato-ku, Tokyo
Teruhito Sugawara is the second son of Yoshimasa Sugawara, the “Iron Man of Dakar.” He first joined the Dakar Rally team as a mechanic in 1998, and began navigating for his father the following year. During the same period, he built up his experience in races including off-road races in Japan and Rally Mongolia before racing a HINO500 Series truck in the Pharaoh Rally (Egypt) in 2003, in which he finished with an overall championship in the Trucks category. Since 2005, he has been racing the Dakar Rally alongside his father as a father and son duo on two trucks, and won his first class championship in the Under 10-litre Class in 2007. In 2021, he won his twelfth consecutive championship in the class. His father Yoshimasa Sugawara announced his retirement from the Dakar Rally after 2019 event, and Teruhito Sugawara has taken up his position as team director.
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Hirokazu Somemiya
Navigator -
Yuji Mochizuki
Navigator -
Seiichi Suzuki
Mechanic -
Mayumi Kezuka
Mechanic -
Koji Yoshikawa
Mechanic -
Shintarou Kojima
Mechanic -
Tsuyoshi Fukuta
Mechanic -
Akinobu Saito
Mechanic -
Takayuki Monma
Manager -
Rumi Ando
Support Member -
Shun Konnai
Support Member
Racing Trucks
Hino’s Dakar Rally racing trucks, the “Little Monsters”
Hino’s Dakar Rally truck Car was developed based on the “HINO600 Series” truck, a medium-duty truck model that serves logistics businesses worldwide. In the context of the Dakar Rally, medium-duty trucks deliver excellent mobility but hardly have an advantage over their rival heavy-duty trucks in terms of absolute power. Against these odds, Hino has consistently braved this rally with its lightweight and agile medium-duty trucks since the company first entered the race. And these trucks have come to be known as the “Little Monsters” for the intense competition that they put up against their larger rival trucks that are powered by larger-displacement engines.
In the Dakar Rally 2024, HINO TEAM SUGAWARA will take on its rivals with a truck without a racing hybrid system.
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| Driver | TERUHITO SUGAWARA |
|---|---|
| Vehicle base model | HINO 600 Series |
| Engine | |
| Engine type | A09C-TI（With turbo intercooler） |
| Engine type | Diesel 4-cycle inline 6-cylinder |
| Engine displacement | 8.866L |
| Maximum engine output | 800 PS (588 kW)/2800 rpm |
| Engine Maximum Torque | 248kgm (2430 Nm)/1600 rpm |
| Power train | |
| Driving method | Full-time 4WD |
| Transmission | AT |
| Transfer | Hi-LoWith range switching |
| Tires | XZL 14.00R20 |
| Chassis | |
| Vehicle weight | 8,290 kg |
| over-all length | 6,6200 mm |
| overall width | 2,500 mm |
| Overall height | 3,320 mm |
| Wheel base | 4,170 mm |
| Fuel tank | 800L |
Team Structure
The selection committee for mechanics from domestic dealers has resumed,
and a total of two mechanics from Tochigi Hino Motors and Aichi Hino Motors,
who were selected from an open competition, will join the team.
The support trucks have also been carefully selected,
and the number of trucks has been changed from two to one,
with the GT Camper and the newly introduced camping trailer also being included
in the team's enhanced support capabilities.
