- Yojiro Terada
Le Mans drivers
Name = Yojiro Terada
Caption =
Nationality = flagicon|JPN Japanese
Years = 24hLM|1974, 24hLM|1981-24hLM|2007
Teams = Mazda Automotive,Mazdaspeed , Lotus Sport, Team Artnature, T.D.R.,Courage Compétition , Autoexe,Welter Racing , Binnie Motorsports, T2M Motorsport
Best Finish = 7th (24hLM|1995)
Class Wins = 4 (24hLM|1983, 24hLM|1988, 24hLM|1990, 24hLM|1996)nihongo|Yojiro Terada|寺田陽次郎|Terada Yojiro|born26 March 1947 is a Japanese racing driver fromKobe ,Hyogo Prefecture . He is known for holding the record for the most participations in the24 Hours of Le Mans without winning, having run on 28 occasions (27 of which were consecutive) since 24hLM|1974. He is also third behindHenri Pescarolo andBob Wollek for the drivers with the most participations. [cite web | url = http://www.lemans.org/24heuresdumans/2007/pages/retro/p_pilotes_5_gb.html | title = The Most Regular Competitors | publisher =Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) | accessdate = 2007-12-03] His best overall finish was seventh in 24hLM|1995, although he has had several class victories over the years.He began his racing career in a
Honda S600 [ [http://www.teradayojiro.com/about/ 寺田陽次郎公式ウェブサイト » 寺田陽次郎について ] ] in 1969, before he was taken on as Mazda's factory driver, a position he held through the 1990s including participating in theWorld Sportscar Championship andAll Japan Sports Prototype Championship .He also took class wins at the
24 Hours of Daytona on two occasions, including in theMazda RX-7 's debut race in 1979, scoring a GTU class win at fifth place overall. [ [http://wsrp.ic.cz/imsa1979.html World Sports Racing Prototypes - IMSA 1979 ] ] The other occasion was a fourth place overall finish and a GTO class win in 1982. [ [http://wsrp.ic.cz/imsa1982.html World Sports Racing Prototypes - IMSA 1982 ] ]When he is not racing, he runs the
Tokyo -based AutoExe (nihongo2|オートエクゼ) tuning business, specialising in tuning parts and accessories forMazda . [ja icon [http://www.autoexe.co.jp/SozaiTopPage/indexShincyaku.html Welcome AutoExe Page ] ] [http://www.nihoncar.com/en/news-263-Mazda+Roadster+by+Autoexe,+HDTV.html Nihon Car.com:Mazda Roadster by Autoexe, HDTV] and instructs on driving at NATS (Nihon Automobile High Technical School) [ja icon [http://www.nats.ac.jp/pc/history/point.html 学園の10大ポイント ] ]References
External links
*ja [http://www.teradayojiro.com/ Official website]
*ja [http://www.teradayojiro.com/blog Terada's blog page]
*en [http://www.autoexe.co.jp/SozaiTopPage/indexEnglish.html AutoExe]
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