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KAMAZ-MASTER team was established 15 years ago to represent KAMAZ Inc. But very soon it became all Russia national off-road rally-raid team, which has been representing Russia and Tatarstan at various international competitions and was among the winners in many of them. Currently, among the team members there are six World Cup winners and eight world class rally-raid masters. KAMAZ-MASTER has now been universally recognized as one of the best teams of the world among sports trucks. Yakoubov Semion

Semion Yakoubov has been the coach and manager of KAMAZ-MASTER since the day of the team establishing.

At «Telefonica-Dakar 2004» rally-raid, which was really triumphant for KAMAZ-MASTER, the Russian team was represented by three active crews. Here are the winners of this most difficult yet the most prestigious rally-raid marathon:

  1. The crew of Vladimir Tchaguine occupied the top of the pedestal:
    Tchaguine Vladimir – pilot, born in 1970
    Yakoubov Semion – navigator, team manager, born in 1947
    Savostine Serguei - mechanic, born in 1961
  2. The crew of Firdaus Kabirov ranked as the second best:
    Kabirov Firdaus – pilot, born in 1961
    Belyaev Aydar – navigator, born in 1965
    Kamalov Dzhamil – mechanic, born in 19701970
  3. The crew of Ilgizar Mardeev was the 4th:
    Mardeev Ilgizar – pilot, born 1958
    Girya Serguei – navigator, born 1960
    Kupriyanov Eduard – mechanic, born 1975

Even assistant truck’s crew including: drivers Nickolai Strakhov, Nail’ Baghavetdinov, Serguei Nikitin; mechanics: Mikhail Myasoedov, Rafael’ Il’yasov, Andrey Zapol’skih, Vladimir Golub came to finish much ahead of some active participants on world famous vehicles. They managed to leave behind of them 38 such crews.

Sport truck

ÊÀÌÀZ-4911

KAMAZ-4911 is a special vehicle of 4x4-wheel arrangement. It is designed as a haulage truck for cargo delivery to difficult to access areas. This truck can be efficiently operated in a wide range of special purpose transportation works. KAMAZ-4911 can be used anywhere, and in any environment. It can operate in any climate under temperatures within -30˚C to +50˚C.

KAMAZ-MASTER team has been participating in rallies on «KAMAZ-4911» trucks since 2003. This is a very reliable and strong vehicle with high performance characteristics suitable even for extremely bad off-roads.

KAMAZ-4911 has been specially upgraded for participation at «Telefonica-Dakar 2004» supermarathon.

«KAMAZ-Master» team in Rally-raid Marathons

Year Rally-marathon Team Ranking
1988 Rally-Elch’ 2nd and 4th
1989 Objective - Sud 2nd and 3th
1990 Faraons-90 4th
1991 Paris-Dakar 91 2nd and 3 rd
1992 Paris-Bejing 92 3rd
1995 Master-Rally 95 1st, 2nd, 3rd
1996 Granada-Dakar 96 Winner
1996 Master-Rally 96 Winner and 2nd
1996 World Cup Winner
1997 Optic 2000 (Tunis) Winner and 2nd
1997 Master-Rally 97 Winner
1997 Russian Championship 97 (Baikonur-Moscow) Winner, 2nd, and 3rd
1997 World Cup Winner
1999 Paris-Dakar 99 2 nd
1999 Desert Challenge (UAE) Winner
2000 Paris-Dakar-Cairo 2000 Winner
2000 Baha-Italy 2000 Winner, 2nd
2000 Optic 2000 Tunis Winner
2000 Master-Rally 2000 Winner
2000 Desert-Challenge (UAE) 2000 Winner and 3d
2000 1 stage of Russian Championship Debri 2000 (Krasnoyarsk city) Absolute winner
2000 2 stage of Russian Championship Baha-Pearl 2000 (Tuapse city) Winner
2000 3 stage of Russian Championship Kalmikiya 2000 (Elista city) Absolute winner
2000 Russian Championship Winner and 2d
2000 Russian Cup Absolute winner
2000 World Cup Winner
2001 Optic 2000 Tunis 2001 Winner
2001 Russian Championship Winner
2001 Russian Cup Winner
2001 Por Las Pampas Rally Argentina 2001 Winner
2001 Desert Challenge 2001 Winner
2002 Arras-Madrid-Dakar 2002 Winner
2002 Optic 2000 âunis 2002 Winner
2002 Master-Rally 2002 Winner
2002 Desert-Challenge 2002 Winner
2003 Telefonica-Dakar 2003 Winner and 3d
2003 Orient-Kappadokia rally 2003 Winner and 2d
2003 Desert-Challenge 2003 Winner
2004 Telefonica-Dakar 2004 Winner, 2d and 4th

2006
Lisbon-Dakar 2006 Winner
the third at Lisbon-Dakar 2006
Khazarskiye Stepy 2006 Winner
Runner-up
Kazachiy Krug 2006 Winner
Kazachiy Krug 2005 Winner
Telefonica-Dakar 2005 Winner
Khazarskiye Stepy 2005 Winner
Velikaya Step 2005 Winner
Desert Challenge 2005 Winner
Runner-up
Desert Challenge 2004 Winner
Xelefonka-Dakar 2004 Winner
Runner-up
Optic 2000 Tunis 2004 Winner
Khazarskiye Stepy 2004 Winner
Runner-up
East Rally 2004 Winner
Desert Challenge 2004 Winner
Runner-up

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