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 (age 84) Otaru, Japan
Current team	Hino 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	Honda	DNF	0
1984			DNF	0
1985	Cars	Mitsubishi	DNF	0
1986			33rd	0
1987			87th	0
1988			DNF	0
1989			27th	0
1990			26th	0
1991			22nd	0
1992	Trucks	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	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

Africa Eco Race results

Year	Class	Vehicle	Position
2020	SSV Xtreme Race	Yamaha	15
2022	SSV Xtreme Race	Yamaha	9
2024	Open	Suzuki	2