Day 14

New Course in Tucuman is a One-Track Road. No Overtaking Possible.
Car 2 and Car 1 finish the SS at 29th and 42nd, respectively.
On January 15, contestants raced on a 194km SS set between Salta and Termas de Rio Hondo. 184km south of Salta on a liaison route, the SS was set on a completely new course in the intermountain areas near San Miquel de Tucuman. This was a one-track gravel piste, consisting of a combination of high-speed and winding segments. Crews on the two HINO500 Series trucks entered by HINO TEAM SUGAWARA finished this SS without any fuss. Car 2 crewed by Teruhito Sugawara and Hiroyuki Sugiura caught up with a vehicle ahead of them but could not overtake it because the road was too narrow. Upon tailing this truck for 100km, the truck finished the SS at 29th in the Trucks category and top in the Under 10-litre Class. Car 1 piloted by Yoshimasa Sugawara, Yoko Wakabayashi, and Katsumi Hamura also suffered a 20-minute delay in the fesh-fesh segment towards the end while they waited for a stuck vehicle being towed out. Car 1 finished 42nd overall and 5th in the class. This brings the accumulated positions in the Trucks category overall for Car 2 and Car 1 to 17th (unchanged) and 31st (up by 1 position), respectively. Both trucks continue to maintain their 1-2 positions in the Under 10-litre Class.