Press Release - January 2009
Filtration For Champions

Donaldson Filtration Systems has been associated with Nissan Motorsport’s participation in the local off road championships for more than 6 years, for which Nissan has won the driver’s and co-driver’s championships, as well as the manufacturer’s championships.

Nissan Motorsport produced four custom built Navara’s which were privately entered in the 2009 Dakar rally.

This year, the Dakar rally took place in South America and according to many was considered one of the toughest in recent history. A grueling 15 days racing through the deserts and Andes Mountains in Argentina and Chile.

Norwegian Ivar Erik Tollefsen and his English co-driver Quin Evans, finished fourth overall in their South African built Nissan Navara pickup. Fifth overall were Poland’s Krzysztof Holowczyc and his Belgian co-driver Jean-Marc Fortin followed in 20th by Hungarians Laszlo Palik and Gabor Darazsi.

Due to Donaldson and Nissan’s tried and tested partnership on the local front, Nissan used a product they considered the best and most reliable, choosing Donaldson Filters when producing their Navara’s for the Dakar rally.

Congratulations to Nissan on their success in a difficult, competitive and harsh environment.

Donaldson Filtration Systems is very proud to be associated with Nissan Motorsport and to continue our reputation of providing superior filtration products.



Dakar 2009- Team Overdrive in action at the 2009 Dakar Rally




Team Overdrive ready to go- The custom built Navara’s being shipped to Argentina