KAMAZ-Master Team

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.

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

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

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

KAMAZ-Master team site www.kamazmaster.com