| Toyo Tire Supports Three Teams in the 29th Euromilhoes
Lisboa Dakar 2007i11, December, 2006j
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. (President and CEO: Yoshio
Kataoka) will provide off-road tire support for three teams participating
in the 29th Euromilhoes Lisboa Dakar 2007 (Dakar Rally 2007). The race will
be held from January 6th through the 21st.
Toyo Tire will provide its off-road tire gOPEN COUNTRY M/Th to Tecnosport
Italia (Driver: Kenjiro Shinozuka), Team Dakar USA (Driver: Robby Gordon),
and Pro System Racing (Driver: Eric Vigouroux).
Formerly known as gThe Paris-Dakar Rally,h the Dakar Rally is an annual
off-road rally-raid. Held since 1979, the race spans the European and African
continents and has three competitive classes: cars, motorbikes, and trucks.
Traversing thousands of kilometers through the Sahara Desert with few villages
or aid stations along the route and lasting more than two weeks, the Dakar
Rally is often quoted as the toughest endurance race in the world.
Team |
Driver |
Vehicle |
| Tecnosport Italia |
Kenjiro Shinozuka |
Nissan Pathfinder |
| Team Dakar USA |
Robby Gordon |
Hummer H3 |
| Pro System Racing |
Eric Vigouroux |
Chevrolet Silverado |
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