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http www.globaldenso.com/plug 11 denso spark plug withme suzuka 8hours victory in 2007 all japan road race championship director of yoshimura suzuki with jomo team representative director of yoshimura japan co ltd fujio yoshimura reliability that leads to stable high performance that s the best feature of denso spark plugs legendary winning vehicle of the suzuka 8 hour world endurance championship race was also equipped with denso spark plugs when did the relationship between yoshimura and denso start yoshimura it s been very long time since the time i was in the u.s.a i guess it was around 1976 my father the late pop yoshimura had gone to the u.s before me the partnership was already firmly established when i got there since then we have maintained a relationship of trust of course denso spark plugs were equipped on the machine that won the first suzuka eighthour world endurance championship race in 1978 you have been doing very well again this year continuing your results of last year where do you find the secret of your speed yoshimura one of the main factors is the engine being in good condition it is essential to increase power in that respect denso has made a great effort in many ways we feedback race data to denso they make new proposals based on the data and then we use the results again in the race we both repeat this again and again for features in a full-throttle condition but instead in conditions of partial throttle pressure that is when decelerating and then accelerating again slowly this depends on the spark plug features after all the most important thing in racing is reliability and when you have even a small concern it appears in the results of the race actually we haven t had any trouble caused by our spark plugs please give general drivers some advice from director yoshimura yoshimura the first thing you realize when you change your spark plugs to denso iridium plugs is good start-up performance if a plug gives good start-up performance it also has good performance overall another key point is low fuel consumption which is also important during the suzuka eight-hour world endurance championship race above all the denso iridium plug is the plug that can provide this kind of stable performance clean acceleration when stepping on the gas ­ what could be better how do you value the denso iridium plugs that you are currently using yoshimura excellent when the throttle is opened the engine revs up cleanly what else do you need the st600 class that we have entered since 2006 requires a broader range of engine rpm we don t look fujio yoshimura world s strongest private team in order to realize their deeply desired hope of winning the suzuka eight-hour world endurance championship race.

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