Day 5

Car 2 finishes at 23rd overall in great form, and Car 1 comes in at a solid 47th.
The course for January 4 took contestants from Villa Carlos Paz to Termas de Río Hondo, both in Argentina. While yesterday's SS had to be canceled due to bad weather, competition was given a green light this day albeit on a shorter course than scheduled. The race is finally on, three days after its starting day.

HINO TEAM SUGAWARA's two HINO500 Series trucks finished this stage with strength to spare. Car 2, crewed by Teruhito Sugawara and Hiroyuki Sugiura, finished the day at 23rd overall in the Trucks category, and top in the Under 10-litre Class. Car 1, crewed by Yoshimasa Sugawara and Mitsugu Takahashi, finished at 47th overall and 4th in the Class.

Respectively, both crews were in good shape and neither truck showed any signs of significant problems. On January 5, trucks were originally scheduled to race a 314km SS en route from Termas de Río Hondo to Jujuy. However, bad weather has once again forced organizers to shorten the day's competition to 190km.