DRIVER

Nobuhiro "MONSTER" Tajima
Birthday : 28th June 1950

From his superb wild driving style, his nickname "Monster" was born.
In All Japan Dirt Trial(rally sprint) Championship, he has achieved 9 series wins. 1988, he has started competing on overseas event which is Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. In 1995, he has achieved overall win for the first time by the Japanese competitor. Also on New Zealand's "Race to the Sky", winning 8 times which now the mountain is called "Tajima's mountain". He has also entered overseas rallies, and especially on Asia Pacific Rally Championship, he has won 5 times in the 2WD division.

The history started on 1983, when he established Monster International Co., Ltd. to help out motor sport competitors. There, he has worked together with many motor sport enthusiasts. This contribution has been caught by the eyes of Suzuki Motor Corporation. In 1986, Suzuki Sport Co., Ltd. was established in order to become in charge of the automobile motor sport of Suzuki Motor Corporation. Suzuki Sport Co., Ltd. does the total research and development, manufacturing, and assemblying the competition vehicles.

From 2002, Junior World Rally Championship project has started and has become team principal achieving driver's champion on 2004. And now 2006, he has begun a new challenge, which is to enter the World Rally Championship together with Suzuki. He is busy being as team principal of the WRC project now.

But on 2007, he has come back to Pikes Peak again as a driver, and achived overall win. This year, he will am for record breaking time!

RACE CAR

2009 will see the debut of the Monster Sport SX4 Hillclimb Special – a car specifically designed for a new record breaking attempt, loosely based on previous models that ‘Monster’ has raced up the mountain, this car has seen major changes and technical improvements which during pre event testing in Japan have shown that ‘Monster’s’ new weapon of choice for 2009 is the car with the potential to soar to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, USA on the 19th July.

“The 2009 Monster Sport SX4 Hillclimb special is fantastic ! After testing it I know that it is the fastest car I have driven and if all is good with the course I am totally confident of breaking the record !”