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In 1988, the rally "Jelcz" in Poland came three Soviet truck-SUV from Naberezhnye Chelny. Of them, no one knew anything, so the attitude to Russian, respectively - well, come and come, let them chase. A Russian and took runner-up, all of a sudden and for myself as well. So, in fact, began the story of the phenomenal success of the team "KAMAZ-Master", which for two decades is the undisputed world leader in the racing off-road trucks. In team - ten victories in Dakar and a few dozen of victories in other international rallies. In 2011, the Dakar, all four cars involved in the race, taken from 1 to 4 location!

I arrived in Naberezhnye Chelny with a group of journalists who were invited to test-drive "combat" the latest generation of cars, win the race the Dakar-2011, and a tour of the sports center team "KAMAZ-Master».

Upgraded "KAMAZ" Series 4326 has just arrived with their big brothers from South America and it was visible dust Chilean desert. Test Drive held legendary Vladimir Chagin, Honored Master of Sports, a seven-time winner of the Dakar. We planted two of the cab of KAMAZ, put on his helmet firmly fixed racing belts and Vladimir made a big circle on the roads and snow-covered road avtopoligona. I have often ridden with professional riders on a variety of machines, he drove to the race track, but on such a machine went the first time and it was actually really cool - feel yourself in the place of the rider Dakar and see driving technique such masters as Chagin.
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01. KAMAZ-4326 of the latest generation, specially assembled "on Chagin." 8-cylinder diesel YMZ-8463.10-07 volume of 18.47 liters and 850 hp, acceleration to 100 km / h in 10 seconds. Truck as easy as possible, throwing off 200 kg - the weight of 9300 kg monster. There is still work to do to reach the coveted minimum for Dakar - 8500 kg. The maximum speed of the KAMAZ - 195 km / h.



02. Vladimir Chagin: "With the motor problems are. He is very reliable, never fails us, but all the same the previous generation. Designed in the 70's. Of course, we try to improve it by turbo, injectors, but the future still go forward for electronics. Another its drawback - very high fuel consumption. For example, a truck of Gerard de Roy fuel tank designed for 600 liters. We also have to "carry" of 1000 liters. If we could improve the combustion process, and we would no longer play in the "fuel champion", the results rose ».

Tank 1000 liters - in the back under the hood of the car.



03. instruct us and telling about his KAMAZ Chagin sat at the rudder and began to show the class.



04. The car chase is indeed very impressive. Especially when Chagin managed to enter the snow drifts and white clods flying from under the wheels, and the stern swirled cloud asleep lenses of our cameras and camcorders.



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06. There was a time when a truck skidded and he almost drove into those who tried to make a particularly spectacular shots. Right - RIA Novosti photo correspondent Maxim Bogodvid.



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08. Going into this infernal chariot can only be on a ladder.



09. The newly-built sports center "KAMAZ-Master" team are the main trophy - a prize for victory in the race to Dakar.



10. The man who invented it all - the founder and the permanent head of the team Semyon Yakubov Semenovich. As a navigator Semen Yakubov has repeatedly won the most prestigious international races. With his participation at the command center with new modern production hall, which is now collected KAMAZ racing.



11. The workshop on the future stocks are racing, off-road trucks. Here they are collected from the beginning to the end, the frame parts gradually accumulates, then to turn into the same machine on which we drove today.



12. A total of "KAMAZ-master" operating a hundred people, including managers, engineers, technicians, athletes, support staff.



13. Racing KAMAZ, like any other car racing, hand-picked by individual projects, using its own Engineering and Technology, who practiced for years in harsh tests of international rallies. In fact, the serial KAMAZ is only the engine and transmission.



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15. This not only makes the car for his team, but also collect the trucks on special order, for everyone.



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17. Returning to the Dakar "fighting" the machine will be dismantled before the screw and carefully examined for further improving the design of the car. Our athletes in the race more than once rivals were caught with cameras, lying under the KAMAZ - specialties have all secrets and unravel them, of course, trying to.



18. The sports center is made perfectly, there is everything for work and leisure. Including, for example, a dining room for employees with strange food prices



19. It is equipped with a beautiful fitness center for physical training of sportsmen - multi-day race riders have taken all the power - physical and mental. Here are fighting with all the main trouble racers - compression of the spine.



20. Swimming pool, sauna and next - Turkish and Finnish. All spick and span - center a little more than two years.



21. We listened to stories Yakubov two hours. These races are engaged in truly obsessed people - there's very little of the business, it is, in fact, pure sport - from exhausting, takes away people's health and often and life, the Dakar race for the first place prize - all 15 thousand euros. "KAMAZ-Master" is growing and developing, thanks to the "big" factory, with its other partners and sponsors. Such an honest barter - to help finance the athletes and they bring honor, respect and recognition in Kemi with friends. Obviously, they are very good at it.



22. Vladimir Chagin finished the play for the team, left a great sport, but it remains a key figure in the team, the director of NP "KAMAZ-Motorsport."

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