Saturday 20th November 1948
Born on this day, Kenjiro Shinozuka, Japanese rally driver. Driving a Galant VR-4 he won the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship in 1988 and scored consecutive victories in the Rallye Côte d’Ivoire Bandama in 1991 and 1992, making him the first Japanese competitor to win a WRC event. He is also became the first Japanese winner of the Dakar Rally in 1997 driving a Mitsubishi Pajero.