Nobuhiro Tajima, nicknamed "Monster", is a hillclimb racer, tuning shop owner, rally team manager and former rally driver who is best known for his participation in Suzuki's rallying program as well as his triumphs at the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in USA and Silverstone Race to the Sky in NZ.
13 Facts About Nobuhiro Tajima
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Nobuhiro Tajima returned again the following year where he won his class again, finishing 7th overall.
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Nobuhiro Tajima has continued to compete in hillclimbing, which he is best known for.
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Suzuki and Nobuhiro Tajima started the Pikes Peak challenge in 1989.
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In 1993, with a twin-engined Cultus, Nobuhiro Tajima won the Unlimited Division, finishing second overall.
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Nobuhiro Tajima used this vehicle to win the Silverstone Race to the Sky in the Cardrona Valley in New Zealand for three consecutive years from 1998 to 2000, and to finish runner-up at Pikes Peak three times in 1996,1998 and 1999.
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Nobuhiro Tajima took Pikes Peak that year with a newer version of the Escudo.
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On July 21,2007, Nobuhiro Tajima bested Rod Millen's thirteen-year-old course record at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in his Suzuki Sport XL7 with a time of 10:01.408.
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Nobuhiro Tajima was the overall winner again in 2008 with the Suzuki XL7 with a time of 10:18.250.
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On June 26,2011, Nobuhiro Tajima won again, bested his own record and broke the "10 minute barrier" of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with a time of 9:51.278, driving the Suzuki SX4 Hill Climb Special, developed by Monster Sport.
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In 2015, Nobuhiro Tajima was driving an electric Nobuhiro Tajima Rimac E-Runner Concept_One, which was made in collaboration with Rimac Automobili.
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Nobuhiro Tajima finished second overall with a time of a 9:32:401, behind Rhys Millen's 9:07.222 in a Drive eO PP03.
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Nobuhiro Tajima scored four points in the 1988 World Rally Championship season and finished 4th in the 2001 Asia-Pacific Rally championship for drivers.