a Suzuki SX4 in 2007. However, World Rally Championship calendar changes meant Suzuki's team debuted in 2008. Tajima took Pikes Peak that year with a newer version of the Escudo. Despite crashing during practice, he achieved another overall victory in a race that was shortened by rain. On July 21, 2007, Tajima bested Rod Millen's thirteen-year-old course record at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in his Suzuki Sport XL7 with a time of 10:01.408. He was the overall winner again in 2008 with the Suzuki XL7 with a time of 10:18.250. With a new Suzuki SX4, he again won outright in 2009 and 2010, driving up the hill in 10:15.368 and 10:11.490 respectively. On June 26, 2011, Tajima won again, bested his own record and broke the "10 minute barrier" of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with a time of 9:51.278, driving the Suzuki SX4 Hill Climb Special, developed by Monster Sport. This was his seventh overall win at Pikes Peak. For the 2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb event, Tajima switched to the electric class, citing concerns about climate change. That year his car was an electric Monster Sport E-RUNNER Pikes Peak Special. Although the clear leader of the class in qualifying, Tajima didn't complete the actual race due to a power transfer problem during his run. In 2013, he won the Electric class and placed 5th overall with a time of 9:46.530 in the Monster Sport E-RUNNER. In 2014, he again improved his time, creating a new record in the electric class with a time of 9:43.90 in the E-RUNNER. In 2015, Tajima was driving an electric Tajima Rimac E-Runner Concept_One, which was made in collaboration with Rimac Automobili. Tajima finished second overall with a time of a 9:32:401, behind Rhys Millen's 9:07.222 in a Drive eO PP03. In 2016, he came in fifth fastest overall and third of the EV's in his Tajima Rimac E-Runner Concept_One, behind Rhys Millen and Tetsuya Yamano. With a time of 9:51.978, the car was unable to beat last year's time (9:32.401), which itself was handicapped by a brake and overheating issues. In all, he has taken nine All Japan Dirt Trial Championship titles, four WRC class wins, two class wins in the Asia-Pacific Rally championship, seven overall Pikes Peak wins between 1995 and 2011, and eight overall Race to the Sky victories from 1998 to 2007. He also scored